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President Trump Continues to Recover; WI Sees Weekend COVID-19 Case Spikes

By Morgan McCarthy | October 5, 2020

We are on day four of President Trump being treated at Walter Reed Medical Center after contracting COVID-19 and we now know that the virus is continuing to spread throughout his inner circle.  Over half a dozen people who attended a recent event at the White House where Trump introduced his pick for the Supreme Court have now tested positive.  Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has had to be hospitalized after confirming his diagnosis over the weekend.  Meanwhile, the

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Testing Sites Open Locally

By Morgan McCarthy | October 5, 2020

Eau Claire has a new COVID-19 regional community testing site. The site is offered to residents in northwestern Wisconsin free of charge. Testing is available Mondays and Fridays from eleven in the morning until 7 in the evening and on Saturdays from 9-5 in the afternoon. The site will be open through December 7th. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION TESTING TIMES AND LOCATION: Mondays & Fridays: 11am – 7pmSaturdays: 9am – 5pmThrough December 7, 2020FREE. No insurance is needed. WHERE 6697 US

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Pack Pushed Back

By Morgan McCarthy | October 5, 2020

Heads up that you may want to plan to lay your head down today if you want to stay awake for the football game tonight. The Packers game has been moved back to a later start time tonight after the NFL had to flex another game to Monday night.  Green Bay and Atlanta will kickoff at 7:50 tonight to accommodate the Patriots – Chiefs game that had to be moved from Sunday.  On Saturday, New England quarterback Cam Newton tested

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Investigation into Farm Fire Continues

By Morgan McCarthy | October 5, 2020

The cause of a major fire at a Janesville farm is being investigated. More than two-dozen fire departments were called to Saturday’s fire at Metcalf Brothers Farm. No injuries were reported, but the fire caused 420-thousand-dollars worth of damages to the farm.

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LaCrosse Fire Traced to Electrical Wiring

By Morgan McCarthy | October 5, 2020

An electrical problem is said to have caused a house fire in La Crosse.  That’s according to fire investigators who say overheated electrical wiring started the fire at a home in the one-thousand block of Sixth Street yesterday afternoon. All family members and their four pets made it out of the burning home unharmed.

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High Speed Chase Leads to Jail

By Morgan McCarthy | October 4, 2020

A high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle lands a man in jail. It was just after 12:30 on Sunday morning the Wisconsin State Patrol was involved in a pursuit west bound on I 94 coming from Monroe County into Jackson County. A Trooper successfully deployed tire deflation devices disabling the suspect vehicle. The suspect vehicle was reportedly stolen from Mt. Horeb, WI. Shortly after striking the tire deflation devices, the suspect vehicle crashed in the ditch near the city of

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WI Senator Tests Positive for COVID-19; President Trump Responding Well to Treatments

By Morgan McCarthy | October 4, 2020

Senator Ron Johnson is positive for COVID-19.   The Wisconsin Republican tested positive Friday after being exposed to someone with the disease while he was in Washington, D.C. sometime after September 29.  Johnson had already spent 14 days in quarantine after being exposed to someone with the disease in mid September.  The Senator said although the positive test surprises him he feels fine, has no symptoms and plans to remain isolated until he is given the all clear by his doctors. Meanwhile, President

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WI Capitol Sees Democracy in Action

By Morgan McCarthy | October 4, 2020

 Demonstrations with opposing views are held in Madison.    The two groups held separate gatherings yesterday at the state Capitol.  Republican candidates for the state Assembly rallied their supporters in favor of conservative values and law and order.  Nearby, the Impact Demand group called for a national law known as the Hands Up Act for a minimum sentence of 15-years behind bars for police officers who kill unarmed people. While we are at the Capitol, leading up to the election

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Local Testing Site to Open

By Morgan McCarthy | October 4, 2020

A new COVID-19 regional community testing site is now open in Eau Claire near I-94 Exit 59. This site is the Northwest WI National Guard testing site, in collaboration with member counties of the Northwest Wisconsin Healthcare Emergency Readiness Coalition (HERC), the Eau Claire City-County Health Department, and Eau County Emergency Management. Testing is for residents across northwestern Wisconsin and is free of cost. The test site will be open three days a week, Mondays & Fridays 11am-7pm, and Saturdays

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On This Day…

By Morgan McCarthy | October 3, 2020

Hello! Welcome to the first weekend in October. Each Saturday morning we take a “scroll down memory lane” and look back at events that happened on this day in years past. It’s a peek back to start your day ahead. So, grab a mug of your favorite morning brew and let the sip n’ scroll begin. Today is Saturday, October 3rd, the 277th day of the year.  There are 89 days until the end of the year. On this day:

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