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The Community Table, Eau Claire will be open every day for the rest of the year. The local food bank is hoping to make sure everyone has something to eat as the cooler weather sets in. The Community Table is on Putnam Street in Eau Claire. They say volunteers and donations are welcome. 

Joe Biden will be coming to our state today, and it won’t be surprising if he is asked about his comments that the Kenosha police officers involved in Jacob Bake’s shooting should be charged while he is in Kenosha. The Democratic presidential nominee will visit the city today. He is set to tour Kenosha, and meet with Jacob Blake’s family. Biden said yesterday that he thinks the officers involved in Blake’s shooting should be charged, but he did not say

Public health managers in Eau Claire say a local girl is just the fourth person in the state to have come down with Eastern Equine Encephalitis in the past half-century. No one is naming the girl, Eau Claire county’s health director will only say she is younger than 18. The state’s Department of Health Services last week confirmed six cases of EEE in horses. This is the fourth human case since 1964, and the first since 2017. EEE is spread

The desks are a little further apart and everyone is wearing a mask, but other than that it is school-as-usual at UW Eau Claire. The university yesterday had its first day of in-person classes since March. Students say they are happy to be back in class and back on campus. University leaders say they are trying to enforce their coronavirus safety plan that includes masks, social distancing, and limited gatherings on campus.

Western Wisconsin’s congressman says teachers deserve a coronavirus stimulus package of their own. Congressman Ron Kind yesterday said teachers are facing a tough time, whether they are in-class or teaching kids at home. He’s suggesting using federal money to pay for internet access for teachers, as well as coronavirus testing, cleaning supplies, and contact tracing. Kind is not saying how much he thinks should be spent.

Labor Day is the traditional end of the summer, and the last day that a lot of people in Wisconsin head-out on the lake. The Department of Natural Resources is telling people to do it safely. DNR is issuing its annual Labor Day boating safety reminder. The advice is to have life jackets, slow down, do not drink and boat, and watch for other people in the water. DNR says 19 people have died in boating accidents in Wisconsin this summer, most of those

Halloween is going drive-thru in Chippewa Falls this fall. The folks at Chippewa Falls Main Street yesterday said they are moving trick-or-treating to the Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds on October 30th. The idea, Main Street’s Teri Ouimette says, is to make trick-or-treating as safe as it can be during the age of coronavirus. Ouimette says they don’t want kids to miss out, so a drive-thru candy hand-out is the best alternative.

Governor Evers’ Emergency Order #1, issued on July 30, instructed all Wisconsin residents to wear a face covering when in public or an enclosed space. The mandate has generated some questions from the community that we would like to take some time to address. Though the numbers may appear to indicate that growth is slow in Dunn County, in reality, Dunn County is at a high activity level. This should be of top concern. If an outbreak and another large-scale

Presidential candidate Joe Biden will be in the Badger State to visit Kenosha and also defending his limited travel schedule. Biden told reporters that includes practicing social distancing.  A day before heading to troubled Kenosha, Wisconsin, Biden said he is consulting with health experts to ensure that his campaign trips are safe and won’t spread the coronavirus.  Biden said he will bring community and civic leaders together in Kenosha to promote healing amid the unrest over the police shooting of Jacob

The first human case of the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus in three years is confirmed in Eau Claire County.  The Wisconsin Department of Health and Eau Claire County health officials confirmed today the virus was found in a female under the age of 18 who lives in Eau Claire County.  The virus generally affects horses and this is the first case in a human in Wisconsin since 2017.  EEE can be spread to humans through a bite of an infected mosquito but is not