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Eau Claire schools are getting ready for virtual snow days. That’s one of several calendar changes approved at last night’s school board meeting. The Eau Claire Area School Board voted last night to make the scheduled snow days virtual learning days on the updated calendar. Officials said the changes are now possible because of virtual infrastructure.

We shouldn’t have to wait long to know if people across Wisconsin will continue to have to wear face masks. The St. Croix County judge who heard the legal challenge to the governor’s statewide mask order yesterday said he will make a quick decision in the case. The judge did not say how long “quick” will be. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty yesterday argued that the governor has overstepped his bounds by issuing extra emergency orders. They say lawmakers have a say

The Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce is on the record as being against the city and county’s new public health ordinance. Chamber President Dave Minor yesterday said the new rules, which could make it easier for the City-County Health Department to close local businesses, is too broad and too vague. Minor wants it pulled until there is more agreement. City and county leaders are planning a public meeting tomorrow night. Minor says there needs to be more community buy-in before

The latest round of Wisconsin’s coronavirus stimulus money is going to people in need. Governor Tony Evers yesterday said he is sending 50 million-dollars to programs designed to help low income families. That includes child care assistance, rental assistance, help paying for people’s power bills, and a million-dollars to help people sign-up for BadgerCare. The 50 million is the latest piece of Wisconsin’s two billion-dollars in CARES Act money.

The Sojourner House in Eau Claire is moving into its new home. The homeless shelter yesterday moved into the old IGA West Clairemont. Eventually, as many as 75 people will stay there. Sojourner House moved out of its temporary home at the Hobbs Ice center last month.

More people are registered to vote in Wisconsin this year. The state’s Election Commission on Monday said voter registration is up by about 80 thousand people. That means there are more than three-and-a-half million people registered to vote in November. But while the numbers are up overall, the Election Commission says voter registration is down in Milwaukee. The numbers show there are 20 thousand fewer registrations in Milwaukee than in 2016. There are, however, many more registrations in Brown, Dane, and Waukesha

Federal investigators hope five-thousand-dollars cash will lead them to some arson suspects in Kenosha. The ATF offered the reward yesterday. Agents also released several pictures of people who they think started the fires at the Kenosha Probation and Parole Building, the Car Source lot, the Dinosaur Museum, and a handful of other places during the city’s nights of violence at the end of August. The ATF also wants to know who set several City of Kenosha garbage trucks on fire.

There is a suspect in custody for last week’s shooting at a Milwaukee funeral home, but we’re going to have to wait for more information in the case. Milwaukee Police said they are waiting on prosecutors to file formal charges before identifying the 29-year-old man they arrested in the case. The shooting, at Serenity Funeral Home, left seven people wounded. They were there to mourn for 26-year-old Braxton Taylor who was shot and killed in Milwaukee on September 17th.

City of Eau Claire and Eau Claire County officials will be conducting an online Informational Meeting on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. to provide the public an opportunity to learn about the proposed Contagious Disease Emergency Response Health Ordinance from the City and the County. Those wishing to learn more about the proposed ordinances from the City and County will find them posted along with links to interviews, previous Town Hall meetings, and extensive FAQ’s HERE WITH A

The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirms that a whitetail deer at a Burnett County deer farm has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The result was confirmed by the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa. The positive sample came from a 4-year-old whitetail buck. DATCP has quarantined all 19 deer at the 5-acre farm, meaning that no live animals or whole carcasses are permitted to leave the property. The herd will remain under quarantine