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A recent Chippewa Falls High School graduate is interning with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. If you happen to be paging through the Chippewa Herald, then you likely saw that 18-year-old Mitchell Haglund is a junior engineering student at the University of Wisconsin Madison. He’s interning as a pathways engineer with NASA through a program out of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Haglund told the Herald his responsibilities include working on the Roman solar system telescope satellite antenna that

Every time we think Cheetos is going to run out of ideas on how to absolutely run the world, they go ahead and surprise people and create something EVEN BETTER than what they did last. Case in point? The brand is launching mac & cheese inspired by Cheetos and lunch is about to change forever. This news was first posted by Instagrammer @Candyhunting who said the product is out now in three different flavors: Bold & Cheesy, Flamin’ Hot, and

Wisconsin’s coronavirus testing has now stretched into seven-figures. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said Wisconsin has now tested more than one million people for the virus. Of them, over 94 percent have tested negative. Since March less than 57 thousand people have tested positive, and over 80 percent of them have fully recovered. DHS yesterday said 330 people are in the hospital with the virus, 119 of them are in the ICU. Here, local authorities remind you that you shouldn’t

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is no longer traveling to Milwaukee to deliver his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention to protect public health.  NBC’s Mike Memoli has the latest. Biden will instead address the nation and accept the Democratic nomination from his home state of Delaware.  In a press release, the DNC Committee said the decision was made “in order to prevent risking the health of our host community” as well as others necessary to orchestrate the

The rules for school buses in Eau Claire County are changing because of the coronavirus. Eau Claire County Health Director Lieske Giese yesterday ordered that bus drivers assign kids seats, and take attendance each day. The hope is to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Giese also issued an order that requires face masks on city buses, and limited their capacity to just 50 percent.

One of the Dell’s most well-known water parks will not reopen after a positive coronavirus test. Managers at Noah’s Ark yesterday said they are closing for the season. Two people who work at the park tested positive for the coronavirus this week. Anyone with single day passes can use them in 2021, anyone with season passes will get a free ‘buddy ticket’ for next year.

There’s no headcount of how many people at the University of Wisconsin Madison have the coronavirus because there is no testing. The school earlier this week said the plan is to begin testing students, faculty members, and university workers this fall. The UW System is promising a dashboard where people can track the school’s data. As you would expect, university workers and professors are not happy with the lack of testing. Students are due back on campus at the end of the

The folks in charge of economic development in Wisconsin are trying to build some support for the best practices to fight the coronavirus. The WEDC yesterday launched the We’re All In campaign. The idea, WEDC CEO Missy Hughes said, is to build a community of communities that support local public health departments, and the state’s orders to wear a mask and keep some social distance. Hughes traveled to western Wisconsin yesterday to launch the effort, she’ll be in the northwoods and Green Bay later

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department issuedan updated order that will go into effect at 12:00 am on Thursday, August 6th and it will be pretty much what we are used to right now. Eau Claire County is remaining in Step D of the Respond Together Eau Claire Plan, with a few modifications. YOU CAN CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE OF THE DETAILS

The University of Wisconsin football team is preparing to have their season without fans.  Athletic Director Barry Alvarez said they have been playing close attention to the case numbers in the community and are preparing for the reality that it will not be appropriate for thousands of fans to gather in Camp Randall this fall.  For season ticket holders who will no longer be able to attend the games they can reinvest their tickets to support scholarships for academic and athletic support