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Black Friday bargain hunters in Wisconsin won’t get an early start on holiday shopping at Walmart this year.  The retail giant announced today it will close its stores on Thanksgiving so employees can spend time with their families.  There are 100 Walmart stores statewide, including 80 Supercenters.  Nearly 30-thousand people are employed at Wisconsin Walmart stores.

 The first-ever Wisconsin Fair-Food drive-thru weekend gets underway on Thursday.  State Fair officials want fair food lovers to get their fix regardless of the fair’s cancellation because of the coronavirus.  The State Fair is usually held in West Allis which is where the drive-thru food fair will be held featuring different menus each week.  The food fair is part of the 2020 State Fair Necessities Program. CLICK HERE TO DISH UP MORE DETAILS PHOTO CREDIT: ONMILWAUKEE.COM

The Eau Claire County Parks & Forest Department announced that water testing results by the City County Health Department indicate that Coon Fork Dayside and Campground Beach water is now within acceptable health standards and is therefore now open for swimming. Lake Altoona Beach, Big Falls Wading Area, and Lake Eau Claire Beach will remain closed due to elevated levels of bacteria until further notice. The City-County Health Department policy is to close all areas whenever water samples indicate high

Two people are now dead from coronavirus in Eau Claire County. Health Director Lieske Giese confirmed that it was a female younger than 50-years-old who had preexisting health conditions. The first person to die from COVID-19 in Eau Claire County passed away on June 22nd. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE EAU CLAIRE CITY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Wisconsin is one of nine states asking the federal government to withhold pandemic relief funds from private schools. The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced yesterday they will join in the motion for injunction against the Department of Education for what they believe is a misallocation of CARES Act funding. According to the D-O-J, the rule set by the department would allow private schools to request funding, leaving millions-of-dollars less money for public schools. The states, and some cities across the country have joined

We now have a little more information and picture of what going back to school might look like for the some of the schools in our area. But, there is still room for a red pen or an eraser as the conversation continues. After a long meeting, the city’s school board debated their back-to-school plan til early this morning before agreeing to a two-day school week for kids in kindergarten as well as kids in third grade through high school

Wisconsin’s coronavirus numbers are expected to drop in the next few days as more tests are processed. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported the daily positive-test-rate was just over 10 percent. That is more a reflection of the low number of tests, about eight thousand in-all, than the number of positive tests. Still, DHS reported 703 positive tests and just over six thousand negative tests.

A man in Dunn County is looking at a long list of sex crime charges involving children. Prosecutors yesterday charged Daniel Brooks with 11 felony counts including first degree sexual assault and possession of child pornography. The D.A. says the victim in the case is under 12-years-old. If convicted, Brooks could spend the rest of his life in prison.

Voters in Eau Claire won’t have to get out of their car to cast a ballot next month. The city clerk’s office yesterday said there will once again be a drive-thru polling place for the August Primary. Eau Claire started drive-thru voting back in April, and election managers say it went-over well. Next month’s drive-thru polling place will be in the parking lot next to city hall.