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Some county operations employees could soon be furloughed.  The Eau Claire County Administration Committee approved the resolution to close county operations one day each month for the rest of the year.  The committee decided on those days employees that are not law enforcement, a 24-hour operations worker, or working at the airport, won’t get paid. The county board will vote on the resolution July 21st.  

Anyone who works for the state of Wisconsin now has to wear a mask. Governor Evers yesterday ordered all state employees to wear masks whenever they’re inside a state facility. That includes state offices, parking garages, elevators, bathrooms, while someone is waiting in line to enter a state facility, and whenever anyone is inside an enclosed building on state business.

The University of Wisconsin Madison’s new focus on ending White Privilege will mean more than just a new mandatory class for all in-coming students. UW Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank yesterday released her plan to address racial inequity. Blank said UW Madison will also create a new Office of Inclusive Education, spend millions of dollars to bring-in minority students and faculty members, and take a look at the UW’s campus history. Blank says the university has spent the past five years trying to

Chips are now a food group. Grab a plate and some flatware, it’s time to say DINNER IS SERVED…in a bag! Lay’s chose well-known restaurants in the United States to serve as inspiration for its new Lay’s Flavor Icons chips. Lay’s Lay’s Kettle Cooked New York Style Pizza (inspired by Grimaldi’s in New York City) Lay’s Nashville Hot Chicken (inspired by Party Fowl in Nashville) Lay’s Philly Cheesesteak (inspired by Geno’s Steaks in Philadelphia) Lay’s Wavy Carnitas Street Taco (inspired

Altoona’s former superintendent of schools is looking at more charges in the sexual abuse and child pornography case against him. Prosecutors this week added the charges against Dan Peggs. A new indictment says that from October 2015 through May 2016, Peggs recruited someone who was underage for a ‘commercial sex act.’ Peggs is looking at a mandatory minimum ten years in prison if convicted.

There is, once again, a cap on the number of people who can be inside a bar, a restaurant, or a business in Eau Claire County. City-county health director Lieske Giese yesterday issued a new order that requires businesses to limit their customers to 50 percent of capacity. READ MORE HERE Large gatherings, whether inside or outside, are still allowed. Though Giese says they are not recommended. The new order comes as positive coronavirus tests in the county are going-up.

Eau Claire County leaders are considering a plan to essentially close most of county government to offset a million-and-half dollar budget shortfall. County Board member Colleen Bates says the plan is to close everything but the sheriff’s office, 911, and their airport for one day each month until the end of the year. Any worker not in one of the protected parts of county government would not be paid for the days that the county is closed. Bates says Eau

 The plan to rebuild I-94 is once again part of the conversation. Governor Tony Evers yesterday said he wants to revive the plan to work on the interstate between the Marquette and Zoo interchanges. Former Governor Walker dropped plans for the same project back in 2017 because he couldn’t find a way for Wisconsin to pay its portion of the project. Governor Evers is not saying how he would do that this time around. The project is expected to cost a billion-dollars.

Driving over 100 miles per hour in one county lead to an arrest as well as drug charges in another. It was just a bit before 11:45 on Tuesday night when a Wisconsin State Trooper attempted to stop a vehicle westbound on I-94 near MP 56 for traveling 111 MPH. The vehicle did not stop for the Trooper and a pursuit was initiated. The vehicle continued westbound on I-94 operating in a reckless manner with speeds nearing 120 MPH. The

The Department of Workforce Development says it has tripled its staff to handle the avalanche of unemployment insurance claims.  Officials today say the unemployment benefits staff has grown from 500 people in March to more than 17-hundred this month.  Additional staff has allowed the department to process claims more quickly.