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City officials are still encouraging early voting before the Wisconsin Spring Primary Election and Presidential Primary next week. City Clerk Carrie Riepl says thousands of absentee ballots have already been processed and now the city is planning for social distancing efforts and putting out hand sanitizer and cleaning wipes. City officials are also planning for drive through voting in downtown Eau Claire. The drive through is now open in the City Hall parking lot until Friday April 3rd from 9 a.m. to

Students at Western Technical College are packaging meals for fellow students affected by COVID-19. Vice President of Western Student Service and Engagement Amy Thornton says the students at the La Crosse campus wanted to do a pop-up food pantry so other students could come by and pick-up meals a few times this week. The pantry opened yesterday and will open again for students tomorrow and Saturday. Thornton says each student will also receive a gift card to Festival Foods and

Add one more case to Eau Claire County’s coronavirus count. City-County health director Lieske Giese says doctors confirmed an eleventh case yesterday. There are still no coronavirus deaths in Eau Claire County. Chippewa County has seven cases. Dunn County has three. Buffalo County their first confirmed case. The individual is in their 50’s, who has had known contact with a confirmed case. The individual is isolating at home In terms of our state overview, there are now more than 12

It’s been more than 10 days since two people barged into an Eau Claire home and shot two people, and Eau Claire Police say they are no closer to making an arrest today. Investigators yesterday said that they’re continuing to look for the suspects in the March 20th murder at a house on Kappus Drive. A man died in the shooting, a woman was wounded. Police say they are looking for two suspects, but have not offered any other details.

We are heading back to the drawing board when it comes to the chalkboards an the wheels are turning. A little more than ten percent of public schools in the state of Wisconsin have asked to have missed school days erased. And more schools are expected to do the same. The state’s Department of Public Instruction yesterday said 45 schools have already filed for a waiver to allow them to not make-up days missed because of the coronavirus. Governor Evers’ emergency order

Coronavirus has affected every corner of our lives, but it might not affect the polls. Wisconsin’s governor says nothing has led him to change his mind about next week’s election. Governor Tony Evers yesterday said there is no reason to think that the election won’t be held on April 7th. He continues to suggest that people vote early or absentee. Local clerks say they’ve seen a record turnout for absentee ballots. The Wisconsin Election Commission says 848 thousand people have asked for

Wisconsin’s attorney general is telling anyone who isn’t safe at home that the state’s Safer at Home order doesn’t apply to them. A-G Josh Kaul yesterday said domestic violence victims are encouraged to leave home to get help during the coronavirus outbreak. Kaul says victims can go to a hotel, a shelter, or a friend’s or relative’s house for help. Domestic violence advocates are also telling victims not to stay.

The state of Wisconsin is asking people to file for unemployment online. The state’s Department of Workforce Development yesterday said it saw a record number of calls and claims last week. At one point on Thursday DWD said it saw 400 thousand calls in four hours. In all, over a million-and-a-half people reached out to the unemployment office. More than 115 thousand people filed an unemployment claim. CLICK HERE TO GET TO THE WEBSITE

A new analysis of the coronavirus projects Wisconsin reaching its peak in late April.  The data today from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics indicates social distancing behaviors could allow the state to survive the coronavirus pandemic without a shortage of hospital beds.  The peak of COVID-19 in Wisconsin is projected for April 26th.

A new partnership between the state and four medical laboratories will expand capacity for the state to test for the coronavirus.  Governor Evers said today the Wisconsin Clinical Lab Network will be joined by UW Health, Marshfield Clinic Health System, Promega and Exact Sciences to boost the number of tests.  The added labs will also help speed test results.