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Customers must use a face mask inside Menards stores.  If you have needed to pick up home essentials, then you likely know this. If not, and have plans to perhaps make a run and start some gardening or other home based projects this weekend, expect to bring a face covering. The Eau Claire based home improvement products retailer made the announcement yesterday.  Store officials say if a person doesn’t have a mask the person can buy one at a Menards

Each Friday we like to end your week (Or, start your weekend…depending on which you prefer!) with a positive story. Hopefully, it makes you smile, or infuses your day with a little boost of spirits. For this week, we have two stories. First we go to the West Coast. A group of inmates in California have been making personal protective equipment for first responders.  They’ve made over 3,000 face shields, and prepared enough fabric for thousands of face masks.  They

The state is setting up community testing events to screen for COVID-19.  Governor Evers today said several departments including Emergency Operations, Health Services, Emergency Management and the Wisconsin National Guard are assisting local health departments to set up the testing.  The first sites are focused in western Wisconsin.  One is open until 7:00 Friday to any Wisconsin resident with symptoms at the Buffalo County Highway shop in Alma.  Another drive-thru testing site will be open Sunday and Monday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at

Another popular event with a huge economic impact is being canceled because of the COVID-19 crisis.  EAA AirVenture is canceling it’s 2020 fly-in convention in Oshkosh which was set for July.  It would have been the 68th year for the event.  Organizers hope it will go off without a hitch in 2021.  The AirVenture gives about a 170-million-dollar economic boost to an area including Winnebago, Fond du Lac, Calumet, Outagamie and Brown counties.

The cost for regular gas in Wisconsin is up 18-cents-a-gallon compared to a week ago.  Triple-A says the average price statewide is a-dollar-37 today.  The national average is one-77.  Drivers in Appleton are paying a-dollar-22-a-gallon after paying 98-cents last Friday.  The price at the pump is one-35 in Fond du Lac, one-30 in Green Bay, a dollar-40 in Kenosha County and a-dollar-35 in Madison.  

An incident with a dog ends with shots fired. It was on Thursday, April 30th when the Marshfield Police Department responded to a residence in the northwest part of the city for reports of a loose dog acting aggressively towards pedestrians. Upon the officers arrival, the dog aggressively charged the officer on two occasions. As a result, the officer defended himself using his firearm, discharging 4 rounds. The dog received minor injuries from the encounter as did the officer. A

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation has awarded aFabrication Laboratories Grant of $25,000 for the Eau Claire Area School District. McDonough Manufacturing is donating the matching $25,000 toward the project through the Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation, which is required by the grant. The grant will help the district purchase equipment for the development of a fabrication lab at both Memorial and North High Schools. ECASD will use the funds to purchase materials and equipment, including a laser engraver, industrial sewing

Feed My People is offering a pop-up food pantry in the Eau Claire area today-FRIDAY, MAY 1ST. Organizers said the pantry is open every Friday to anyone in need of groceries, no questions asked. Feed My People will be at the Lakeshore Elementary school parking lot today from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. No ID required. If you are on foot, please bring a bag/box to help carry your groceries home. Look for the Feed My People truck and signs to

Hospitals across Wisconsin are in line for 230 thousand N95 masks, and the gear to reuse them. FEMA delivered the masks yesterday. FEMA also delivered a decontamination system to clean and re-use the masks. Governor Tony Evers says the masks are just some of the protective healthcare gear that is needed in the state.