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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.

Wisconsin’s largest business groups are using words like ‘devastating’ and ‘extinction level’ to describe the economic problems created by the state’s coronavirus lockdown.  Wisconsin’s Manufacturers and Commerce and the state’s Restaurant Association yesterday pressed lawmakers to reopen the state. The groups say many businesses cannot wait another month to reopen. The Restaurant Association’s Kristine Hillmer says half the state’s restaurants could close forever if the lockdown lasts longer. Governor Evers says he’s willing to talk about reopening the state, but

Four people are charged after attempting to use fake 100-dollar bills at Eau Claire businesses. A criminal complaint shows the four people were charged yesterday with forgery, resisting arrest, and eluding. Police said they tried to use to false money at three different businesses Tuesday afternoon. Police said during a traffic stop one of the men was outside the vehicle and the driver took off leading police on a chase exceeding 100-miles-per-hour and ending near Osseo. Three suspects fled from

The Quick Response Community Fund is distributing nearly 275-thousand dollars to area non-profits. Officials said part one of the emergency grant funds will benefit 42-area non-profits. The emergency grant cycle is now moving onto phase two and will focus on steps to help non-profits recover and serve populations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Just about 10 percent of people tested for the coronavirus are testing positive, even as more people are being tested. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said six-thousand-854 people have tested positive for the virus, while another 69 thousand have tested negative. That means the state’s positive-test-rate is holding at about 10 percent. The positive-test-rate has around 10 percent for weeks.

 The number of people who’ve lost their job in Wisconsin during the coronavirus outbreak is closing-in on 500-thousand. The state’s Department of Workforce Development released its latest numbers yesterday. Last week alone, the state says 55-thousand people filed a jobless claim. So far, the state says it’s paid-out more than 290-million-dollars in unemployment benefits to over 480-thousand people.

Prosecutors in Milwaukee are asking for a life sentence for the man accused of killing five family members at his home earlier this week. The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office yesterday filed formal, first degree homicide charges against 43-year-old Christopher Stokes. Police say Stokes admitted that he ‘massacred’ his family on Monday. Four of the five people he is accused of killing were teenagers. Milwaukee Police are not guessing at a motive for the crime.