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An Eau Claire hospital is taking steps to protect mothers and newborns from the spread of COVID-19. H-S-H-S Sacred Heart Hospital is limiting the number of visitors for each woman in labor to one person. The hospital says newborns are at a higher risk for COVID-19. Nurse Kayla Lombard says the hospital is also screening all patients, visitors, and staff members to protect everyone at the hospital. 

If you don’t stay at home for the next month, Wisconsin’s top public health official says tens of thousands of people could get sick and more than a thousand could die. Department of Health Services boss Andrea Palm yesterday predicted that if people ignore Governor Tony Evers’ ‘Safer at Home’ order, 22-thousand people would get sick with the coronavirus in the next two weeks and 15-hundred people would die. As of yesterday, 457 people in Wisconsin are sick with the coronavirus. Just five

Add the Eau Claire Marathon to the list of things postponed because of the coronavirus. Race organizers yesterday said they are moving the marathon back to September. There is no way they could hold the race with social distancing requirements in place. The race was originally set for May 2nd and 3rd. The race will not be held September 26th and 27th.

We now know more details of the car removed from a river. It was on March 20th just before 3am. When the Eau Claire Communications Center received information about a vehicle that had entered the Chippewa River. A witness had observed a vehicle travel westbound on Gilbert Avenue and enter the Chippewa River.   Despite delays due to high water, crews worked to recover the vehicle and continued investigation showed that the car did not brake before entering the water.

As our lives are uprooted the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Great Chippewa Valley are doing great things and providing meals. Below is an updated calendar of times and locations.

Life may be inconvenienced a bit but not totally halted with the Safer at Home initiative authorized by Governor Tony Evers. The governor said today the state is not in total lock-down and essential businesses like healthcare, those that provide food, shelter and social services, pharmacies, grocery stores, gas stations, banks, laundromats, child care facilities and much more will remain open.  The initiative is to encourage people to stay home and limit contact with others for the next several weeks

Officials in three counties in the Northwoods are asking people to stay away from their vacation homes.  Leaders in Ashland, Vilas and Oneida counties say the community transmission of the coronavirus across the state influenced their decision.  They say the healthcare infrastructure is limited in the area and those who might be coming up to vacation homes could be carrying the virus.  Officials ask that people stay in their home area.

If retailers are playing dirty, Attorney General Josh Kaul is asking everyone to help clean it up and fight price gouging. The AG says today consumers need to know their rights and if they see or experience price gouging, they should to report it to the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.  That department will handle the initial investigation of the complaint and may refer it to the Department of Justice or district attorney for further action.

Life is changing rapidly for many of us, and in light of that-we are delivering you a message from the Postal Service. Multiple positions are available throughout the state with hourly wages range from $13.53 to $18.56 per hour. Both indoor and outdoor work is available. Depending on the location and type of work, opportunities may exist on all three shifts. Many entry level positions offer paid holidays, paid time off, and health insurance.  The jobs are available now and