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Wisconsin’s new Safer at Home order begins today, and that means that some people will be outside a bit more. Including some golfers who are able to hit courses, with modified rules. Eau Claire County Sheriff Ron Cramer says, for the most part, people have been following the rules to stay at home. The sheriff says when there is a violation, his deputies take them on a case-by-case basis. The new Safer at Home order is supposed to run til

Every single one of Wisconsin’s members of Congress is on-board with the plan to restock the Paycheck Protection Act. The House yesterday nearly unanimously approved the plan to add 321 million-dollars to the program designed to help small businesses pay their workers and keep themselves afloat during the coronavirus outbreak. Western Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind says the new program will ‘fill-in the gaps’ from the original paycheck program.

We haven’t heard much about the status of Foxconn lately, but now face masks are the first things to roll off the assembly line at Foxconn’s plant in Mount Pleasant. Governor Tony Evers yesterday said the company donated 100-thousand face masks to the state. The governor has been critical of Foxconn and its agreement with the state in the past. Foxconn is still working to make ventilators at the Mount Pleasant plant as well.

A man who escaped prison in a stolen vehicle was later arrested. It was a bit after 1 on Thursday afternoon when the Chippewa County Communications Center received a call from the Chippewa Valley Correctional Treatment Facility, that an inmate had escaped andwas last seen running south and east away from the prison. It was later reported the prisoner was seen getting into a black Toyota and was driving toward 50th Ave. at 160th St. Shortly after, a deputy observed

The number of COVID-19 cases and both rise in the last 24 hours.   Wisconsin health officials today say over 200 new coronavirus cases and eleven deaths are confirmed since yesterday.  There are over five-thousand cases in the state and 257 people have died from the virus.

The State Department of Workforce Development says over 55-thousand people filed first time unemployment claims in Wisconsin last week.  That pushed the number of jobless claims in recent weeks to almost 300-thousand in the state.  Most of the layoffs and furloughs are because of the closing of businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 The NFL is holding its 2020 Draft tonight via the internet.  The Packers have ten picks in the seven rounds.  Green Bay will pick 30th in round one tonight.  The team has the 62nd pick in round two and selects at number 94 in round three tomorrow.

When it comes to a summer staple, so far the Fair is still planning to take over the Northern Wisconsin State Fair Grounds…With some modifications. The Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds is monitoring the COVID 19 situation and continues to prepare and plan for the 123rd edition of the Northern Wisconsin State Fair (NWSF).  Officials offer this message as they plan to move forward: At this time, we cannot foresee what the COVID 19 situation will be in July and we are

Weekly jobless claims numbers are out and they’re still in the millions.  The Labor Department says four-point-four million Americans filed first-time claims for unemployment benefits last week.  That’s pretty much right in line with what analysts were expecting and is down from the previous week’s more than six-and-a-half million new claims. 

Domestic violence reports are rising amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Family Support Center in Eau Claire says nationally, rates of domestic violence are expected to increase because of recent shelter in place orders. A spokesperson for the center says the current circumstances are keeping people home with their abusers, adding a layer of people who feel they must stay in unsafe situations. Those who work in the center know that it can be challenging for people who need help to