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You can still light your grill and your backyard fire pit, but larger fires in some Chippewa County communities are out of bounds for now. The Chippewa Fire District yesterday announced it is banning most fires. The move follows an order from DNR. Hallie, Howard, Lafayette, Wheaton, and the village of Lake Hallie are all covered by the order. Fire Chief Scott Bernette says the ban includes burning in barrels as well.

Over half of Wisconsin municipalities are in great need of poll workers.  The Wisconsin Election Commission said today nearly 60-percent of Wisconsin towns are short because of the fear of working during the coronavirus outbreak.  Officials estimate the state needs about seven-thousand more workers before next Tuesday’s primary elections.  There is an outreach effort by the Election Commission to colleges, universities and state employees to find more volunteers.

Wednesday, April 1st is “Census Day”. The 2020 U.S. Census is actually well underway as the initial invitations for the 2020 Census were mailed to households on March 12th. Because of the Coronavirus, the Census Bureau has adjusted its schedule to allow additional time for households to respond. The original self-response phase was to last until July 31st but that has been extended until August 14th. Households can respond to the Census in three ways: on-line, by telephone, or complete

St. Charles Early Childhood Center is accepting enrollments from new families to begin child care services on Monday, April 6 and now are looking to welcome healthcare workers and other essential workers who have children ages 12 months to 12 years. Director of the Early Childhood Center Jamie Dodge says, “While realizing the needs of essential workers, please be aware that the safety of the children and the workers is the top priority at our center. For all essential workers

With all of the stress on recent families, there are organizations who are also feeling the need as they reach out to help. Feed My People is working to provide approximately 2000 bags of food per week to students in local school districts that are facing food insecurity while we’re out of our school buildings and could use donations if you are able to contribute. CLICK HERE TO FILL UP ON DETAILS

Police are investigating after a pedestrian was hit and killed in Wood County. The Wood County Sheriff’s Department says yesterday a pick-up truck hit a man who was in the road near the intersection of County Highway Y and North Galvin Avenue in Marshfield. The pedestrian was dead at the scene.

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.