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As many of us follow the Safer at Home guidelines and are staying at home, what about those in our community without a home?Beginning Saturday, March 28, Catholic Charities Sojourner House is moving the shelter to the Hobbs Municipal Ice Center/O’Brien Rink located at 915 Menomonie Street, Eau Claire. For the first couple of nights, adult men and women experiencing homelessness will be asked to meet at the Sojourner House at 5:30 pm and transported to the Hobbs Municipal Ice

We are all getting creative these dates, and how about going classic this weekend? Pizza, a cold one…and a roll! The Eagles Club is now taking orders for tomorrow’s Bar-B-Q express 16 inch pizzas and a case of domestics and a roll of toilet paper for $30! Upgrade to a premium case for an additional $5 dollars!!! There will be some mix and match deals on the beer for $20 and have some cans as well. Call ahead 715-723-0172! CLICK

There will a sex offender released to our area. The Eau Claire Police Department has been notified that 37 year old Daniel R. Ybarra will be released from prison on March 31st. Ybarra will be under supervision by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC). Ybarra’s previous convictions include: 2nd Degree Sexual Assault of a Child, 2 counts in June of 2006 in Eau Claire County Ybarra will be residing at a DOC monitored residence in the 100 block of Randall

Governor Tony Evers wants an absentee ballot sent to every Wisconsin voter.  The governor wants the state legislature to come together and pen a new law that would send an absentee ballot to registered voters and also extend the time that clerks have to count the votes.  Evers wants every voter in state to be able to cast a ballot in the upcoming spring elections as well as the November presidential election despite the restrictions of the coronavirus. 

There is a temporary order to suspend evictions and foreclosures in the state.  Governor Evers ordered the move today in light of the public health emergency caused by the coronavirus.  The order does not relieve a person of their responsibility to pay rent or mortgage.  But it does prohibit landlords from evicting tenants and postpones civil action to foreclose on real estate for 60 days.

The cost for regular gas in Wisconsin is down 24-cents-a-gallon compared to a week ago.  Triple-A says the average price statewide is a-dollar-66 today, while the national average is two-oh-five.  Drivers are paying a-dollar-68 a gallon in Madison, one-40 in Appleton, one-58-in Oshkosh and a-dollar-47 in Janesville.  St. Croix County drivers are paying some of the highest prices in the state at a-dollar-92 a gallon for regular gas.

In uncharted and turbulent times like this, let’s face it. It’s HARD. It is a day by day kind of life right now, and a lot of us are feeling overwhelmed. So, sometimes there are no words. But there is music. And for this Friday Feel Good, we let music do the talking. A student at Berklee College of Music called in 74 of her friends to perform the Burt Bacharach song, “What the World Needs Now”.  They all recorded

211 is answering calls about COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus. This network is designed and staffed to handle the large volume of calls from concerned Dunn County residents who have questions about the virus. Anyone looking for information about the COVID-19 outbreak can simply dial 2-1-1 (or 877-947-2211) or Text “COVID19” to 211-211. The 211 network is an established resource to connect callers with critical information about health and human services. This ensures citizens can talk to a person

The famous crosswalk on the Beatles’ Abbey Road album cover is getting a fresh paint job.  London is currently on lockdown because of the coronavirus, so, since no one was out and about, the city’s highway maintenance department decided this week it was a good time to give the landmark a fresh coat of paint.  Tourists flock to the crosswalk every year, to get a picture of themselves crossing Abbey Road the way the Beatles did in 1969.  The crosswalk

A local manufacturer is making free desks for students in Baron County. Infinity Retail Services in Turtle Lake has already made close to 300 free desks to give students doing their schoolwork at home. Engineer Brock Molls says the idea came this week after watching families with kids struggling to find a place to do their schoolwork at home. C-E-O Kevin Jansen says the company is using some leftover material to make the desks that can be assembled in ten-minutes.