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Nash Finch is the winning bidder to purchase all five Gordy’s Market locations.  The receiver for Gordy’s filed documents in Chippewa County Court yesterday naming the grocery distributor as the winning, and only, bidder at Wednesday’s auction in Milwaukee.  Nash Finch is currently suing Gordy’s for 46 million dollars for failing to pay money company owed them.

A new project is aimed at making winter easier and happier in Eau Claire.  The Wintermission Eau Claire initiative hopes to eliminate social isolation and increase outdoor physical activity during winter.  The program was created by a Canadian nonprofit and Eau Claire was one of only three cities chosen to participate in the pilot. 

Governor Evers wants to make a statewide program that provides mental healthcare to nearly 70 Chippewa County veterans a permanent fixture through his budget proposal.  Legislators and citizens discussed the Veterans Outreach and Recovery Program yesterday which provides vets access to case management, mental healthcare, and substance abuse resources.  The program is nearly a year old and was initially funded by the legislature as a temporary project.

An annual fundraiser is helping to end hunger in the Chippewa Valley.  Feed My People held its Empty Bowls event at Florian Gardens in Eau Claire yesterday.  Those attending could purchase one of a variety of handmade bowls to keep while enjoying soups donated by local restaurants.  Proceeds will go toward programming for the organization.  

Today is International Women’s Day.  The theme of the 111th annual celebration is #BalanceforBetter.  Organizers say the theme recognizes the desire of women around the world for balance in their lives and in society.  This year’s initiative is aimed at gender equality, greater awareness of discrimination, and a celebration of women’s achievements.  Events are scheduled in cities around the world, including more than 35 cities across the U.S.  

City of Eau Claire Streets crews continue clean-up plow and snow haul operations, to aid in their work a new Snow Event has been declared and will go into effect at 12-midnight, 3/8/19 and will end at 5 p.m. on 3/10/19.    The current Snow Event continues to be in effect. Residents can expect that for at least the next two weeks Alternate Side Parking rules will continue to be implemented.  The current alternate side parking ordinance requires a new Snow Event

Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese has continued its tradition of excellence, winning five awards at the 2019 U.S. Championship Cheese Contest. Crave Brothers Cheese received two Gold Awards (Best of Class/First Place) for Crave Brothers Fresh Mozzarella Medallions and Crave Brothers Part-Skim One-Pound Mozzarella Balls. In addition, Crave Brothers Cheese won three Silver (Second Place) Awards for Crave Brothers Fresh Mozzarella Ciliegine, Crave Brothers Oaxaca, and Crave Brothers White Cheddar Cheese Curds.  The U.S. Championship Cheese Contest was held in Green Bay, Wisconsin, March 5, 6 and

Governor Tony Evers visited the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Thursday morning to announce that he has put the first portion of funding to a new Science & Health Sciences building on the UW-Eau Claire campus in his biennial budget. The current Science building on campus, Phillips Hall, was built in 1963 and accounts for 34 percent of annual work orders for facilities on campus.

A Holman man is going to prison for six years for sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl.  Reports show 25-year-old Richard Hulburt pleaded no contest in December to second-degree sexual assault after originally being charged with two counts of first-degree child sexual assault in Chippewa County.  At his sentencing yesterday, the county district attorney said Hulburt has no remorse for his crime.

Less kids are getting their early childhood vaccination in western Wisconsin than in any other part of the state.  According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, 73-percent of Wisconsin kids under the age of two were vaccinated in 2017, but only 69-percent of kids in western Wisconsin got vaccinated.  That’s the lowest mark in any region of the state.  In Eau Claire, 74-percent of kids were fully vaccinated in 2017.  In La Crosse, 78-percent were vaccinated.