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Both Trinity Lutheran Church and Hope Gospel Mission are hosting Thanksgiving dinners this week.  Organizers at Trinity Lutheran expect to feed around 500 people Thursday and will also have kids activities, youth tying fleece blankets, and a TV to watch football.  They are accepting donations to support their Hunger Ministries.  Local suppliers donated the food for Hope Gospel Mission’s dinner Thursday and organizers expect to feed about 300 people. More than 100 volunteers work to make the event possible. 

Eau Claire is one often locations where the Festival Foods Turkey Trot is taking place.  The Thanksgiving Day race will begin at Hobbs Ice Arena and will include a five mile or two mile route that is dog-friendly. Funds raised from the Turkey Trot will go to support the local YMCA and Boys and Girls Club. 

It’s a communiTREE event in town as the inaugural FEZtival of Trees fundraiser is underway at the Masonic Ballroom in Eau Claire.  The week-long event began yesterday with a display of 20 pre-lit artificial trees donated by businesses and organizations decorated using the theme old-fashioned Christmas.  The trees will be raffled off after Thankgiving.  Organizers say they are expecting up to two thousand people by the end of the event, and that all money raised will stay in the Eau

Local skate boarders are advocating for safe skating spaces.  The Eau Claire Skaters Association held an open discussion last night about raising funds for a skate park in Boyd Park.  The association has been working on the effort for about five years and is approaching its goal of 75-thousand dollars. 

Family and friends of a missing man are searching for clues to his disappearance.  Volunteers are searching the area along the Chippewa River banks near where 53-year-old Toby Cleasby’s car was found in Eau Claire County on November 7th.  Cleasby hasn’t been seen since November 5th. 

Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel will reportedly decide TODAY (Monday) if he will pursue a recount in the election against Josh Kaul.  The move comes after the state Elections Commission released preliminary numbers, showing Kaul leading by just over 17-thousand votes or by zero-point-six-five-percent.  State law says a candidate can request a recount if the margin is below one-percentage point.  However, if the margin is above a quarter of a percentage point, state law would require that the candidate seeking

A nurse iS spleading guilty to stealing fentanyl from the VA hospital in Madison.  The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 48-year-old Todd Mehrhoff faces up to four years behind bars.  He is accused of obtaining the fentanyl for his own personal use by use of misrepresentation and fraud.  An investigation revealed that Mehrhoff was linked to over 100 suspected drug diversions of fentanyl from August of 2017 to December of 2017.  Operating room employees reportedly told police that Mehrhoff had removed

Firefighters across Wisconsin are reminding Thanksgiving chefs of the dangers of frying turkey.  The National Fire Protection Association says Thanksgiving is a peak day for home cooking fires.  Some simple tips to avoid disaster include making sure the turkey fryer is on a sturdy, level surface and not overfilled with oil.  Make sure the turkey is completely thawed and check the temperature of the fryer often because they can easily overheat. 

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating reports of deer poaching in Eau Claire County.  A conservation warden with the DNR says he began getting reports about two weeks ago about gun shots late at night and half-butchered deer carcasses dumped in the woods.  The warden says poaching makes all hunters look bad in general, even ethical hunters.  But he mentions that he thinks the incidents are relatively rare. 

A turkey store in Barron is recalling tens of thousands of pounds of ground turkey products just before Thanksgiving.  Jennie-O Turkey says four of its raw ground turkey products that were produced in early September may be associated with a Salmonella outbreak.  The USDA is currently investigating over 160 cases of illness in 35 states that could be related to the Jennie-O products.  Consumers are being asked to avoid products with the establishment number P-190 inside the USDA mark of