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 Marshfield Clinic Lake Hallie Center will begin offering urgent care services starting Aug. 6. Urgent care will be open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 129161 27th Ave. Lake Hallie Center is conveniently located between Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls off of Highway 53. Urgent care is available for injuries and illnesses, like minor cuts that need stitches or ear infections, that are not life threatening but need care fast. “Volumes have increased at the Marshfield Medical Center-Eau

 U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced new legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs for millions of Americans. The Capping Prescription Costs Act would place annual caps on out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs—$2,000 for individuals and $4,000 for families, building on the success of the Inflation Reduction Act, which capped prescription drug cost-sharing for Medicare Part D beneficiaries, extending the savings to the commercial health care market. “No American should have to choose between basic necessities like putting food on the table

Vice President Kamala Harris was in the battleground state of Wisconsin for her first campaign rally since launching her presidential bid. While speaking from Milwaukee, Harris attacked Donald Trump, saying she’ll proudly put her record against the former president’s any day of the week. Harris said Trump has many issues. She highlighted the list of criminal indictments against Trump. Harris quickly consolidated Democratic support to become the party’s presumptive nominee this week, securing the delegate support and endorsement of top

There’s been another plea in the 2022 murder of Christopher Conner in Eau Claire.  Xavier Thompson pleaded no contest on Monday to recklessly endangering safety charges. In exchange, prosecutors dropped homicide charges. Thompson is the third person to plead guilty in the case. Eau Claire Police say five people were involved in Conner’s death back in 2022.  Thompson will be sentenced in October.  Two other suspects remain in jail awaiting either a trial or a plea deal of their own.

The woman who nearly stabbed her boyfriend to death last Christmas Eve has pleaded guilty. Laura Feala pleaded guilty in Chippewa County court yesterday to an attempted homicide charge.  Prosecutors dropped a handful of other charges in the case.  Police say Feala barged-in on her boyfriend in the shower at their home in Lake Hallie last Christmas Eve and stabbed him several times. He was covered in blood when police arrived. She’s due to be sentenced in October.

Eau Claire Schools say they are keeping their teachers, but say they are having a hard time finding people to fill-in. Brandon Wick with Eau Claire Schools says the district hasn’t a lot of teacher turn-over recently, unlike many other schools in Wisconsin. But Wick said there continues to be a need for substitute teachers. A Department of Public Instruction report from earlier in the year said many school districts in the state are dealing with retention problems. Wick said

A new report says public schools in Wisconsin are spending more per-student than just a few years ago. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty yesterday said the latest numbers from Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction show, when adjusted for inflation, public schools are spending nearly one-thousand-dollars more per student than a decade ago. The group says the numbers pop the myth that somehow Wisconsin is underfunding its classrooms. DPI’s numbers show schools are spending less than they were during

There’s a warning about a dengue fever outbreak in Eau Claire. The city/county health department issued the warning yesterday. Public health managers say 12 people in the area have come down with dengue fever since the beginning of the year. Dengue fever is spread by mosquitoes, and the mosquitoes in Wisconsin do not carry it. All 12 of the people who’ve been sick with dengue fever came from areas in the tropics where dengue fever is common. There’s no worry

Republican lawmakers have scuttled three emergency rules from the state’s Elections Commission, including one that deals with the rules for absentee voting. The legislature’s rules committee on Monday voted down the rules, saying there’s no emergency and no need for the Elections Commission to work around the legislature. The absentee voting rule would have mandated one set of absentee voting rules for all election clerks in Wisconsin. The other two dealt with ballot challenges to either candidates, or their nominating

The Wisconsin A-G has reached an 85-thousand-dollar settlement with a local company for violating state air laws. Attorney General Josh Kaul says a Kerry Incorporated liquid smoke plant was not properly observing its air emissions and didn’t operate its air pollution control equipment as its permit required. The Wisconsin Department of Justice says tips from the public were key in starting the investigation into Kerry. The public can anonymously report tips to the DNR Tip Hotline at any time.