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The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is asking for your help to find a dog that bit a boy, Thursday, July 11th, 2024, around 6:30/7:00pm. The bite happened near the intersection of Erin St. and Birch St. The dog was described to be solid color, dark tan or brown, medium size (approximately 50 lbs.). The dog did not have any collar or leash. No animal owner was observed with the dog. The dog was heading northbound on Erin St. from

The Eau Claire County community can now use a new medication drop box to freely and easily dispose of their unwanted or expired medications. The new drop box is available to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The drop box is located in the lobby of the Eau Claire County Jail, 710 2nd Ave., Eau Claire. Anyone can enter the jail lobby to use the box between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. To access the

Eau Claire Energy Cooperative (ECEC) was awarded Over $1.1 million in funding from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) for two major projects aimed at improving grid resiliency. PSCW awarded funds to 11 electric cooperatives across Wisconsin, recognizing their essential role in maintaining and improving the state’s electrical grid infrastructure. These grants are a testament to thecritical work being done by cooperatives to ensure that rural communities have access to reliableelectricity. One of the awarded projects is aimed at

Agnes’ Table & Community Center (ATCC) has announced a new collaboration with the Chippewa Falls YMCA and Trinity United Methodist Church to enhance service delivery and further its mission to tackle food insecurity in the community. Starting September 3rd, 2024, ATCC will be transitioning its dinner services to Trinity United Methodist Church, located at 201 W Central St, Chippewa Falls, with service hours from 5:00-6:30 PM. Social hours will commence at 3:30 PM. Guests will also have the opportunity to

Some music fans say good tunes can save a life…and for this week’s Friday Feel Good we take it to the stage to spotlight not the famous band, but a woman in the audience.  A 78-year-old man in Massachusetts is trying to track down the woman who saved his life at a Rolling Stones concert a few weeks ago.  Fittingly, the song “Start Me Up” was playing when it happened. Tony Palladino talks about the woman that saved his life. Proving that

See you next time…in DeForest! Kwik Trip’s latest groundbreaking is one of its largest. The company yesterday turned the first shovel of dirt on what will become a 280 thousand square-foot distribution center in DeForest. Right now, Kwik Trip supplies all of its stores from a single 600 thousand square-foot facility in La Crosse. This will be Kwik Trip’s second distribution center. Company president Scott Zietlow says there will eventually be 400 people working at the distribution center once it

The Wisconsin Supreme Court last week declared that ballot drop boxes are once again legal in the state. The Wisconsin Elections Commission yesterday approved guidance for local election clerks who plan to use the boxes this year. So who is on board with the box? Here locally, we will likely see them. Eau Claire County Clerk Sue McDonald yesterday said the boxes are more convenient for some voters. She expects at least a couple of local communities to use them

Eau Claire’s airport managers want SkyWest to once again fly out of the Chippewa Valley. The Airport Commission is recommending SkyWest to replace Sun Country for the airport’s next service contract. SkyWest pulled out of Eau Claire back in 2022 because of financial pressures. Now, SkyWest is promising to return with daily flights to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. The federal government will ultimately make the final decision on which airline will fly in and out of Eau Claire. See more about

It’s going to take some time to get a new plan for the future of the University of Wisconsin. The Legislative Council Study Committee on the Future of the University of Wisconsin System held its first meeting yesterday, and said it will take into next year at the least to get any recommendations for change. The committee is looking at the demographic trends that will impact the UW over the next several years, as well as looking at what the

Dunn County now has a Narcan vending machine. The county’s health department opened its harm reduction public health kiosk yesterday. The vending machine will have Narcan doses and fentanyl test strips for drugs, as well as  gun locks, hygiene kits, and medication disposal bags. Public Health director KT Gallagher says the idea is to give people the things they need to save some lives. Eau Claire County’s Narcan vending machine has proven popular since it opened last year. Public health