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There continue to be issues at HSHS and Prevea hospitals across Wisconsin.  The hospitals yesterday said more phone lines are back online, but said they are still dealing with the effects of what they call a ‘temporary system outage.’  Earlier in the week, HSHS and Prevea said patient billing services were not working.  No one is saying just what caused the system outage, and there’s no estimate as to when everything will be back online.

There is another Democratic candidate for Congress in western Wisconsin. Former La Crosse County Board Chair Tara Johnson yesterday announced a grassroots campaign to take on Republican Derrick Van Orden. There are already two other Democrats in the race. Van Orden is in his first term in Congress, and western Wisconsin is considered a possible swing district in the state.

A pair of Democratic lawmakers want to end Wisconsin’s tipped minimum wage. Senator Chris Larson from Milwaukee and state rep. Francesca Hong from Madison yesterday reintroduced a plan to pay bartenders, waiters, and other tipped employees the same wage as everyone else. The two say tipped workers deserve a living wage. Wisconsin’s minimum wage is seven-dollars and 25-cents an hour, while the tipped minimum wage is just two-33 an hour. Larson and Hong tried with a similar plan two years

Eau Claire has a spooky circus in town for the weekend. The Paranormal Cirque opens today and runs through Sunday. The circus is for mature audiences — you have to be 17 years old to get in without a parent. The circus features acrobatics, illusions, mysterious creatures, and a haunted maze. It also features a hearse near the front entrance. You can find out more, and of course buy tickets online with AN EASY CLICK HERE.

September kicks off National Preparedness Month, which is a time for everyone to review their personal and family emergency plans. For 2023, the national theme is “Take Control in 1, 2, 3.” This theme aims to help older adults become prepared for disasters with three easy steps. The public should follow the Eau Claire County Emergency Management and Eau Claire City-County Health Department pages for tips and information about preparing for the different types of disasters that may occur in

“We are surprised and disappointed that a company like Costco, that claims worker-friendlyvalues, has irresponsibly decided to leave our local construction workforce in the dust.” On September 6th , 2023 delegates and leadership of the Affiliated trades listed here: Plumbers, Steamfitters and HVAC L.U. 434International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers L.U. 14International Union of Elevator Constructors L.U. 9Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons L.U. 599Painters, Drywall Finishers and Glazers D.C. 82Sprinkler Fitters L.U. 669Roofers L.U. 96Bricklayers and Allied Craft Workers of WI

ABOVE PHOTO: A bike information session at the Hostel Shoppe. Photo contributed by Mikayla Obsuszt.  Becoming a teacher has always been Mikayla Obsuszt’s career goal. Her parents are teachers, and her first job in high school was at a child care facility, where she learned she loved to help others and wanted a classroom to call her own.  “Every task that I completed was done with the idea of helping others. With an interest in marketing, Obsuszt chose the marketing and business education

It’s prison time for an Eau Claire drug dealer who sold the fentanyl that killed another man. A judge yesterday sentenced Trenton Wik to 20 years in prison. Investigators say Wik sold a man what he claimed to be heroin. That man sold the drugs to a third man, who then overdosed. The victim was found dead in a car in Eau Claire in December of 2020. Wik will spend 10 years on parole once he has served his time.

Eau Claire County’s administrator will keep her job. The county board met behind closed doors to talk about Administrator Kathryn Schauf’s future. She faced criticism for how she handled the investigation into the county’s Human Services department. County supervisors voted after that closed-door meeting to ‘take no further action’ on Schauf’s future at this point.

Madison Police are revealing a new detail in Sunday’s attack against a UW-Madison student.  Investigators said yesterday the young woman was sexually assaulted, in addition to being brutally beaten.  Police say they were not sure the young woman would survive, but now believe that she will live.  Madison Police are still not saying anything about suspects in the attack that happened early Sunday morning, though they have stepped up patrols throughout downtown.