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Wisconsin is seeing hundreds of RSV cases each week.  The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said the state is averaging 800 cases each week.  Many states across the country are seeing similar spikes in RSV cases and hospitalizations, but no one is saying why.  DHS says a number of hospitals across the state say they are almost out of ICU beds for kids.  RSV cases usually peak in January, so an October outbreak is concerning.

Governor Evers is going to spend the last full week of the 2022 campaign on the bus.  The governor launched a 10-day bus tour yesterday to wrap-up his campaign for governor.  Evers’ campaign is calling it the “Do The Right Thing” bus tour.  He will visit every part of the state before Election Day on November 8th.  Polls show the governor is essentially tied with Republican Tim Michels in the race.

There are charges in Chippewa County for last month’s high speed chase that ended with a crash.  Prosecutors yesterday filed endangering safety, and hit-and-run charges against 20-year-old Chad Myszka.  He was arrested in September in Marathon County after a chase that stretched from Marathon County into Chippewa County.  He’s due back in court next week to face the charges.

Police say the woman who crashed into a Wisconsin state senator last summer was driving 100 miles-per-hour.  The Wisconsin State Patrol yesterday said Alyssa Ortman was speeding down Highway 2 in Ashland last July when she smashed into Senator Janet Bewley’s car.  Ortman’s five-year-old daughter died in the crash, she died later at the hospital.  Bewley wasn’t seriously hurt.  Troopers say the speed limit on that stretch of road is 45 miles-per-hour.  Ortman’s ex has filed a wrongful death lawsuit because of the crash.

There was a lot of talk about abortion during Wisconsin’s debate for Attorney General.  Current Attorney General Josh Kaul and Republican challenger Eric Toney met for their only debate last night.  Kaul accused Toney of being extreme because he supports Wisconsin’s law that bans almost all abortions.  Toney walked back comments that he would give local prosecutors the power to file charges in abortion cases if the A-G’s office did not.  Toney, for his part, hammered Kaul on what he says is

Another snapshot of voters in Wisconsin will be released next week.  Marquette Law School will release a poll next Wednesday that will show how voters feel about the state heading into the election.  Pollsters say the new poll will provide insight on whether voters think the state is on the right track, and will show how they feel about the candidates for governor and U.S. Senate.

The city of Eau Claire is waiting to see if it will be getting more money before deciding on next year’s budget.  The city council last night agreed to hold-off on its second public budget hearing until after the election.  There was supposed to be a hearing on Monday, November 7th.  But that’s one day before voters will decide on the city’s nearly one-and-a-half million-dollar per-year tax increase.  City Manager Stephanie Hirsch says if that referendum fails the next city

Northwestern Wisconsin continues to be the only part of the state with coronavirus worries.  The latest numbers from the CDC show six counties in the far northwestern corner of the state all have high coronavirus activity levels.  Most of the rest of the state is rated as having low levels.  Milwaukee and the WOW counties have medium levels.  No one is saying why the northwestern counties are seeing elevated coronavirus numbers, though it could be because of their small populations.  The CDC

Winners of Downtown Eau Claire’s Jump Start Downtown Business Competition were announcedon Thursday afternoon during an awards lunch at Forage, 403 S Barstow St. “We had an especially strong slate of applicants this year,” said Aaron White, Downtown Eau Claire, Inc. Executive Director. “With seven applicants, this was also the second-highest number of participants in the program’s 17-year history, and we think that is really good news. Interest in establishing a business downtown remains high, and a thriving business core

The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer, but that doesn’t mean we’re stuck in the dark. Embrace winter and its shorter days by joining the Eau Claire Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Division’s Third Annual Chippewa Valley Parade of Lights! Registration is now open for the Third Annual Chippewa Valley Parade of Lights. Residents and commercial businesses in the Eau Claire and Altoona School Districts are invited to decorate the exteriors of their home or business for