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Eau Claire is considering a boardwalk for Half Moon Lake.  The city council talked about the plan at Wednesday night’s meeting.  Eau Claire Parks manager Steve Plaza says the boardwalk would have sitting areas, nice views, and possibly informational kiosks.  Plaza said the boardwalk would replace the current path around the lake.  He figures it will cost about one million dollars to build.

There’s another plea from Wisconsin’s public health managers to get another vaccine.  The State’s Department of Public Health yesterday said it is time to get flu shots. DHS says flu shots won’t stop people from getting sick, but will protect people from getting a serious case of the flu.  The flu is most dangerous to the very young and the very old. Flu season starts next month.

Marquette is the latest campus to add delivery robots.  The school yesterday unveiled the robots which carry food from The Brew in the Alumni Memorial Union to other spots on campus.  Many schools across the country use the robots as a way to get students and faculty members their meals.  Marquette’s delivery bots will have to cross streets like Wells and Wisconsin, but they will be chaperoned for the first few weeks.

A conservative legal group in Wisconsin is challenging the legality of a federal elections law as it relates to Wisconsin.  The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty is suing the Wisconsin Elections Commission, claiming the commission is breaking state law by allowing county clerks to accept the National Voter Registration form.  The group claims Wisconsin doesn’t have to accept the form because it has same-day registration.

Wisconsin is getting millions of dollars in federal funding to help prevent suicides.  The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says it’s expecting to get almost 870-thousand dollars a year over the next five years to give to parts of the state with the highest suicide rates.  The department says suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in Wisconsin.

A University of Wisconsin doctor is being tapped to help lead a new national center that will study the impacts of social media on kids.  Dr. Megan Morena will be the co-medical director of the Center of Excellence on Social Media.  Her co-leader will be a doctor from the University of Michigan.

Above Photo: From left, UW-Stout students Britney Serafina, Kal Breeden and Dylan Kostuch and Associate Professor Keith Gilland conduct research in a stream this summer as part of the Red Cedar Basin Monitoring Program. The program has received a second grant from the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin. Professors and students at University of Wisconsin-Stout have contributed for many years to efforts to reduce toxic, blue-green algae blooms and improve water quality in area lakes, rivers and streams. “It will provide

A bit warm to already be thinking about winter, but hey, it’s Wisconsin! Eau Claire Parks, Recreation, & Forestry would like to personally invite your business, organization, or non-profit to participate in the 2022 Clearwater Winter Parade. This year’s theme is, “Passport to Festivities Around the Globe”. Registration is now OPEN! Register online CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

Police at UW-Madison are looking for a scooter-slapper. Officers took to Twitter yesterday to share pictures of a man who they say is riding around campus on an electric scooter and either slapping or touching people. There are no reports of any serious injuries. UW-Madison Police are asking anyone who recognizes the slapper to call them.

 The Wisconsin Election Commission is walking a line on the latest ruling over ballot changes. The Commission yesterday sent a note to local election clerks explaining that a judge has ruled that they cannot add anything, usually missing address information, to incomplete absentee ballots. Wisconsin law doesn’t allow that, even though the Commission told clerks they could. The Commission’s letter, however, explains that the court didn’t rule on what a complete address on an absentee ballot must include. The Commission says clerks should check