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New Director for the Eau Claire City-County Health Department selected

EAU CLAIRE COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - The Eau Claire City-County Board of Health is announcing Julie McCallum, RN, MPH, has been selected as Health Officer and Director of the Eau Claire City-County Health Department. The announcement comes after Lieske Giese, who has served as Health Officer and Director of the...

Eau Claire County, WI · 21h
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Deer hunting legend shares public-land secrets

Trophy whitetail hunting legend Greg Miller of Wisconsin was a master at killing big bucks on private and public land, but he estimates that 75% of his deer were harvested on public land. Miller shot his best-ever archery buck, a 17-point non-typical that gross-scored 202 5/8 points in December 1990 on snowy private land in Eau Claire County. It ranked as the fourth-largest non-typical in Wisconsin for many years. (Courtesy of Greg Miller)

Eau Claire County, WI · 7d
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Rice Lake Chronotype

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Property Committee dims on campus solar array proposal

The Barron County Property Committee, at its Monday, Nov. 9, meeting, indefinitely tabled pursuing a solar array project at UW-Eau Claire — Barron County, opting to keep the green space as is rather than filling it with solar panels to potentially raise funds for the university and county. The committee members had a copy of a Solar Feasibility Study that was prepared by Upper 90, a Centrix Company. According to the study’s executive summary, the county and campus engaged in the firm to evaluate the feasibility of a ground-mounted solar array on undeveloped county-owned land at the campus at 1800 College Drive, Rice Lake. The study was funded by the Wisconsin Public Service Commission Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant. It presented two options, both of which would generate more electricity than the entire campus currently uses in a year. The second option would generate roughly three times campus usage. The study said the array site — east of the main campus — appears workable as it sits away from the Red Cedar River mitigating DNR shoreline/floodplain concerns. It stated that the main obstacles would include relocating a portion of the adjacent disc golf course and installing a security fencing

Barron County, WI · 2d

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Wisconsin healthcare facilities on lookout for measles cases

EAU CLAIRE, Wis., (WLAX, WEUX) – More than 551 measles cases have been reported in Wisconsin. Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Buffalo, and Jackson counties have all been affected. “We are on high alert” Healthcare facilities are on the lookout for measles. “There is risk that patients with measles need additional precautions, airborne precautions, and we need […]

Wisconsin · 23h

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Trio of Fall Creek athletes sign letters of intent

FALL CREEK — Three Fall Creek senior athletes put pen to paper Wednesday at Fall Creek High School, inking their commitments to college athletics next year. Miles Schmidgall signed with NCAA Division II Upper Iowa for basketball, while Ethan Westrate signed with DIII Bethel University for baseball and Rylee Winsand signed with Viterbo University for track and field. “It means a lot making it official,” Schmidgall said. “I’ve been dreaming of this since I was probably 3, 4 years old, and it honestly feels surreal that it’s finally happening.” “It’s kind of like a weight off my shoulders,” Westrate said. “I’ve known that I’m just going to make this decision for a while now. But, finalizing the decision, it feels good.” “I’m really grateful that I’m able to continue my track career,” Winsand said. “It’s something I’ve wanted to do since I was a little kid.” Last year, Schmidgall, a nearly 6-foot-9 forward, was named a Division 4 All-State member and a first-team All-Western Cloverbelt Conference selection after leading the Crickets to a 22-4 record and a share of the conference title. During the summer, he got his first Division II offer from the Peacocks after they saw Schmidgall on

Fall Creek, WI · 1d

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Eau Claire shares preview of downtown business report

EAU CLAIRE — A preview of downtown business activity reflects more than six years of data, as the City of Eau Claire’s Economic Development Division hopes to show how the entire district has evolved. Economic Development Specialist Kendall Williams said data tracking starts in 2021 and measures up to the end of 2026. A full report is expected to come out in the first quarter of 2027, detailed in five parts focusing on different downtown districts. “One will be for North Barstow Medical District, one will be South Barstow Medical District, one will be Water Street, one will be West Grand Avenue and then there will be one that combines all of the districts to make one downtown district,” she said. “The purpose of this is to establish a baseline because we have reports from all throughout the revitalization of downtown. We’re able to do comparisons to where we were, but we didn’t have a modern baseline for what commercial spaces are even available within our new districts as new buildings have been built over the last few decades. So this is helping us start with that modern commercial inventory.” Through the Downtown Business Trends Report, Williams said they also

Eau Claire, WI · 1d