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Live Stream - Menomonie East Side Development

June 22, 2020

At 3 PM today I will be speaking to Jeanne Foley and Julie Beston about their objections to the zoning and re-development issues on a new property development on the East Side of Menomonie.

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First COVID-19 death in the Chippewa Valley

June 22, 2020

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department has announced the first death from complications of COVID-19 in Eau Claire County, which is also the first death in the Chippewa Valley area. Out of respect for the person's family, the department is not releasing the person's name or any other details.

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Wakanda Waterpark closed for 2020

June 16, 2020

The city of Menomonie has announced that the Wakanda Waterpark will not open for the 2020 season due to the pandemic and financial concerns that it could not be operated without a great loss while still protecting people using the waterpark.

Passes that have been already purchased for the park for this season will be refunded automatically.

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Menomonie School Board Special Meeting 6/15/2020

June 15, 2020

We have resumed producing video of the Menomonie School Board meetings. Meetings in the future will be live-streamed and available here, on Facebook Live, and on YouTube Live.

At this week's meeting the board and Administrator Joe Zydowsky announced some of the plans for re-opening from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the current plans for Phase I, which will involve re-opening of the district's facilities to the public. They have been closed since the start of the pandemic.

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Person recovered from the Chippewa River identified

June 12, 2020

The Dunn County Sheriff's office has sent out a press release that a body has been recovered from the Chippewa River upstream o the railroad bridge in the Town of Dunn. The call came in at 9:54 AM today, and the Sheriff's Office and Medical Examiner responded at the scene.

An autopsy is being conducted at the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office in Minnesota.