Full press release from the Eau Claire City/County Health Department is attached below:

As always, Dunn County Public Health Administrator KT Gallagher give you the COVID-19 statistics for Dunn County and answers your questions. 

The Menomonie School Board tonight approved a compromise masking policy. Students in K-6 classes will be required to wear masks in school until such time that those students may be fully vaccinated. This does not apply to teachers, for whom masking will remain optional. The mask mandate for younger students passed 5-4 after a very long discussion.

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE MENOMONIE AREA

NOTICE OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

What:

DHS experts will answer questions about the status of COVID-19 in Wisconsin and our response.

Who:

• Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake, Wisconsin Department of Health Services 
• Dr. Ryan Westergaard, Chief Medical Officer, DHS Bureau of Communicable Diseases

When:

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 from 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. 

In today's COVID-19 update Dunn County Public Health Administrator KT Gallagher points out serious changes recently in the behavior of COVID-19 in Dunn County. In particular, 10% of the cases are now taking place in children under 9.