Health authorities in Chippewa and Eau Claire Counties issued alerts Thursday in regard to potential COVID-19 exposure at two Water Street bars and one in Chippewa Falls. UPDATE: A third Eau Claire bar -- Brothers, at 324 Water St. -- was notified Friday morning of a risk that its patrons had also been exposed to the virus. The City-County Health Department said the exposure risk began at 11:30 p.m. last Thursday (June 18) and lasted until 2 a.m. The other Eau Claire bars identified by the health department were She-Nannigans, 415 Water St., and The Pickle, 341 Water St. These developments came amid indications of “high” COVID-19 levels of activity in 22 Wisconsin counties, according to a story in UpNorthNews. Overall, the state has been given a high activity rating for the number of cases per 100,000 people in the past 14 days and the degree at which the rate is climbing, the story said. To read more, click on the headline.