Presumptive Republican Presidential nominee John McCain is planning a visit to Eau Claire.

Leaders with the McCain campaign haven’t told us the nature of his stop or who he plans to meet with.

However, local party leaders have been in contact with NewsCenter 13 about doing an interview with him. Chris Herzog will bring us that one-on-one interview Friday night during NewsCenter 13 at 5 and 6PM.

Bob McCoy, with the Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce says he’s heard McCain will stop at an undisclosed small business before boarding his plane at the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport.

"Smaller business is important to the economy and obviously, you can't make a big splash at everything you do and he just wants to visit with somebody, make some comments and I think it's exciting that he picked Wisconsin and specifically Eau Claire,” McCoy said.

McCain was in Saint Paul, Minnesota on Thursday. He’ll head to Hudson Friday morning before coming to Eau Claire to host a women-only town hall meeting on economic issues. That session is closed to the public.

Staffers with the Barack Obama campaign say they will also host a community meeting with working women Friday in Hudson. Obama himself, however, will not be at that event.

McCain’s visit won’t be the first time a presidential hopeful has come through the Chippewa Valley this year.

In February, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee both made campaign stops in Eau Claire before the Wisconsin primary.