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All Wisconsin state employees must have a COVID-19 vaccination or comply with new testing requirements.  The new requirement will apply to anyone who hasn’t submitted proof of vaccination by October 18th.  State data shows 56 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties have very high rates of COVID-19 transmission.  Testing requirements will help officials manage the state workforce while navigating the surge in COVID cases because of the Delta variant.

We now have more information, but not many details on a homicide case in rural Dunn County. Below is the press release from the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office: On September 12, 2021 about 2:18PM the Dunn County Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call reporting a death in Town of Sheridan in northern Dunn County. The Sheriff’s Office is investigating a 4 victim homicide. The victims do not appear to have any connection to the area. The victims were found

The plan is to cut D’s and F’s in Eau Claire schools by 20-percent this year. The city’s school board last night approved a plan to give schools some flexibility in helping students get back on track. A new report shows a lot more kids in Eau Claire failed classes last year. Director of Assessments Michelle Radtke says some of that increase can be blamed directly on remote learning. Radtke says principals and teachers will work with kids this year

UW-Eau Claire has about a month to get two-percent more students vaccinated against the coronavirus. UW President Tommy Thompson stopped by campus yesterday as part of his 70 For 70 push. The idea is that once 70-percent of students on a campus are vaccinated, that campus becomes eligible for some scholarship money. There are 70 scholarships across the UW System. UW-Eau Claire is currently at 68-percent vaccinated.

Wisconsin’s attorney general is warning of an increase in ransomware scams. A-G Josh Kaul yesterday said the FBI has handled 41 complaints about ransomware in Wisconsin so far this year. Last year, the FBI handled 30 cases all year. Kaul says scammers are taking advantage of the fact that more people are doing more from home. He says beefing-up your internet and computer safety programs will go a long way toward keeping your information safe.

Wisconsin’s governor is the latest to want to go to court over the state’s new political map. Governor Evers yesterday asked a federal judge to allow him to join one of the lawsuits filed over the state’s to-be-drawn map. That lawsuit asks the court to draw the maps because a group of advocate voters don’t believe lawmakers and the governor can agree on a new political map. Lawmakers are the ones who are supposed to draw the map, but Democrats

Public health managers in Madison and Dane County are pushing back on the idea that county leaders and voters will have some say over the county’s mask mandate. County supervisor Jeff Weigand recently filed a resolution to end the mask mandate. Weigand wants the county’s board of health to come before the county board and listen to comments from the public before issuing any new orders. The county’s board of health says they look at the data when deciding things

Rebecca Kleefisch is making it known she’s the frontrunner in the Republican race for governor. Kleefisch’s campaign yesterday said she raised over one-million-dollars last week. She formally announced her bid to become governor last Thursday. Kleefisch has about one-and-a-half million-dollars on-hand. While that is a lot for one week, Democratic Governor Tony Evers has about seven-million-dollars in his campaign account. When it comes to some of her platforms, she will make the state’s abortion laws more restrictive. Republican Rebecca Kleefisch

Reports of gunshots lead to an arrest. It was on Sunday, September 12th at about 4:48p.m., the Lake Hallie Police Department was called to Lake Hallie for a report of multiple gunshots in the area. It had been reported that approximately ten gunshots were heard throughout the area. Lake Hallie Police responded to the area to determine the origin of the gunshots. Through the investigation, at approximately 6:25p.m., Lake Hallie Police Department executed a search warrant in the 2400 block