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Masks are now required for students, staff and visitors at Lincoln High School in Wisconsin Rapids.  Masks were only required for K through 8 prior to the decision by the district yesterday.  The high school has had 12 students test COVID positive in the first six days of classes and about ten-percent of all students are quarantined.  The mask policy goes into effect on Monday.

The average price for regular gas in Wisconsin is up two-cents-a-gallon in the last week.  Triple-A says the price at the pump in the Badger State is three-oh-three-a-gallon today which is the same as a month ago.  The national average is three-17.  Drivers are paying two-94-a-gallon in Appleton, two-84 in Fond du Lac and two-97 in Green Bay.  The average gas price is over three-dollars-a-gallon in Kenosha County, Racine, Eau Claire, Janesville, La Crosse, Milwaukee and Madison.

The Eau Claire Police Department has been notified Sex Offender Thomas W. D’Lamatter, DOB 11/29/1979,will be released from prison on September 14, 2021. D’Lamatter’s previous convictions include: 2nd Degree Sexual Assault of a Child (April 26, 2010) – Eau Claire County 3rd Degree Sexual Assault of a Child (April 13, 2006)- Eau Claire County 4th Degree Sexual Assault (September 24, 2001)- Eau Claire CountyD’Lamatter will be released without a residence in the City of Eau Claire. The primary focus of

Three journalists from Wisconsin could become witnesses in the trial of a state senator beaten last summer.  Democrat Tim Carpenter says he was attacked after taking cellphone video during a protest over police violence and racism.  The video shows two women rushing toward him.  They were arrested and charged.  And now, a judge says three reporters who were there can provide perspective that no one else can.  The trial begins next month.

A Barron County man pleads guilty to failure to pay sales tax. Scott C. Miller pled guilty in Barron County Circuit Court last month to a misdemeanor count of Intentionally Failing to Pay Sales Tax. According to the criminal complaint, Miller owned and operated an automobile repair shop in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Miller purchased wholesale automobile parts without a valid sales tax exemption. He then failed to file required returns and remit sales taxes he collected to the Wisconsin Department

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day.  The White House issued a proclamation marking the day and noting that “millions of Americans consider suicide, make a suicide plan, or attempt suicide every year.”  In fact, it’s the second leading cause of death among younger people.  The Biden administration is requesting nearly 600-million dollars in its budget to support the Department of Veterans Affairs suicide prevention outreach efforts.

The Children’s Museum of Eau Claire has passed a milestone with their new location. The CEO of the museum says they have raised over 60-percent in private funding to revitalize the center. The museum still needs nearly three-million dollars which will come from new market tax credits.

COVID-19 cases at UW-Madison are low. The university reports eight positive cases since the start of the semester which was almost two weeks ago. The school requires unvaccinated students to get a COVID test weekly. More than 60-percent of the campus has been vaccinated.

 Like much of the country, our state is feeling the effects of a COVID-19 spike. Wisconsin’s coronavirus hospitalizations have jumped double-digits over the past two weeks. The state’s Department of Health Services is reporting a 14 percent increase in the number of people in the hospital with the virus since the last full week of August. ICU hospitalizations are up 11 percent. DHS says, as of Tuesday, the two-week average was 987 people hospitalized with the coronavirus. CLICK HERE FOR