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The ban on tailgating at Brewers’ games may be temporary. Team President Rick Schlesinger yesterday said he is talking with the city of Milwaukee about allowing fans to gather in the parking lots at American Family Field. He said he’s trying to convince the city that it’s safe to allow people to tailgate outside. Schlesinger says he thinks the Brewers will get the ban on tailgating reversed.

Health officials say new COVID-19 cases are above 500 for the third straight day.  The health department says 517 new cases and three additional deaths are confirmed over the past 24 hours.  The death toll now stands at six-thousand-625.  The total number of cases during the pandemic is nearing 578-thousand. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

Governor Tony Evers wants the Republican Party to pay up.  Lawyers for the governor and the Wisconsin Elections Commission filed documents in federal court yesterday asking a judge to order state Republican officials and lawyers for former President Trump to pay the legal fees for failed lawsuit challenging the state’s presidential election results.  Lawyers for the governor say there was never any evidence of widespread voter fraud and so the GOP should be on the hook for the expense of frivolous lawsuits.

Today, the Eau Claire City-County Health Department is releasing revised COVID-19 Community Expectations. The goal of the Community Expectations is to provide practical suggestions for individuals, public spaces, and private or public gatherings to stay safe and reduce the risk of spread of COVID-19 and you can CLICK HERE TO READ MORE.

If you are looking to plan some adventures this summer, it might be closer than you think. Chippewa County is revitalizing live events this summer! As a County, Chippewa is working together to lay the roadmap to safety. You’ll notice an added level of care and attention to health precautions as our communities work toward venturing back to social calendars. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT LOCAL PLANS

Eau Claire County remains at a ‘very high’ risk for fire.  The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says counties north of Chippewa, like Rusk, Barron, and Taylor remain at a ‘high’ risk for fire danger.  The entire state of Wisconsin is under some kind of fire hazard.  Emergency Management says fire is likely to be a hazard through early next week.

Police are trying to identify a man seen smashing the glass cases and burglarizing the General Coin and Gun Exchange last week. Eau Claire police posted the surveillance video on its Facebook page.  They say it happened March 25th around 11 p.m.  Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Detective Cory Reeves.

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is warning of a possible COVID-19 exposure.  They say anyone at Action City Saturday between 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. who’s experiencing symptoms should get a COVID test.  They say anyone who was there and is not experiencing symptoms should self-monitor.

With 12-different native species of milkweed, Wisconsin is a popular place for migrating Monarch butterflies. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is encouraging residents to consider planting milkweed this spring to feed them during their pitstop in the state.  The Monarchs will make their annual two-thousand-mile journey to central Mexico this spring and summer to spend the winter in the mountains.

Weekly jobless numbers are up.  The Labor Department reports 719-thousand Americans filed first-time claims for unemployment benefits last week.  That’s a jump of 69-thousand over the previous week.  Most analysts had been expecting today’s numbers to come in at right around 684-thousand.