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The Wisconsin Badger game against the Purdue Boilermakers at Camp Randall Stadium is canceled. The recent coronavirus infections forced the cancellation.  Athletic Director Barry Alvarez said today the game will not be rescheduled.  Over the past week ten student-athletes and eleven staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. 

Two more Packer players are added to the Reserve/COVID-19 list.  The list is for players who have been in either close contact with an infected person or who tests positive himself for COVID-19.  Rookie running back A.J. Dillon was placed on the list yesterday.  Today the team announced linebacker Kamal Martin and running back Jamaal Williams have been added to the list. 

For the first time since Winter Haven opened its doors in 2011, homeless adults won’t be able to find overnight shelter there when the cold weather arrives. In the past, Winter Haven was open from Nov. 15 through March 31 for homeless adults at 1518 Stout Road. But faced with the combination of restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the difficulty in finding enough volunteers, Stepping Stones will suspend operations for the coming season. Instead, the house will continue

The Eau Claire Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the residence at 3120 Venus Avenue. When fire crews arrived all residents were out of the building, with fire was coming from the second floor windows. Fire crews made an aggressive attack on the fire and contain the fire damage to the second floor and attic with smoke and water damage throughout the entire home. The fire remains under investigation and the loss is estimated at $85,000. The was

 The search for a missing Clark County woman is going into its second month. The Clark County Sheriff’s Office says 27-year-old Cassandra Ayon was last seen Saturday, October 3rd at a friend’s house near Unity. She was reported missing the next day. The county sheriff, state department of justice, state crime lab, and Marathon County Sheriff’s Office are investigating.

Eau Claire police say a person who tried to steal over 250-dollars worth of merchandise from a store is still on the loose. Police say a person tried to push a cart full of unpaid products out of the store yesterday before they were confronted by a loss prevention worker and fled. Police say they left their jacket in the cart, so officers were able to identify them. The suspect is now wanted for bail jumping and retail theft.

It is time to vote in Wisconsin. Today is Election Day, and the polls are open from 7 a.m. til 8 p.m. Voters will get to make their choice for president, congress, state and local races. There are also a few local tax hike measures on the ballot. Nearly two-thirds of voters have already cast their ballot. The Wisconsin Elections Commission yesterday said one-point-nine-million of the state’s three-million-plus registered voters either voted early or absentee. But when will we know how the votes

Prosecutors in Chippewa Falls yesterday said Kyler Korn and another man scheduled a fight at the skate park at Marshall Park about two weeks ago. He brought a knife, and another person brought a baseball bat. Police say Korn stabbed two people, but one of them was so severely stabbed that his intestines were visible. Korn is facing six felony charges and is out of jail on 35-hundred-dollars bond.

We know how many people are testing positive for the coronavirus in Wisconsin, but we don’t know who. The state’s Department of Health Services is not releasing information on the ages of people who are testing positive. Yesterday, DHS reported 34-hundred more positives and three more deaths. The state reports that mostly people over 70 are dying with the virus. There is no word on just who is driving the spike in positives. CLICK FOR MORE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

It is a somber two-year anniversary for many in the Chippewa Valley. It was on this day back in 2018 that Colten Treu ran down and killed Autumn Helgeson, Jayna Kelley, Haylee Hickle, and mom Sara Jo Schneider.  They were picking-up trash along the side of the highway. There will be some remembrances for the girls today and tonight. Each night this week, the Chippewa Falls Hydro Generating Station will light up in green to remember the girls. Treu is