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American Indians in Wisconsin are getting hit hard by COVID-19 with cases tripling since the beginning of September.  Yesterday there were 59 new cases and one death among American Indians bringing the total number of cases to two-thousand-333.  Twenty-three American Indians have succumbed to the virus

An accident turns deadly in Lafayette. It was just before noon on Wednesday, October 21st. when the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office, along with Lake Hallie Police and District Fire and EMS, responded to a reported single vehicle crash on 30th Ave near 172nd St., Town of Lafayette. It was reported that two occupants were still in the vehicle and both were unconscious. Upon arrival, it was found a vehicle had been traveling east on 30th Ave when it left the

Eau Claire has a new city manager. Former City Manager Dale Peters retired yesterday, and City Engineer Dave Solberg took over as interim city manager until the start of the new year. The Eau Claire City Council will vote to replace Solberg in 2021.

Wisconsin set another single day record for COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday. The state Department of Health Services reported 48 deaths due to coronavirus. There were 4,205 new cases of COVID-19 reported, as DHS continued to work through a backlog of data from a weekend outage of its reporting system. In addition, the first patient has been admitted to the alternate field hospital at State Fair Park. COVID-19 patients who are less sick but still require things like oxygen therapy, additional

Prosecutors in Madison are moving ahead with charges against two people for tearing-down the Lady Forward statue at the statehouse last June. Sasha Clemente and Jacob Capps are looking at charges of being a party to felony criminal damage to property. Police say they helped tear-down the Lady Forward statue and the statue of Hans Christian Heg. A third man is already in jail for his role in toppling the statues.

 The Missouri man charged with murdering two brothers from Shawano reportedly said he got rid of their bodies, but swears he didn’t kill them. Prosecutors in Joey Nelson’s murder case say he admitted to disposing of Justin and Nicolas Diemel’s bodies. Investigators say Nelson killed the two brothers in July 2019 over a cattle debt. Nelson is facing the death penalty if convicted of the brothers’ murders.

 Eau Claire saw 12 hundred people cast their ballot on the state’s first day of early voting. The Wisconsin Elections Commission yesterday said over 75-thousand people voted early statewide. Milwaukee and Madison of course had the most early voters, but the Commission says Eau Claire’s 12 hundred early voters puts the city third on the state’s list.

It was a busy, snowy Tuesday for Eau Claire Police and the Wisconsin Highway Patrol. The two yesterday said they handled nearly 100 wrecks or accidents on Tuesday. The Highway Patrol says four people were hurt, Eau Claire Police say none of their crashes ended with any injuries. Police say it’s not surprising that the first snow of the season caught so many people off guard.

Jacob Blake spent about five minutes talking to a Kenosha County judge in his latest court appearance. Blake pleaded not guilty yesterday to sexual assault charges in connection to a case from back in May. Blake’s attorney said there have been some conversations about perhaps a plea in that third-degree sexual assault case. Blake is recovering from being shot by a Kenosha police officer in August. He’s accused of fighting with police during that encounter.

Wisconsin’s governor has spent or promised-to-spend almost all of the state’s two-billion-dollars in coronavirus aid. Governor Evers yesterday said Wisconsin has just 120-million-dollars left. Congress gave Wisconsin two-billion-dollars as part of the CARES Act stimulus. The governor says Wisconsin has spent 476- million, and he promised to spend another 479-million-dollars. The governor says another 919-million has been ‘committed but not yet distributed.’ The last snapshot at the spending shows most of it went to state government and/or agencies in Madison.