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It is another record-setting day for COVID-19 cases and deaths in Wisconsin.  The Department of Health Services today says there were over 52-hundred positive tests and 64 deaths from the coronavirus in the past day.  The numbers are the highest recorded in the state to date.  There have been 220 people admitted to hospitals with COVID-19 since yesterday.

President Trump is in Wisconsin for a rally in West Salem.  The president and vice president are campaigning in the battleground state with a week to go until the election.  Trump is in West Salem at Motorsports Management Company and Vice President Mike Pence returns to the state tomorrow for an afternoon event at Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee. 

The World Championship Cheese Contest is postponed for another year.  The event had been planned for February but organizers today say it has been moved to early March of 2022.  Officials say after studying the options for next year they decided the industry would be best served by pausing the championship until 2022.

University of Wisconsin quarterback Graham Mertz is expected to miss three games for the Badgers.  Multiple reports say Mertz tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time this morning.  This validates his first positive test.  In following the Big Ten protocol, Mertz will sit out 21 days and likely miss road games at Nebraska and Michigan as well at a home matchup against Purdue.

If you are looking for ways to “step up” during this time, Stepping Stones seeks volunteers for pop-up pantries On-site volunteers are needed for Stepping Stones’ twice-monthly pop up food pantries in Ridgeland and in Sand Creek. On the first and third Thursday of each month (except holidays), help is needed as follows: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sand Creek Community Center (E9311 County Road I) 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ridgeland Community Center (200 Diamond

The Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation has raised the final monies needed for the Solar on Eau Claire Schools project. It was a combination of match challenges and the community’s advocacy that helped the project complete its fundraising, and the solar arrays’ installation is nearly complete. A ribbon cutting is scheduled for Wednesday Oct 28 at 3:00pm atop Memorial High School’s roof. FOR MORE ABOU THE EC PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION CLICK HERE

Alternate side parking starts Sunday in Eau Claire. From midnight to 7 a.m. each day, all drivers are required to park on the side of the street where an even or odd number address corresponds with the date. On November 1st, all drivers will be asked to park on the side of the street with odd addresses. The ordinance ends May 1st of next year.

Health officials say several cases of COVID-19 have been linked to a wedding in one Wisconsin county. The Sauk County Health Department says anyone who attended a wedding there in the last two weeks may have been exposed to the virus and because of the nature of events like this, it’s harder to conduct contact tracing. They’re suggesting a 14-day quarantine for anyone who attended.

The United States Supreme Court is not going to change the rules for counting late absentee ballots in Wisconsin. The court yesterday ruled 5-3 that state lawmakers, not federal judges are the ones who write the election laws in Wisconsin. The decision overturns a Madison-based federal judge who wanted to allow local election managers to count ballots that came-in as late as six days after Election Day. The high court’s ruling means late absentee ballots will not be counted this year.

All eyes are going to be on western Wisconsin today, and a week from now. President Trump has a rally scheduled for La Crosse today. It is just his latest visit to Wisconsin, and his latest visit to western Wisconsin. The president carried the western part of the state four years ago and is looking to do the same this year. Some Trump supporters lined-up last night to make sure they got a spot at today’s rally. In addition, Pence’s wife Karen and Donald