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The number of people in the hospital with the coronavirus in Wisconsin continues to creep-up. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said 13-hundred-50 people are now in the hospital with the virus. Of them, 329 are in the ICU. There are four patients at the state’s overflow hospital at the state fairgrounds in West Allis.

A woman who once worked in schools in Buffalo County is looking at a 600-plus dollar fine for sending nude pictures to a student. A judge yesterday ordered 34-year-old Heather Treague to pay 643 dollars for sending naked pictures to a 17-year-old student. She also asked for nudes in return. Prosecutors allowed Treague to plead guilty to disorderly conduct instead of sex charges.

Tomorrow is the last day of in-person classes for kids in Chippewa Falls schools. The Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District yesterday told parents they are moving to online-only classes because of the coronavirus. Kids will be in class today and tomorrow, then start virtual classes next Wednesday. Superintendent Jeff Holmes says they hope to return to in-person classes on the last day of November, but he’s not sure the coronavirus numbers will have dropped enough by then. CLICK HERE

Voters in Black River Falls are being asked to raise their taxes for school improvements. The school district is asking voters to approve the second phase of a school improvement referendum. The total cost would be 23 million-dollars. Superintendent Shelly Severson says most of the work will go toward a new boiler, new roofs, and new windows.

UW-Madison says the choice is either furloughs or layoffs. Chancellor Rebecca Blank yesterday told 21 thousand university employees that she is choosing to furlough them in order to avoid dramatic cuts. Blank said there will be some cuts at the university, those will be announced in the next few weeks. UW-Madison is trying to recover from a 100 million-dollar-hit last spring because of the coronavirus. Blank says the furloughs will last through the first six months of next year.

Milwaukee’s medical examiner yesterday said 2020 is the deadliest year in the city’s history. The M.E. yesterday said two weekend homicides pushed Milwaukee’s total for the year to 174. That is more than the previous deadliest year, which was 1993. The medical examiner says homicides are up 70 percent from last year, and adds that Milwaukee could possibly see 220 killings before the year is over.

The push to recall Governor Tony Evers has failed. The woman who organized the effort, Misty Polewczynski, said on Facebook yesterday that they don’t have enough signatures to force the governor into a recall election. She needed 670 thousand, she did not say just how many signatures she got. Polewczynski started the push to recall the governor because of how he handled this summer’s violence in Kenosha and how he’s handled the coronavirus for the past several months.

The Sawyer County Health Department reported two COVID-19 deaths of county residents this weekend. This brings the number of COVID-19 related deaths to three. The county’s first death was reported September 9. The individuals, a man and a woman, were both over 60. Each had underlying but non-life-threatening health conditions before contracting COVID-19 and their deaths were due to virus-associated complications. To protect the families’ privacy, no further information about these patients will be released.  The Sawyer County Health Department

On Sunday, October 25th, a bit before 6A.M. the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fire. The location was E17210 Scenic Drive in the town of Ludington. It was reported that the fire was located at an auto sales business with a male possibly trapped in a structure. Initial attempts by law enforcement and fire personnel to locate the male occupant were unsuccessful. The victim was later recovered from the scene and has been identified as 54 year

The Fairchild Police Department is hosting an  informational Community Meeting regarding  placement of two SORT offenders that will be  residing in the Fairchild area on Thursday,  October 29, 2020 at 6:30 PM at the Fairchild  Fire Department. The meeting is to hear  about Ch980 housing requirements, offender  supervision and to hear questions and  concerns from the community so that all  involved can better understand each other.  Representatives from the WI Department of  Corrections and the WI Department of  Health Services