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No-interest micro-loans are now available to small businesses damaged by demonstrations in Kenosha.  Governor Tony Evers announced today that four-million-dollars will help businesses with a short-term source of funds to make repairs and get back in operation.  Eligible businesses will receive up to 50-thousand-dollars at zero-percent interest.

The COVID-19 quarantine is over for students of two residence halls at UW-Madison.  Chancellor Rebecca Blank lifted the quarantine as of 8:00 this morning but said future restrictions could be put in place if students don’t adhere to public health guidelines.  The chancellor is advising students to cancel their housing contracts and receive a refund if they don’t think they can play by the health rules.

We now have a follow up on a case from earlier this month. It was on Tuesday September 8, 2020, when the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department received a report of multiple bullet holes in a detached pole shed and a single bullet in a John Deere combine. This incident occurred approximately a mile south of the Chippewa County FireArms Range. The Sheriff’s Department investigated the “criminal damage complaint”, and on Friday, September 11th provided a report to the Department of

A crash sends one man to the hospital. It was on Tuesday September 22nd, the Buffalo County Sheriffs Office received a report of a motorcycle vs SUV crash on CTH M a few miles north of STH 35. It was reported that the motorcycle operator did sustain injuries, but at the time it was unknown how severe. Based on the crash investigation 46 year old Joshua Cichy was traveling northbound on CTH M on a 2018 Kawasaki Vulcan and 42

53-year-old convicted sex offender Harold Dambruch will be released in Loyal. Clark County Sheriff’s Office says he will be living at N8473 County Highway K. He served time in prison for first-degree sexual assault of a child which involved a minor male and female. He is considered a high-risk reoffender and is required to be a lifetime registrant of the state’s Sex Offender Registry.

Five student-athletes are found not responsible for violating the Wisconsin Administrative Code after an investigation into racist social media posts. The panel of faculty, staff and students were investigating the November 20-19 Snapchat posts by the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire football players that showed members of the KKK burning a cross. The photo included a message referring to the university Black Male Empowerment group. Chancellor Jim Schmidt said he accepts the ruling of the panel, but either way, the racist behavior is unacceptable

The Marshfield Clinic is stepping up to provide patients and their families with a place to stay while undergoing cancer treatment.  Before COVID-19, the hope lodge was run by the American Cancer Society in Marshfield and provided no-cost lodging while they were undergoing treatments at the Marshfield Medical Center. However, the pandemic forced the lodge to close. The Marshfield Medical Center has renovated St. Joseph’s nun’s house that had been used as hospice homes. The Cattails Cottage has reopened and

Anyone at Scooter’s Bar over the weekend may have been exposed to COVID-19 in Eau Claire. Health officials say it happened Friday and Saturday from nine to three in the morning. Anyone experiencing symptoms is encouraged to call their medical provider. CLICK HERE FOR MORE EXPOSURE AND SYMPTOM INFO

 Attorney General Bill Barr says over two dozen people have been charged in connection to a drug ring in and around Milwaukee. There was a raid in West Allis yesterday that was connected to the bust. Barr says since Operation Legend launched earlier this year, 47 people have been arrested or charged in Milwaukee alone.

Don’t get rid of your masks just yet. Governor Tony Evers yesterday issued a new order that extends his mask requirement for 60 more days until November 21st. The governor says Wisconsin’s spike in coronavirus positives shows the need. On the other side of the aisle, Republican lawmakers are talking about overruling Governor Tony Evers’ latest face mask order. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says the governor doesn’t have the constitutional authority to do that. Other lawmakers want the legislature to come