A bipartisan effort aims to let prospective voters know it can be done safely. VoteSafe Wisconsin is led by Attorney General Josh Kaul — and former Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen. More 715 Newsroom coverage with Jon DeMaster: Find more information at “wi-dot-votesafe-dot-us.
Read MoreWisconsin’s coronavirus numbers have gone-up over the weekend and to start a new week, we will look at a variety of statistics. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported over 26 hundred new positive tests, that brings the total in Wisconsin to just over 150 thousand positives since March. DHS also reported more than seven thousand negative tests, which brings the total of negatives to over one-point-five million since March. So far, nearly 120 thousand of the 150 thousand people who’ve
Read MoreCasting a vote back in 2018 has earned an Eau Claire man five days in jail. A judge sentenced Chad Armstrong to jail last week. He pleaded down from felony voter fraud to misdemeanor charges. Armstrong is a felon, he has six OWI’s, and is not allowed to vote. In 2018, he lied to get a ballot and cast his vote.
Read MoreThere is continued attention around a proposed heath ordinace in our area. The Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce on Friday sent an email to member businesses asking them to publicly speak-out against the new rules. The Chamber says the new health ordinance gives the city-county’s health department new powers that make it easier to shut businesses down. The Chamber’s Scott Rogers says people need to make their voices heard. Eau Claire’s city council is set to have a hearing on
Read MoreWauwatosa’s weekend curfew is set to end this morning. The city has told people to get off the streets from 7 p.m. til 6 a.m. since Thursday when prosecutors in Milwaukee decided not to bring charges against a local officer for shooting and killing Alvin Cole back in February. Wauwatosa Police arrested dozens of people over the weekend for violating the curfew. The crowds that were out in the street last night were the smallest of the weekend.Neighbors say at
Read MoreThe Trump campaign is making it a point to be in Wisconsin this week. The president’s daughter Ivanka will campaign in Hilbert tomorrow. Hilbert is in the Fox Valley, which is seen as crucial to the president. In addition to Ivanka, the Trump campaign is sending the president’s son Eric and VP Mike Pence to Wisconsin this week as well.
Read MoreIt is the time of year when the state of Wisconsin tells drivers to hit deer. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is out with its annual warning about deer in the road. This is the time of year when deer are most active, that means plenty of deer in the road at dusk and dawn. WisDot says it is better to hit the deer than to swerve and possibly cause a worse crash by going into a ditch or hitting a tree.
Read MoreTen percent of the state’s restaurants are closed down for good due to the COVID-19 shutdown. The Wisconsin Restaurant Association also says unless there is government assistance available to provide relief for struggling food service providers, more restaurants will be closing down. News3Now reported yesterday that WRA vice president Susan Quam says back in the spring no one knew the COVID-19 shutdown would still be in place into the fall and early winter. She says a restaurant’s business model is not structured
Read MoreRice Lake Fire Department was dispatched for a report of a Structure fire at 101 Camelot Ln. in the City of Rice Lake just before 1am on Sunday morning. The fire was on a 2-story multifamily 8-unit apartment building where heavy smoke and fire was visible from the front of the structure. Rice Lake Fire Department initiated an aggressive attack and was able to open up the ceilings and successfully extinguish the fire. Four apartments in the complex sustained heavy
Read MoreJust before 4:30 on Saturday evening on October 10th a deadly crash occurred on 170th Avenue at 150 feet north of STH 35 in PIERCE County near BAY CITY. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a motorcycle crash and a State Patrol trooper responded. Upon arrival, 60-year-old Michael Dean Nelson, from Minnesota was the driver of the motorcycle and was pronounced deceased at the scene. The initial investigation indicates that the driver was traveling westbound on 170th
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