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The coronavirus didn’t scare anyone away from UW-Madison. The school yesterday said it set a record for enrollment this fall, with 45-thousand-537 students. That’s up about 200 students from last year. This year’s freshman class has just over seven-thousand-300 students, that is down a bit from last year. UW-Madison says 64 percent of students are either from Wisconsin or Minnesota, which offers in-state tuition.

The doors at Eau Claire’s Children’s Museum will stay locked for a while. Museum managers yesterday said the museum will not reopen before sometime in 2022. Museum director Michael McHorney says the coronavirus wiped-out the museum’s ability to stay open. McHorney originally said the museum would close for good, but yesterday said the museum will be a part of Eau Claire’s future, in one shape or another.

Students at UW-La Crosse who went home during the school’s coronavirus lockdown are going to have to prove they are not sick to get back on campus. The university yesterday released its reopening plan. The 15 hundred or so students who went home this month will need to provide a negative coronavirus test, or test negative before they can return to campus. About 15 hundred other students stayed on campus during the lockdown, they will simply have to be tested

The Chippewa County Sex Offender Notification Committee has determined that a Level III notification would be undertaken in regard to the community placement of convicted sex offender Donald A Newell who will be released from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections on September 29th. Newell will return to Chippewa County where he is required to live. At this time the Department of Corrections does not have a permanent address for Donald Newell and will consider him homeless once released.   Donald Newell

Governor Tony Evers is extending the COVID-19 mask mandate.  The governor signed a new order today which will remain in effect through November 21st.  The extension is part of a new emergency declaration prompted by the surging number of coronavirus cases on college campuses.

It is National Voter Registration Day and the final push is on to get Americans 18-years-old and older to register to cast their ballots for November’s general election.  The deadline to register is 29 days prior to the election which this year is October 5th.  The city of Madison’s clerk’s office has over 230 voter registration drives scheduled this week and many voters will be able to register from home at: My Vote-dot-Wi-dot-gov. 

U.S. News & World Report ranks Ozaukee County one of the healthiest communities in the country.  In a survey released today the county received high marks for population health, their economy and infrastructure, education and public safety.  In the final analysis U.S. News rated Ozaukee County at number-11 on the list of the country’s 500 healthiest communities.

The remote education offer from Charter Communications is back. The promotion provides households with students or educators of any age with free Internet and Wi-Fi access for 60 days.  Company officials say the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a new focus on the technology divide and Charter is committed to being part of the solution to close that gap.

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Protestors don’t want the Eau Claire County Board of Health to police their healthcare decisions. That’s what nearly 100 protestors were saying outside Eau Claire City Hall downtown Monday night. Eau Claire City-County Health Director Lieske Giese says the proposed changes to an existing ordinance don’t give health officials more authority. The City Council and county Board of Supervisors will vote on the ordinance in October.