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The Department of Health Services says there are two more COVID-19 deaths and 52 hospitalizations since yesterday.  The DHS says the positivity rate is high at nine-point-two-percent.  There were two more deaths reported in today’s data, bringing the death toll to one-thousand-113.

Census workers will be back in the field to collect as many responses as possible for the count of the country’s population.  Field operations have been on hold for the Census Bureau during the coronavirus pandemic.  If a census worker cannot reach you at home or on the phone, there are other places like some grocery stores, food pantries and retail businesses where census workers are available.  The census numbers influence the amount of federal dollars available to communities as

The average cost of regular gas in Wisconsin is up a nickel a gallon compared to a week ago.  Triple-A says the price per gallon in the Badger State is two-dollars-and-eleven-cents today.  Fond du Lac is one of the only areas where gas is under $2.00 at $1.87.  Drivers are paying about 2.16 in Eau Claire, 2.26 in La Crosse, and 2.06 a gallon in Madison. 

Eau Claire schools are starting classes next week. The Eau Claire Area School District is requiring that everyone on district property wears a mask or face covering. The school board approved the proposal earlier this month. September is the earliest schools can start classes in Wisconsin.

The first woman to make Lieutenant at the Eau Claire Fire Department is making history. The department announced yesterday Natasha Myre was promoted after 12-years with the department. The fire department says she’s the first female officer. 

The investigation continues into the shooting of Jacob Blake. Below is the latest from the WI DOJ: Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is continuing to investigate an officer involved shooting (OIS) in Kenosha, Wis. that occurred on the evening of Sunday, August 23, 2020. Kenosha Police Department officers were dispatched to a residence in the 2800 block of 40th Street after a female caller reported that her boyfriend was present and was not supposed to

Prosecutors in Kenosha are adding weapons charges to the murder case against 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse.   The 17-year-old accused of a deadly shooting during protests in Wisconsin is officially being charged.  Brian Shook reports. Rittenhouse is the young man accused of killing two people, and wounding a third in Tuesday’s violent night in Kenosha. The D.A. filed reckless homicide charges for the shooting of the night’s first victim, and first-degree homicide charges for the shooting of the second victim. Video shows a

Five days after the officer-involved shooting of Jacob Blake, and after four nights of protests and violence, Governor Tony Evers visited Kenosha. The governor met with local leaders and held a news conference yesterday. He talked about the clean-up in downtown Kenosha and called the art painted on the boarded-up windows amazing. The governor also said he feels he ‘met his obligations’ to Kenosha by sending hundreds of National Guard troops. Local leaders wanted more than a thousand. The attorney

A number of Wisconsin’s top cops are asking the state’s governor and lieutenant governor to stop talking about Kenosha Police and the Jacob Blake shooting until all of the facts come out. The heads of the state’s Sheriff’s Association, Chiefs of Police, Deputies Association, and Police Executives yesterday wrote Governor Evers and Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes a letter asking them not to speak about the shooting, or issue any more statements. The cops say the governor and lieutenant governor are putting

One of Madison’s most well-known Black Lives Matter leaders is in jail after police say he smashed the state’s Police Memorial with a sledge hammer. Officers arrested 25-year-old Jordan King for the damage on Tuesday. Madison Police say King also had a loaded handgun on him at the time, and did not have a permit. Police say video caught King smashing the memorial at the Wisconsin Capitol 23 times on Tuesday. Video also shows King smashing lights and windows at the statehouse.