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Wisconsinites watching the election tomorrow need to know the state’s unofficial results will probably not be known until sometime Wednesday.  Tens of thousands of voters in the state have already cast ballots but there are a number of absentee ballots to be counted with unofficial results expected sometime Wednesday.  Polls close at 8 p.m. tomorrow, but if there are voters waiting in line at 8:00 they will still be able to vote.

A Green Bay Packers player is testing positive for COVID-19.  The team announced the positive test today saying the organization has entered the NFL’s intensive protocol and the player is self-quarantined.  The team has not identified the player but the NFL Network says running back A.J. Dillon is the player who tested positive.  Contact tracing is underway and there’s no word as to how it may affect Thursday night’s game against the San Francisco 49ers.

The Menomonie Police Department’s fifth annual ‘Food For Fines’ program is under way. The program runs from November 1 until December 31, with donations benefitting the Stepping Stones of Dunn County food pantry. ‘Food For Fines’ allows citizens to pay off basic parking fines through donations during the holiday season. From November 1 through December 31, citizens may bring in nonperishable food items to the Menomonie Police Department to receive $2 off for each item donated. Public safety-related parking violations

UPDATEOn November 1, 2020 at approximately 10:26pm, the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office responded to the intersection of County Road HH and County Road O in the Town of Lincoln for a one vehicle crash. A male occupant, Christopher L. Brott 03/26/1994, of Chippewa Falls, was transported to a local hospital with unknown injuries. A female occupant, Samantha R. Prekker 07/25/1996, of Rice Lake, was pronounced deceased at the scene. ORIGINAL STORY: One person is dead and another is seriously

Alternate side parking is in effect in Eau Claire. Starting November 1st through May 1st, the date will correspond with the correct side of the street to park on. If it’s the second day of the month, then it’s the side of the street with even addresses that you’ll park on. Alternate side parking is enforced from midnight to 7 a.m. daily.

Gas prices in Eau Claire are down to start November. According to Gas Buddy, the average price for a gallon of gas was two-dollars-and-16-cents in October, which is still down about fifty-cents from this time last year. Gas prices dropped as low as 1.83 cents at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in April. They’ve slowly climbed back up as the economy recovers and more drivers get back on the road. 

A Minnesota man dies in a rollover crash on the Interstate. It was a bit before 9 on the evening of Friday, October 30th when a vehicle was reported as traveling at a high rate of speed on I94 Westbound in St. Croix County lost control and entered the median. The vehicle rolled multiple times and the lone occupant, a 59 year old man from St. Paul, was fatally injured.

Election Day is tomorrow but almost half of the people in Wisconsin have already voted.  The time between now and election day can be counted in hours instead of days.  NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss says it’s a referendum on President Trump’s leadership. The Wisconsin Elections Commission said as of yesterday morning that more than one-point-eight million people voted early or absentee. There are a little over three-point-six million registered voters in the state. Yesterday was the last day to vote early in Wisconsin.

The number of people testing positive for the coronavirus in western Wisconsin continues to go up. Eau Claire County reported 115 new positives yesterday. Chippewa County reported 19 new positives, and Dunn County reported 16. The counties are not saying how many people tested negative, or how many people have been declared recovered since last week. More than two thousand people have died in Wisconsin from the coronavirus since March. The state’s Department of Health Service yesterday said slightly over two thousand people in Wisconsin have

Kids in Bloomer will be learning from home for the next two weeks. The school district told parents on Friday that they are moving to online-only classes because a number of teachers and school staffers are in isolation or quarantine because of the coronavirus. The plan is to return to in-person classes on November 16th.