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Wisconsin health officials are reporting more new cases of COVID-19. Officials say yesterday saw the lowest daily increase of cases in months with 392 added to the total, pushing it close to 71-thousand. No new deaths related to the virus were added to the death toll, which sits at one-thousand-81.

Plans for a large solar panel farm in Pierce County are advancing after the Land Management Committee approved a conditional use permit for the project.  Ranger Power officials say securing the permit is an important milestone for their Western Mustang Solar project and its continued development and eventual construction. The group plans on installing their 74-megawatt solar farm on 479 acres of land in northeast Pierce County.

Local universities are implementing changes to their move-in procedures to mitigate the risks of COVID-19 ahead of their start dates. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse says students will have to move into dorms between September 2nd and September 7th by appointment and they will adjust how often shared spaces will be cleaned. The university is also requiring social distancing and masks for students as well as offering more self-cleaning options. Viterbo University is enacting similar measures and giving students up to two

The Wausau School District is moving forward with fall sports after the school board voted in its favor yesterday. The district superintendent says he wasn’t entirely happy with the move as he doesn’t want quarantines and closures from sports to minimize their opportunity to come back because everyone wants kids back in school. He added that there is nothing wrong with sports, it’s about mitigating the risks around the pandemic. Next the board will discuss the topic of spectators, but

The conversation around Jacob Blake’s shooting in Kenosha is taking on a life of its own. Wisconsin Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes yesterday escalated the back-and-forth. Barnes said Blake’s shooting wasn’t an accident or bad police work, Barnes said it looks like some sort of vendetta on a member of the community. Barnes has had some of the strongest words about race and the police since the shooting on Sunday. On the ground, the Wisconsin National Guard is helping to keep the peace in Kenosha.

The man shot and killed by police in St. Croix Falls earlier this month was from Eau Claire. Barron County’s sheriff yesterday said 45-year-old Terry Treleven answered the door of a local hotel on August 8th with a knife in his hand. Officers shot him when he refused to drop the knife and came at them. Officers then found a woman who’d been stabbed in the room. St. Croix Falls Police acknowledged the shooting earlier this month, but didn’t identify

It’s back to class for teachers in the Chippewa Valley. Teachers in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls returned to their classrooms yesterday. Students are due back next week. In addition to the annual classroom set-up, teachers will spend this week getting up to date on their school’s coronavirus policy. Eau Claire schools are blending their classes to start the year, Chippewa Falls schools are looking to have kids in school for in-person classes.

There will be high school football in Menomonie this fall. The school district yesterday announced it will play fall sports this year. The WIAA is giving schools the option to postpone high risk sports like football, soccer, and volleyball til the spring. Those sports won’t start practice for another two weeks.

 Flu season doesn’t start for a few more months, but flu-shot season is upon us. Public health managers in Madison yesterday urged people to get a flu shot early this year. Doctors say a flu shot cannot stop you from getting sick, but it can help reduce the impact of the flu.  Many local public health departments across Wisconsin will offer flu shots, or you can get one at your doctor’s office, or even your pharmacy.

We now have more details on an officer involved shooting that resulted in the death of an Eau Claire man. It was a bit before 10 on the night of August 8th when St. Croix Falls Police Officers responded to a 911 call at the Dalles House Motel. The caller reported that an adult female in a room needed help as her boyfriend had a knife. Officers arrived with in two minutes of the call; then knocked on the motel