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The political attention continues. Vice President Mike Pence is making the same point his boss made earlier this week from Oshkosh: Joe Biden has abandoned Wisconsin. Pence asked a crowd in Darien yesterday why Biden has not been to Wisconsin, despite the Democratic National Convention being in Milwaukee. Pence says he and the president will be back to Wisconsin before Election Day in November.It’s not just the big-name speakers who are missing from Milwaukee’s Democratic National Convention. Protesters at the DNC are largely missing

The chancellor at UW Madison says students who go to large campus parties will be held accountable. Chancellor Rebecca Blank yesterday said there will be consequences for any student who breaks the rules as part of the university’s Smart Restart plan. That plan includes a ban on more than ten people getting together inside, and more than 25 people getting together outside. Blank would not say just what those consequences will be. Students are due to arrive back on campus

There are a lot of reporters who cover the Packers who are not happy with the team’s new rules for reporting. The team yesterday issued a new media policy that bans reporting on who is or may be a starter, who is getting reps at practice, and anything else that the team fears may take away its competitive advantage. General manager Brian Gutekunst didn’t answer any questions about the new policy, he may do that today.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services confirms eight additional COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours.  Officials say 50 people were hospitalized out of the 663 new positive cases.  The positivity rate today is seven-percent, which is up slightly from yesterday.  The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 1.060 Wisconsin residents.  

Vice President Mike Pence is keeping the pressure on in Wisconsin with a stop in the Badger State just days after the president’s visit.  The uptick in appearances by the nation’s top Republicans comes as the Democrats hold their virtual convention this week.  Pence appeared at a metal fabricator in Darien where he touted the administration’s economic record and trade policies.  Vice President Mike Pence says the nation’s economic recovery is on the ballot this year. {0819PenceJobsJobsJobs_1}      Q…jobs jobs jobs 

A billboard campaign is underway across Wisconsin in support of victims of sexual assault.  Attorney General Josh Kaul says the billboards are promoting victim services in 29 counties, many of which are in Wisconsin’s most rural areas.  Kaul says too often survivors of sexual abuse don’t know where they can access support and he wants survivors to know there are people who will be by their side to help.

 In a sign of the times the owners of a restaurant in Marshfield say they are permanently closing.  Posting on Facebook the owners of the Marshfield Family Restaurant say they’re closing on Sunday because of unforeseen circumstances and situations not in their control.  The restaurant opened in Marshfield just two years ago.  The COVID-19 crisis has forced numerous businesses, especially restaurants, into closing.

A new program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is covering tuition for students in the School of Education if they teach in Wisconsin for the first few years after graduation. If you were flipping through the paper, you may have red in The Chippewa Herald about the program. It aims to address problems that contribute to Wisconsin’s teacher shortage. The school says the ‘Teacher Pledge’ forgives some or all of students’ loans after they teach in a Wisconsin school for four years.

A local apple orchard is celebrating the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage with a new corn maze. The corn maze at Leffel Roots Apple Orchard says ‘vote,’ next to what looks like a suffragette. Suffragettes are known as the women who protested in order to obtain the right to vote. The orchard is opening September 2nd.

Democrats are hopeful their pick will lead to a change in the White House. Former Vice President Joe Biden is the official Democratic presidential nominee.  The party nominated Biden in an untraditional version of the traditional roll-call of states.  Delegates pledged their support to Biden virtually from every state and U.S. territory in last night’s Democratic National Convention session.  Biden’s wife Jill headlined a lineup of speakers that included former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State John Kerry, and