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Parts of downtown Milwaukee are eerily quiet and empty. Today is the first day of Milwaukee’s Democratic National Convention, but almost no one is attending. Earlier this year, planners were expecting 50 thousand people. Now, the crowd is expected in the hundreds. The Wisconsin Center will serve as the online convention’s hub. There are few Democratic delegates in Milwaukee, and none of the party’s big names are coming. That includes Joe Biden who will instead accept the Democratic nomination from his home

Fewer people tested positive in Wisconsin’s latest coronavirus count, but the state’s daily positive-test-rate went up anyway. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported 685 new positive tests and just over five thousand negative tests. The number of positive tests is down from what the state saw at the end of last week, but the number of negative tests is way down. That drove Wisconsin’s daily positive-test-rate to over 11 percent yesterday. The number of people in the hospital

No mesh masks, no masks with vents, no bandanas, and no face shields. Eau Claire’s school board is set to officially adopt a mask policy tonight. The idea, board members say, is to make sure that students and teachers wear appropriate and effective masks when they come back to school. Paper masks, cloth masks, gaiter masks, and disposable masks are all fine.

This is the first day of practice for some high school athletes in Wisconsin. The WIAA says students who are in ‘low risk’ sports, like cross-country, girls tennis, girls golf, and girls swimming, can begin practice today. Students who are in ‘high risk’ sports, like football, soccer, and volleyball, have to wait til September 7th to start practicing. The idea is to try to protect kids from the coronavirus. The start of high school sports come just a few days

Wisconsin’s Democratic members of Congress want more federal money to continue testing for the coronavirus. U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin along with congressmen Mark Pocan and Ron Kind, and Congresswoman Gwen Morre on Friday signed a letter to the president asking for a 100-percent match for the Wisconsin National Guard. The Guard has spent months testing for the virus across the state. Earlier this month the Democrats say the president stopped covering all of the costs of that testing. Wisconsin’s portion

You knew some fans were going to show-up for training camp at Lambeau Field. The Packers opened camp Saturday, and a few fans made the trek to see what they could. Usually the opening of camp means thousands of people, celebrations, traditions, and packed bars and restaurants. This year, because of the coronavirus, few people showed-up and Green Bay was mostly closed. Fans won’t get a chance to see the Packers in-person at Lambeau until at least November.

A defective headlamp lead to an OWI over the weekend. 29 year old Marisa Lane Aselson, from Chippewa Falls, has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 1st offense, with one child in the vehicle under the age of 16. Aselson was traveling on USH 53 south of Melby Street when she was stopped by a WI State Patrol Trooper for operating a vehicle with a defective headlamp. Aselson

A security perimeter is set up around the convention center in Milwaukee in anticipation of this week’s Democratic National Convention.   Traffic restrictions were set in place yesterday with the use of fencing all around the Wisconsin Center.  The streets will be off limits around the site until Friday even though the convention is going to mostly be streamed online.

The arrangements for Anisa Scott’s funeral are set.  The eleven year old’s services will be held August 22.  A Celebration of Life will start at eleven-a.m. in the form of a march for unity.  The march will start at Pickney Street and proceed along East Washington Avenue to the state capitol.  The march will be followed by a private in-person funeral at Breese Stevens Field but it will be live streamed for the community.  Public viewing takes place following the

The Eau Claire Area School District has announced that it will postpone all fall sports seasons and offer them in the spring season of 2021, in alignment with an alternative model provided by the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. In examining the upcoming seasons, school and district administration determined that the district’s hybrid instructional model, coupled with the Eau Claire City-County Health Department’s current order (see below) and its physical distancing requirements, would make it extremely difficult to implement and schedule