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There are a lot of unanswered questions about a million-and-a-half dollars in accounting errors at Eau Claire County’s Department of Human Services. Sheriff Ron Cramer says his office is investigating. County Board member Mark Beckfield says there have been three thefts and accounting errors of over one million-dollars. He says taxpayers deserve to know what is going on.

A woman who spent 42 years at the Health and Human Services Department in Rusk County is looking at the possibility of 20 years in prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from taxpayers. Sandra Stiner pleaded guilty yesterday to embezzling just over 700 thousand-dollars. Prosecutors say she used the money to pay down her credit cards, pay on her house, as well as shop and gamble. She retired from the county last year. Stiner will be sentenced in

The expectation is that kids in Chippewa Falls schools will be in class, in-person, five days a week this fall. The school district released its back-to-school plan yesterday. Superintendent Jeff Holmes said in a message to parents that this year will be different. Chippewa Falls’ plan is to teach in-person as much as they can, and only switch to online classes if Chippewa County’s health department says it is necessary. School starts September 1st in Chippewa Falls. CLICK HERE FOR

Wisconsin’s coronavirus numbers are down compared to just a few weeks ago. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said the number of new positive tests is down from the end of July. Yesterday, DHS reported 478 new positive tests, and over nine thousand negative tests. In the end of July, DHS reported a few days of over one thousand positive tests. The number of people in the hospital with the virus is holding steady. DHS yesterday said 364 people

President Trump is not being subtle with his next rally in Wisconsin. The President yesterday announced a rally on Monday, most likely in Oshkosh. Monday was supposed to be the day that Democrats started their convention in Milwaukee. That convention will now be almost entirely online, and Joe Biden will not come to Milwaukee in person. The President yesterday taunted Biden, saying he will be in Wisconsin, but the Democratic ticket won’t even pay the respect of making a stopover.

The State Department of Health says the seven-day average of new COVID cases is at its lowest level since mid-July.  The state today reports 478 new cases, sending the seven day average down to 760 cases a day.  The positivity rate also dropped a half-a-percent from Tuesday to four-point-eight-percent.  Since the beginning of the a pandemic there have been over 62-thousand confirmed COVID cases in Wisconsin and one-thousand-and-eleven people have died.

One of two girls convicted of the attempted murder of a classmate loses her appeal for a new trial.  A Wisconsin appeals court upheld the conviction of Morgan Geyser today who was 12-years-old in 2014 when she and Anissa Weier lured their friend Payton Leutner into the woods in Waukesha and stabbed her 19 times.  Leutner was left for dead, but managed to survive.  The motive for the attack was to win the approval of a fictional horror character named Slender Man.

Governor Tony Evers is adding to his list of pardons.  The governor granted pardons to nine people today.  He granted 18 pardons last month.  Evers says a pardon is more than just a signature on paper, it’s the promise of new opportunities and second chances.  Among those pardoned today were several men, some as young as teens, who stole vehicles for joyrides. 

Chippewa County Department of Public Health would like to alert the public regarding a recent report of a bat testing positive for rabies in Chippewa County. This bat was submitted for testing following an encounter with a human. This is the first rabid bat in the county this year. Last year, Chippewa County had two bats test positive. Due to these reports, the public is advised of the following: Check your pet’s vaccination histories and update as necessary. Keep vaccine

An Eau Claire man is facing charges for sexually assaulting a five-year-old boy. A criminal complaint shows 25-year-old Tylar Hoffman admitted to the assault after failing a polygraph test. The case was first opened last December, but didn’t proceed until the five-year old drew a picture of the incident at day care. Hoffman is due back in court in October.