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If you have been playing fast and loose with that a “healthy breakfast” is, stop stressing! Now, it’s official. Kraft is reassuring parents everywhere that it’s okay with Mac & Cheese for breakfast. The rebranding is in response to a recent study that found 56 percent of parents have served their kids Mac & Cheese for breakfast more often during COVID-19 related state lockdowns than in previous months. According to Kraft, 1,000 parents took part in the study. Starting Tuesday,

The reason why Wisconsin’s coronavirus hospitalization numbers are all over the place is because there are problems with tracking just how many people are being treated for the virus. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said 294 people are in the hospital with the virus, 111 are in the ICU. But those numbers come with the admission from DHS Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk that the data on hospitalizations is “not yet completely accurate.” The problems date back to

Teachers’ unions in Wisconsin want to have more of a say in how schools will reopen this fall. A group of teachers in the Green Bay-area met last night to talk about how to safely reopen schools. The push from the union is to protect teachers from catching the coronavirus. Most of the conversation was against returning to in-person classes. Here locally, decisions are being made in our districts and there’s a plea from school leaders in Dunn County to keep sick

A lot of local election managers in Wisconsin need some help for next week’s election. The Wisconsin Election Commission yesterday said local clerks need more than 900 people to volunteer at the polls. The shortage is being caused by the coronavirus. The WEC’s Meagan Wolfe says many poll workers are older and most at-risk for the coronavirus. The Wisconsin National Guard helped cover the polls back in April when there was a similar shortage. But Wolfe says the Guard may not be available next week.

The release of a convicted sex offender in Ladysmith is coming with a warning. The state’s Department of Corrections yesterday said 36-year-old Michael Crouse is a risk to commit another sex crime. He is to be released into Ladysmith next week. Crouse served time for two sex crime convictions, including a 2004 sexual assault of a child. Rusk County’s sheriff says Crouse’s pictures are online for anyone to see.

Governor Tony Evers says COVID-19 testing will be expanding across the state.  The governor announced today the state has expanded its lab capacity and will be able to test more people multiple times.  Currently nearly 85 labs are running test results for the health department. 

UPDATE: We now know where Rusaw will be living: Donald Rusaw will be residing at 1616 Woodard Rd in the City of Bloomer as of August 8, 2020.  The public is being notified of a sex offender being released to our area. Chippewa County Sex Offender Notification Committee has determined that a Level III notification would be undertaken in regard to the community placement of convicted sex offender, 43 year old Donald N Rusaw, who will be released from the

The Eau Claire Area School District Board of Education made the final approval at the August 3 board meeting to accept the second gift of 360panels for the Solar on Eau Claire Schools project, a fund of the Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation. The action paves the way for the arrays’ installation atop Memorial and North High schools, 360 panels at each building, beginning this month.All 720 panels for the project have been donated by the Couillard SolarFoundation.

Governor Tony Evers is naming the Wisconsin Historical Society Library reading room in honor of former Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson.  The governor today signed an executive order recognizing her career and legacy of 43 years on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.  Abrahamson was appointed to the State High Court in 1976, becoming the first woman to serve on the court.  She was also the first woman to serve as Chief Justice 20 years later in 1996.

The Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office is releasing the names of those involved in the July 29th traffic crash that occurred west of Hayward in the Town of Lenroot.  The registered owner and driver of the 2016 Honda CRV involved in the crash, was identified as 36 year old Liset Ibarra from Milwaukee. Ibarra was air-lifted from the Hayward Area Memorial Hospital to a Duluth hospital for medical treatment and is currently in stable condition. The front seat passenger, 18 year