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There is a little positive mood in the State Department of Health Services thanks to a big reduction in new COVID-19 cases.  Today officials reported 404 new cases.  There were 922 new cases yesterday.  The always important positivity rate of infection dropped a full four percentage points from yesterday’s  9.6-percent to today’s 5.6-percent. 

It is National Farmers’ Market Week and Wisconsin officials are urging people to support local farmers’ market.  Dozens of farmers’ markets across Wisconsin can be found through the Wisconsin Farmers’ Market Association.  Dane County alone has 24 farmers’ markets, there are five in Racine, six in Kenosha, eight here in area, and seven in Marathon County.

More than 330-thousand absentee ballots have already arrived at the Wisconsin Election Commission ahead of the upcoming primary election.  Officials say fewer than 77-thousand absentee ballots were collected in 2016.  About 102-thousand absentee ballots were sent out in 2016 compared to over 821-thousand this year.  People have until 8 p.m. on election night Tuesday, August 11th for the Election Commission to receive your ballot which can be dropped at a polling place or the clerk’s office. 

A Minnesota man loses his life after an accident in Buffalo County. A bit before 1:30 on Sunday afternoon, the Buffalo County Dispatch Center received a 911 call in reference to a motorcycle crash with injury on HY 95 near Ziegeweid Valley Road in the Township of Glencoe. On arrival by Law Enforcement witnesses advised that 24 year old Sharmarke Shoble Rochester MN lost control of his motorcycle while negotiating a curve going up the hill heading west on HY

We now have another plan from local schools for the Back to School season. McDonell Area Catholic Schools will open its doors to students fromgrades K to 12, in person. MACS will also provide a virtual option for students with high-risk health concerns. MACS has released its 2020-21 Back to School “Brick to Click” Parent & Student Guide, which has been approved by the Chippewa County Department of Public Health and the MACS Education Commission. Parent and teacher survey responses

A petition addressed to the Eau Claire planning commission is close to earning its goal for signatures. The petition was started by the owners of two local bars facing losses if the city follows through with a proposal to build a new development. Galloway Grille and Scooters Bar share a patio and parking lot, and the owners say the city’s proposed development project would hurt them financially. The city’s planning commission is having a hearing on the proposal tonight at

Chippewa Falls is one of ten school districts receiving state funds from the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions for financial literacy classes. The department of financial institutions and Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction announced Friday the Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District received ten-thousand-dollars to help students broaden their financial knowledge. D-F-I Secretary Kathy Blumenfeld said financial literacy is an important life skill for k-12 students. The schools applied and were selected by the Governor’s Literacy Council. 

There’s no end to the debate over Governor Tony Evers’ statewide mask requirement. Republican state Senator Chris Kapenga said on Capitol City Sunday on Madison TV, Channel 27, that there is no need for a mask mandate because Wisconsin’s hospitals can handle coronavirus cases. Kapenga said it’s unrealistic to think the virus won’t spread. Democratic state Senator Chris Larson said the mask order is necessary to try and slow down the spread. Larson says his own informal poll shows plenty of

There’s a suggestion that anyone who went to the Ho-Chunk casinos in the Dells or in Wittenberg get tested for the coronavirus. The Ho-Chunk nation last week said two workers at the casino in Wittenberg and three workers at the casino in at the Ho-Chunk Gaming in the Wisconsin Dells tested positive for the virus. There’s no word if any customers at the casinos have tested positive as well.

We are waiting to see just how much damage a late night house fire in downtown Eau Claire left behind. Firefighters got a call about 11:30 last night about flames and smoke coming from a home on Jefferson Street. Three adult occupants were home at the time of the fire and were able to evacuate as fire crews arrived. No civilian or firefighter injuries were reported, however several pets perished inside the residence.