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There’s a warning about a to-be released sex offender in Menomonie next week. The state’s Department of Corrections says Joseph Johnson will be released and is at risk to offend again. He is being placed at Parkside Motel in Menomonie (Formally Skoogs). DOC says Johnson served person time for the sexual assault of a child under 15.

 Eau Claire Schools are among the school districts across the country taking part in the new free lunch for all program. The USDA on Tuesday extended its free lunch program to all schools across the country because of the coronavirus. The change means no one has to pay for school lunches through the end of the year. In Eau Claire, that means students who are in-school and students who are learning from home can all get lunches. Eau Claire Schools

Wisconsin is now on the record in the court case over the U.S. Census. A Attorney General Josh Kaul yesterday joined several other states and mayors in filing a brief to the case that challenges plans to end the Census count early. Kaul says the proposal to stop accepting self-response census forms at the end of September will impair the ability to count everyone in the country. Many Democratic leaders want as many people counted as possible, saying that will ensure

The Green Party is taking its fight to make the Wisconsin ballot to court. The party yesterday said it plans to sue to be added to the November ballot. The Wisconsin Election Commission deadlocked on the Green Party’s application last month, citing a discrepancy with a candidate’s address. Yesterday, Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins said thousands of voters in Wisconsin are being denied their choice. The Green Party got over 30 thousand votes in Wisconsin back in 2016. Democrats say that was enough to give the state to

The investigation into the shooting of Jacob Blake continues. The Wisconsin Department of Justice released another document today and it’s featured below: The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is continuing to investigate an officer involved shooting (OIS) in Kenosha, Wis. that occurred on the evening of Sunday, August 23, 2020. Kenosha Police Department officers were dispatched to a residence in the 2800 block of 40th Street after a female caller reported that her boyfriend was

President Donald Trump is in Kenosha with a busy afternoon on tap.  The president is touring the area affected by rioting in the aftermath of the shooting of Jacob Blake by a Kenosha police officer.  Trump plans to meet with business owners and law enforcement.  There has been no plan to meet with the family of Jacob Blake. President Trump says it is better if Jacob Blake’s case is “handled locally” after he was shot multiple times in the back

Kenosha businesses affected by the unrest and riots in the city can tap into one-million-dollars in zero interest loans.  The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation says affected businesses will be eligible to receive up to 20-thousand-dollars to help cover operating costs and repairs from the protests.  The Kenosha Area Business Alliance (KABA) will oversee the program and businesses should contact KABA about a loan.  The loans have a two-year repayment period with a six-month deferment on the first payment.

Attorney General Josh Kaul is joining a coalition of Attorneys General in taking legal action against the Trump administration’s impairment of the 2020 Census.  Earlier this month the Census Bureau announced that it was reducing the time to accept response questionnaires from October 31st to September 30th.  The coalition of attorneys general argues the shortened schedule will hurt the Census Bureau’s effort to conduct the census and will impair the accuracy of the total population of each state.  Attorney General

September is Preparedness Month in Wisconsin.  First responders say disasters don’t wait so it’s important to make a plan so everyone knows what to do in an emergency situation.  Officials say that can make the difference between life and death because if you have practiced your plan you will save precious time.  Ready-Wisconsin has resources to help families create an emergency disaster plan and build an emergency kit WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

Terrell Kopping is still in college but the UW-Eau Claire senior already is well on his way to making his football dreams come true. Starting quarterback for the Blugolds? Nope. Try volunteer football coach for several Chippewa Valley youth football programs and an advocate for young athletes. “When I’m done with college, I want to run my own strength and conditioning camps, and I want them to be free,” says Kopping, a kinesiology-rehabilitation science major from Rice Lake. “I also