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The Washington County youth football coach accused of knowingly attending team events after testing positive for coronavirus won’t face criminal charges.  The Kewaskum Gridiron Club says it’s dismissed the coach and the county sheriff’s office says he won’t receive any further punishment.  The sheriff’s office also says the coach didn’t violate Wisconsin’s mask mandate.

 The Brewers kick off their three-game Wild Card Series against the Dodgers in Los Angeles tonight.  The Brewers will send Bruce Suter to the mound to take on Walker Buehler in game one.  Milwaukee will almost certainly go to the bullpen early as Suter hasn’t pitched more than four innings in a single outing this season.  First pitch is set for nine o’clock.

President Trump is now in Cleveland, Ohio, hours before his first matchup with Joe Biden.  He arrived with two of his children and didn’t do any last minute prep work on the plane.  Trump reportedly spent less than two hours preparing for tonight while Biden put in much more time with mock rehearsals.  Biden will have at least three guests in the audience, which is much smaller due to the pandemic.  The presidential debate begins at 9 p.m. Eastern, 8:00

Park Falls Police are mourning the death of a fellow officer.  Officer Mark Richter died suddenly at home on Sunday.  The 25-year veteran of the department served most of those years as a DARE officer and also served two years with the Ashland County Sheriff’s Office.  The department says Richter died from an unforeseen medical event.

A Green Police officer is recovering after being stabbed while investigating two murders.  Police were called to the scene at an apartment in the 500 block of Clement Street last night where they found a man dead in the hallway and another dead inside the apartment.  Investigators identified a suspect and then located his vehicle which started a pursuit.  The suspect crashed the car, took off on foot and was captured during a struggle, but not before stabbing one officer

Coronavirus cases continue to surge in Wisconsin.  State health officials say today Wisconsin added 20-thousand cases in the last ten days and is averaging over 22-hundred new cases a day for the past week.  Seventeen more deaths were reported today as the death toll reached 13-hundred.  Today’s positivity rate was 22-percent.  This, as preliminary results from a study by the State Department of Health and the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows few residents have coronavirus antibodies.  The initial findings of the study were released today

“It’s five o’clock somewhere”, declared UW professor Robin Shepard as he kicked off a virtual worldwide “happy hour” on the first Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) enrichment livestream. People from across the country and around the world sipped along with four UW alumni craft brewers as they sampled various brews. They started with Octoberfest from Capital Brewery, founded in 1986. Capital is the oldest established craft brewery in the Madison area. From there they made their way around a flight including hoppier brews and

New, positive coronavirus cases are falling in Eau Claire County, but one of the largest increases in the country is in Wisconsin. One infectious disease expert says the spread could be because people aren’t keeping their distance, washing their hands, or wearing masks as effectively as they should. Half of Wisconsin counties have rising COVID-19 trends. Cases in Chippewa and Dunn counties also appear to have fallen. 

Construction will be underway on the new Chippewa Area History Center near Irvine Park today after the groundbreaking Monday. The building will resemble the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Sawmill that was built in 1837.  The new history center is scheduled to open in early 2022.

Registration is now open for the Festival Foods Turkey Trot. The Eau Claire YMCA and Boys and Girls Clubs are beneficiaries from the annual run. It’s the 13th annual event, and registrants can enter a drawing for a new car. The race is Thanksgiving Day. More information? GOBBLE UP THE DETAILS HERE.