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A motorcyclist is dead after colliding with a deer near Sheldon. The Rusk County Sheriff’s Office said the driver was heading north on Rangeline Road when the bike hit the deer.  The biker was thrown from the bike. The driver died on the scene. 

It is Election Day in Wisconsin. Voters across the state will head to the polls today to decide mostly Congressional and statehouse races. In-person voting is open, though local election clerks say thousands of people have already voted through the mail. Face masks are recommended at the polls but not required. Polls are open from 7 a.m. til 8 p.m.

The search for a missing little girl in northwestern Wisconsin is over. The Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office last night said they found three-year-old Abby Ladwig. She went missing on Saturday. Deputies say Abby walked out of the woods near Winter with her dog last night. The sheriff’s office is planning to provide more answers about her disappearance later today.

There is only one number that jumps-out in Wisconsin’s latest coronavirus count. The state’s Department of Health Services’ latest report shows an uptick in the number of people hospitalized because of the virus. DHS yesterday said 414 people are in the hospital, and 119 of them are in the ICU. On Sunday, DHS said about 350 people were hospitalized. The state’s other coronavirus numbers are relatively steady. DHS said there were 507 positive tests yesterday, and over seven thousand negative tests.

Students in Eau Claire schools who test positive for the coronavirus will be sent home for two weeks. Superintendent Michael Johnson sent a letter home to parents yesterday, explaining the process for handling positive tests. Johnson says students who test positive will be quarantined, and will be asked questions about who they came into contact with at school. Those students and teachers could then be quarantined as well. Eau Claire schools will not close because of positive tests.

The plan to build apartments in Eau Claire’s downtown Railroad lot is moving ahead. The city council last night decided to move forward with the project. Not everyone is happy. About 35 hundred people signed a petition to stop the apartments. They worry about downtown parking and that the apartment complex would take away outside seating at the Galloway Grille and Scooter’s.

There are two things on the to-do list for thousands of people across southeast Wisconsin: clean-up, and get their electricity back. Yesterday’s storms downed trees, snapped power lines, and left a trail of damage behind. The storms also knocked out power to thousands of people. As of 2 a.m., WE Energies said more than 10-thousand people in and around Milwaukee were without power. There is no word when the power will be turned back on. Forecasters say the storms that

It was Sunday afternoon a little before 1:30 in the afternoon when the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department was notified of a traffic accident on 125th Ave east of S-Hwy 124 in the Town of Eagle Point. The caller indicated that a motorcycle was east bound on 125th Ave and struck a trailer/truck that was backing out onto the roadway from a private driveway, going on to say that the driver of the motorcycle was severely injured. Upon arrival of EMS,

Data released today by the Wisconsin Elections Commission reveals requests for more than 900-thousand-ballots for tomorrow’s primary.  Nearly 507-thousand have been returned compared to 107-thousand returned for the 2018 primary.  The number of ballots requested indicates voters have some reluctance to go to the polls during the coronavirus crisis. 

Attorney General Josh Kaul is among dozens of AG’s around the country urging Congress to pass Edith’s Bill.  The bill is sponsored by Senator Tammy Baldwin and is designed to protect senior victims from fraud.  Kaul says during the COVID-19 crisis scams targeting vulnerable seniors have surged.  The bill would help states provide compensation to victims of senior fraud.