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Add eleven more positive tests to Eau Claire County’s coronavirus count. The City-County Public Health Department yesterday reported that more people have tested positive for the virus. Many of the new cases are being tied back to Water Street businesses. Since last Friday, Eau Claire County has seen nearly 50 new positive coronavirus tests.

A Dunn County man is due in court later today to answer charges that he sexually abused a woman for years when she was a child. Prosecutors filed charges yesterday against 44-year-old Jeffrey McCulloch from Colfax. Investigators say a woman recently came forward and told them that McCulloch abused her for years, starting when she was seven-years-old. McCulloch has denied the charges. He faces 260 years in prison if convicted.

Small businesses in Chippewa Falls have a few more days to ask for some help from the city. Chippewa Falls yesterday extended the deadline for its Small Business Relief Program til next Tuesday. Businesses can apply for up to 25-hundred-dollars in grant money.

Good news for people who love Wisconsin’s great outdoors and are looking to perfect a S’mores recipe. The state’s Department of Natural Resources yesterday said that group camping can resume on July 13th. Groups will be limited to under 50 people, and you must have a reservation. You can find all of the information about camping in Wisconsin WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

The gap between the number of minority students and minority teachers in Wisconsin is growing. The Wisconsin Policy Forum yesterday released a report that shows while the number of minority students in the state has grown by seven percent over the past decade, the number of minority teachers in the state has only grown by one percent. The Policy Forum’s Anne Chapman says the gap between minority students and their teachers is a problem across the state, and in every community.

 Questions about who is in Wisconsin’s voter system likely won’t be answered until after the November Election. The Wisconsin Supreme Court yesterday said it will not hear arguments in the case being brought by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty until September. WILL is suing to force the Wisconsin Election Commission to remove about 130 thousand people from the state’s voter list because they have moved or haven’t answered questions about their addresses. The court made the announcement late yesterday. Two conservative justices say the decision

A decision about whether there will be high school sports in Wisconsin will likely come later this month. The WIAA, the people who run high school sports in the state, yesterday said they want more time to see just what is going on with the coronavirus. The WIAA released guidelines for summer sports a few weeks ago. Deputy director Wade Labecki says the guidelines for fall sports will likely expand on those. The big question for sports is tied to the big

The death toll in Wisconsin from the coronavirus now stands at 784.  The Department of Health says today 600 new cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours with seven additional deaths.  Over the last two weeks, the daily average of COVID cases in the state has increased from 266 a day to 475.

A reward for information leading to an arrest in a Madison hate crime now stands at ten-thousand-dollars.  Madison police announced the increase today in connection with an incident last week.  A woman, who is biracial, says she was stopped at a light one night when four white men approached her car.  One used a racial slur before spraying her with lighter fluid and setting her on fire.  She suffered burns to her face and neck but is expected to be

Group camping will be allowed at Wisconsin State parks in two weeks.  The State Department of Natural Resources said today groups of up to 50 people will be allowed to camp beginning Monday, July 13th.  Group camping does require a reservation.  Officials urge visitors to wear masks and to practice social distancing.