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Governor Tony Evers says COVID-19 testing will be expanding across the state.  The governor announced today the state has expanded its lab capacity and will be able to test more people multiple times.  Currently nearly 85 labs are running test results for the health department. 

UPDATE: We now know where Rusaw will be living: Donald Rusaw will be residing at 1616 Woodard Rd in the City of Bloomer as of August 8, 2020.  The public is being notified of a sex offender being released to our area. Chippewa County Sex Offender Notification Committee has determined that a Level III notification would be undertaken in regard to the community placement of convicted sex offender, 43 year old Donald N Rusaw, who will be released from the

The Eau Claire Area School District Board of Education made the final approval at the August 3 board meeting to accept the second gift of 360panels for the Solar on Eau Claire Schools project, a fund of the Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation. The action paves the way for the arrays’ installation atop Memorial and North High schools, 360 panels at each building, beginning this month.All 720 panels for the project have been donated by the Couillard SolarFoundation.

Governor Tony Evers is naming the Wisconsin Historical Society Library reading room in honor of former Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson.  The governor today signed an executive order recognizing her career and legacy of 43 years on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.  Abrahamson was appointed to the State High Court in 1976, becoming the first woman to serve on the court.  She was also the first woman to serve as Chief Justice 20 years later in 1996.

The Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office is releasing the names of those involved in the July 29th traffic crash that occurred west of Hayward in the Town of Lenroot.  The registered owner and driver of the 2016 Honda CRV involved in the crash, was identified as 36 year old Liset Ibarra from Milwaukee. Ibarra was air-lifted from the Hayward Area Memorial Hospital to a Duluth hospital for medical treatment and is currently in stable condition. The front seat passenger, 18 year

As of right now, local schools will make their own decisions about when and how to return to school next month. Governor Tony Evers yesterday said he has no secret plan to order schools across the state to start the new school year online. There are a lot of lawmakers in Madison who say they have heard the opposite. The governor says schools in larger cities and communities have different challenges from the coronavirus than schools in more rural parts

The state justice department is putting out a warning of a sophisticated counterfeit ring working its way through the state. Brown County Sheriff’s detective Roman Aronstein says the group has been making one hundred dollar bills that pass basic inspections. Jon Demaster brings us more with 715 Newsroom coverage. The bills will pass a marker test, but when held up to the light, the security strips on these bills read ten instead of one hundred. Aronstein says the bills have turned

A missing Altoona woman’s family is asking for help. Angela Coffield’s family says she’s been missing since last week, and she left home without anything. Altoona Police confirm Coffield left home without her phone, purse, medication, or her credit cards. Her family says she’s struggled with mental health problems in the past. They are very worried for her safety. Her pictures are online, Altoona Police say anyone who knows anything about her whereabouts should call them immediately.

Students, teachers, school staff, and parents are going to need masks when Eau Claire schools open next month. The city’s school board last night approved a mask requirement. Superintendent Michael Johnson says he knows some people can’t wear a mask, and he knows it may be tough for young kids to keep their masks on, but he says it’s necessary. Eau Claire schools are looking to start classes on September 1st. CLICK HERE FOR AN EASY LINK TO MORE INFO

Wisconsin’s dip in positive coronavirus tests is not expected to last. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported just 404 new positive tests. DHS reported over six thousand negative tests. The low numbers are part of the weekly cycle that dips at the beginning of each week. Wisconsin’s daily positive-test-rate is just above five-and-a-half percent.