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The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is confirming the first death of an Eau Claire County resident related to complications of COVID-19. As of today, Eau Claire County is reporting 161 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There will be a media breifing today at 3:30 and you can CLICK HERE for more information.

Pepin County farmers held a successful event this weekend. It might not have looked like breakfasts of the past, but the annual dairy promotion breakfast served around 2,400 people Saturday morning. The breakfast kit included milk, pancake mix, butter, sausage, and yogurt.  A spokesperson for the Dairy Promotion Council said the event helps locals learn about where their food comes from and gives them information about how dairy is processed and delivered to the store.

Noah’s Ark Waterpark is reopening at the Wisconsin Dells. The park typically opens over Memorial Day Weekend, but this year the opening was delayed to Saturday, June 20th due to the coronavirus pandemic. Park staff said guests are required to wear a mask when they enter the park, and staff will always wear a mask. Guests will also be required to maintain six-feet of social distance. 

What will school look like in the fall? Although nobody has a crystal ball, we do now have a document. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction today issued Education Forward, which is a guidance document for Wisconsin district and school leaders to use as they plan for a safe, efficient, and equitable return to school for the 2020-21 school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

There’s a slight rise in Wisconsin’s latest coronavirus numbers. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported 280 positive tests and over six thousand negative tests. The daily positive-test-rate is up above four-and-a-half percent. DHS did not report any new deaths yesterday. Overall, Wisconsin has seen nearly 25 thousand positive cases since March, and almost a half-million negative cases.

Eau Claire schools are finding a silver lining in the coronavirus outbreak. School leaders on Friday said they expect to see a four million-dollar surplus by the end of the year. The extra money comes from the savings from not having school since March. That includes a lot of money saved by not running the district’s school buses. There is some thought about using some of the surplus to buy things like iPads to help kids learn from home.

Work is underway at Eau Claire Memorial High School as crews started moving dirt to replace the old track at the school last week. A 320 thousand-dollar gift from the Pat and Connie Ulrich Trust is making the work possible. School leaders hope to have the track and field improvements finished by next spring.

Dairy farmers in Wisconsin are making less milk than a year ago. The latest numbers from the USDA show a three percent drop in the number of pounds of milk that farmers have produced so far this year. Wisconsin is not the only dairy state to see a drop, California and New York also saw production fall. California continues to lead the nation in milk production. Wisconsin is a solid second. On that note, there is a new Alice in Dairyland. Julia Nunes is from Chippewa

Vice President Mike Pence is returning to Wisconsin. The VP will be in Pewaukee tomorrow for a speech and rally. Pence is due at the Ingleside Hotel to kick off his Faith in America tour. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. and close at 12:30 p.m.

Wisconsin’s governor wants to ban chokeholds, encourage officers to speak-up about their co-workers, and put a million dollars toward community outreach as part of his sweeping police reform package. The governor introduced nine pieces of legislation on Friday that he says will hold police officers across the state accountable, and increase transparency for folks concerned about police brutality. The package would impose a statewide set of rules for police, bank chokehold and no-knock warrants, and spend a million dollars on