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There are a lot of reporters who cover the Packers who are not happy with the team’s new rules for reporting. The team yesterday issued a new media policy that bans reporting on who is or may be a starter, who is getting reps at practice, and anything else that the team fears may take away its competitive advantage. General manager Brian Gutekunst didn’t answer any questions about the new policy, he may do that today.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services confirms eight additional COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours.  Officials say 50 people were hospitalized out of the 663 new positive cases.  The positivity rate today is seven-percent, which is up slightly from yesterday.  The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 1.060 Wisconsin residents.  

Vice President Mike Pence is keeping the pressure on in Wisconsin with a stop in the Badger State just days after the president’s visit.  The uptick in appearances by the nation’s top Republicans comes as the Democrats hold their virtual convention this week.  Pence appeared at a metal fabricator in Darien where he touted the administration’s economic record and trade policies.  Vice President Mike Pence says the nation’s economic recovery is on the ballot this year. {0819PenceJobsJobsJobs_1}      Q…jobs jobs jobs 

A billboard campaign is underway across Wisconsin in support of victims of sexual assault.  Attorney General Josh Kaul says the billboards are promoting victim services in 29 counties, many of which are in Wisconsin’s most rural areas.  Kaul says too often survivors of sexual abuse don’t know where they can access support and he wants survivors to know there are people who will be by their side to help.

 In a sign of the times the owners of a restaurant in Marshfield say they are permanently closing.  Posting on Facebook the owners of the Marshfield Family Restaurant say they’re closing on Sunday because of unforeseen circumstances and situations not in their control.  The restaurant opened in Marshfield just two years ago.  The COVID-19 crisis has forced numerous businesses, especially restaurants, into closing.

A new program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is covering tuition for students in the School of Education if they teach in Wisconsin for the first few years after graduation. If you were flipping through the paper, you may have red in The Chippewa Herald about the program. It aims to address problems that contribute to Wisconsin’s teacher shortage. The school says the ‘Teacher Pledge’ forgives some or all of students’ loans after they teach in a Wisconsin school for four years.

A local apple orchard is celebrating the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage with a new corn maze. The corn maze at Leffel Roots Apple Orchard says ‘vote,’ next to what looks like a suffragette. Suffragettes are known as the women who protested in order to obtain the right to vote. The orchard is opening September 2nd.

Democrats are hopeful their pick will lead to a change in the White House. Former Vice President Joe Biden is the official Democratic presidential nominee.  The party nominated Biden in an untraditional version of the traditional roll-call of states.  Delegates pledged their support to Biden virtually from every state and U.S. territory in last night’s Democratic National Convention session.  Biden’s wife Jill headlined a lineup of speakers that included former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State John Kerry, and

Questions about a million-and-a-half dollars in accounting errors in Eau Claire County’s Department of Human Services will have to wait. The full county board last night did not vote on a request for a forensic audit of the department. Instead, the audit was sent back to a county committee. Two county supervisors want to know where the missing money went, they also want to know why Eau Claire County’s DHS has been seven-and-a-half million-dollars over budget for the past three

Students at UW Eau Claire now know where they will go if they test positive for the coronavirus. The school yesterday said Putnam Hall will serve as the campus’ quarantine center. Housing director Quincy Chapman says students will spend 14 days in Putnam if they test positive for the virus. Students will live in the other dorms on campus, Putnam will just be for quarantine. Students are due back on campus next week.