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The local Boys and Girls Clubs are responding to racial inequality with more leadership training. The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Greater Chippewa Valley pledged to hold race training for staff, evaluate internal hiring processes, and push programming to support equity work. C-E-O Ann Kaiser said the company is listening and looking. 

The Chippewa Valley Museum is collecting quarantine diaries. The Dear Diary Program asked residents to record quarantine experiences and document them for prosperity. Diaries can be dropped off at the museum or emailed to the museum archivist Jodi Kiffmeyer.

Wisconsin’s Capitol is now on the list of places where protesters have torn down statues. An angry crowd ripped down two statues last night, the Forward Statue and a statue of Hans Christian Heg who was a Union war hero and an abolitionist. The crowd is also being accused of attacking a state lawmaker who took a picture of the destruction. State Senator Tim Carpenter said on Twitter that the protesters punched him, then kicked him while on the ground.

As people get out and enjoy the summer, they are expanding their social circles, and that is making it tough to track the coronavirus in Wisconsin. Department of Health Services secretary, Andrea Palm, yesterday said people are gathering in larger groups as they get back out and enjoy their summer. Palm said that makes it tough for DHS to track everyone who may have come into contact with someone who’s tested positive for the virus. Palm yesterday said the latest numbers

Restaurants in downtown Eau Claire and along Water Street will have an easier time adding seats outside. The city yesterday said it is willing to cut down on the permitting process that restaurants usually have to abide by. The move is designed to give restaurants more seats and more options as they look to recover from the coronavirus shutdown.

Eau Claire County’s former treasurer, Larry Lokken and his assistant Kay Onarheim, could be looking at five more years in prison. The two have until July 21st to repay one-point-three million-dollars that they stole from taxpayers. Lokken has paid only 18 thousand-dollars, Onarheim has paid over 73 thousand-dollars. Her attorneys are going to ask for a break, given that she’s paid back much more than Lokken.

New University of Wisconsin President Tommy Thompson says he’s ready to get to work. Thompson was named president of the UW System last week after the school’s one finalist dropped out. Thompson yesterday named two top aides to his transition team and said he is ready to hit the ground running. Thompson will need to not only help the university’s campuses reopen this fall, but he will have to shepherd the school through a financial crisis caused by the coronavirus.

It’s now time for Wisconsin lawmakers to offer their thoughts on the plan to go back to school this fall. The Assembly’s committee on education has a hearing scheduled for 10 o’clock this morning to talk about the recommendations from DPI for local schools about heading back to class. DPI’s four recommendations all include some learning from home. A who’s-who of education groups and advocates will testify at today’s hearing.

It’s the latest sign of just how important Wisconsin is in the 2020 election. President Trump will sit down for a town hall meeting in Green Bay tomorrow. The town hall will be broadcast on Fox News. The president will also visit the shipyard in Marinette. President Trump’s visit comes after Vice President Mike Pence was in southeastern Wisconsin yesterday.

The exact dates are still being worked-out, but the Milwaukee Brewers say they are ready for the 2020 season. The team yesterday said a second spring training will begin on July 1st, and the 60-game season will start later in the month. There will be no fans in the stands when baseball does restart. There is no word what, if anything, the Brewers plan to do to involve fans in the new season.