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Wisconsin’s restaurant owners are not happy that organizers of Milwaukee’s Democratic National Convention are putting bars and restaurants on a no-go list. The state’s Restaurant Association yesterday said bars and restaurants have alway supported the convention, and it stings that organizers have now told DNC visitors not to go out to eat. Bars and restaurants across the Milwaukee-area were expecting huge crowds from the convention, now they expect very little.

It was just before 10:30 on the morning of August 12th when the Sawyer County Dispatch Center received a 911 call of a semi-tractor trailer crash on State Highway 70 east of Loretta / Draper in the Town of Draper. S Initial investigation and eye witness statements indicate that a semi-tractor trailer operated by 37 year old Clifford J. Hinkens, of Coon Rapids Minnesota was traveling east on State Highway 70 near Broadway Road. The semi-tractor trailer left the roadway,

A traffic stop leads to a drug bust in Sawyer County. It was on August 11th when the Sawyer County Sheriff’s Department and the City of Hayward Police Department completed an investigation into illegal drug trafficking in the Sawyer County area. A bit before 2 in the afternoon, information was obtained which led to a traffic stop of a 2004 black BMW driven by Calvin Douglas Riley, 29, of Webster, WI. The investigation indicated Riley was transporting a large amount

 The State Department of Health says positive COVID-19 cases nearly doubled in the last 24 hours.  They were 478 cases reported on Wednesday and today officials say 943 new positive tests were recorded.  That means the rolling daily average is 775 cases.  The positivity rate jumped to seven-point-six-percent today.  Seven new deaths are confirmed to bring the total number of coronavirus fatalities to one-thousand-and-18 Wisconsinites.

Wood County Health officials say people may have been exposed to coronavirus if they visited the bar or course at Homestead Golf Course.  Authorities say an individual was there during an infectious time and exposed others to COVID-19.  The dates in question are Saturday, August 1st through Saturday August 8th.  Anyone who thinks they were exposed should watch out for symptoms and stay home as much as possible for two weeks after exposure.

 President Trump will be campaigning in Wisconsin.  In a live Facebook event with Wisconsin supporters the President yesterday said he’ll be in the state on Monday but didn’t say exactly where.  Monday is the day the Democratic Nation Convention is set to kick off in Milwaukee.  The Wisconsin Center is acting as a home base for the convention but there will be no speakers or candidates actually in Milwaukee.  Everything will be handled virtually.

Sit. Stay. Gooooood boy! Scorch and T-Ri from Scorch and the Morning X are behind bars…er, sort of. Real Rock 929 The X is rockin’ it for the fur babies of the Chippewa Valley. Scorch’s Paws for the Cause is still going strong in the parking lot of Milwaukee Burger Company in Eau Claire. So, if you have driven by lately and wondered what was going on…THIS is what it’s all about. A rock dude sitting in a cage. Staying

The public is being notified of a sex offender being released in our area. 52 year old Troy Hoople will be released from prison on August 18th, 2020 and be residing at a DOC monitored residence on Randall Street in Eau Claire. His previous convictions include Possession of Child Pornography in 2019.

Someone may be visiting your home soon to follow-up on the census survey. This week, census workers started follow-up visits to non-responsive homes around the country. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, so far 79-percent of Eau Claire County households have responded.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE 715 NEWSROOM DETAILS ON JON DEMASTER

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is warning about a possible coronavirus exposure at a local bar. The health department says the exposure could have happened in the late night and early morning hours between August 5th and 6th at The Pickle on Water Street. The department says if you were at this location during the time of the exposure, contact your health care provider to be tested.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS