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An arrest late last week will send a Barron woman to prison. 40 year old Bobbi Jo Rasmussen was sentenced in Barron County Circuit Court for several cases involving Meth. This stemmed from several arrests made by Barron County Sheriff’s Department Drug Unit over the past several years including cases in Burnette and Chippewa Counties where she was selling Meth in the area. She will serve 10 years in prison and 5 more years of extended supervision.

As of today, the Wisconsin National Guard teams had collected 72,296 specimens statewide. In addition, approximately 30 troops are working at a call center that informs people of their COVID-19 test results. As response to the pandemic continues, teams of approximately 15 troops are serving as medical and administrative staff at two separate state-run voluntary self-isolation facilities in Milwaukee and Madison, while a third team is serving at a Milwaukee County-run self-isolation facility. TO SEE A LIST OF TESTING NUMBERS

A woman is sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for supplying drugs that caused a woman to overdose. Chippewa County Judge Steve Cray sentenced 23-year-old Breana Heuer for first-degree reckless endangerment and making and selling amphetamine. She was originally charged with first-degree reckless homicide for the death of Carissa Kasmeirski.

The Wisconsin State Fair could be cancelled this year. The State Fair Board of Directors voted yesterday to allow Chairman John Yingling the power to cancel the fair. The board didn’t decide to cancel, but moved one step closer after the Minnesota State Fair cancelled last week. The Wisconsin State Fair is scheduled for August sixth through the 16th. 

Alliant Energy is planning to purchase around 900-million-dollars in solar power plants in the state. Alliant officials are filing an application today with the Public Service Commission to start developing in Grant, Jefferson, Richland, Rock, Sheboygan, and Wood counties. The projects will provide enough power for 175-thousand Wisconsinites. 

Businesses in Eau Claire are reopening but city government will stay on emergency footing for almost another month. The city council last night unanimously agreed to extend Eau Claire’s coronavirus emergency order til June 23rd. The order allows the city manager to suspend certain rules, it also means the city council can meet from home rather than in city council chambers. When it comes to the latest case count, the number of people testing positive for the coronavirus is at

The price tag for the federal unemployment enhancement is nearly double what the state is paying-out in jobless claims. The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development yesterday released numbers that paint the picture of unemployment in the state. DWD says it’s paid-out nearly 482 million-dollars in jobless claims since the coronavirus started shutting down the economy. DWD also says it’s paid-out almost 870 million in federal enhancements over the same time period. That enhancement means an extra 600 dollars a week for unemployed

Eau Claire’s Children’s Theatre is ready to return to the stage. Theatre managers yesterday said they are planning to put on a performance of Disenchanted next month. Usually the theater holds 275 people, but the Children’s Theatre will limit that to just 82 people for the shows. Auditions for the show start today, or people can send a video to Theatre managers. CLICK HERE TO SPOTLIGHT MORE DETAILS.

Wisconsin’s Election Commission says 200-thousand people in the state were able to cast a ballot in April without having to show their voter ID. They are the people who declared themselves ‘indefinitely confined’ because of the coronavirus. The Commission says a typical year sees about 70-thousand confined voters. The clerks in Milwaukee and Madison encouraged people to declare themselves confined because of the coronavirus, but were later told to stop by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. There are questions going forward. State law

Something is better than nothing’ is quickly becoming the line from Milwaukee leaders about the Democratic National Convention. Visit Milwaukee CEO Peggy Williams-Smith yesterday said she wants to have as much of an in-person convention as she can. Williams-Smith says Milwaukee needs businesses now, and even a smaller DNC would provide a jumpstart for downtown bars, restaurants and hotels. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett says he expects at least a partial in-person convention in the city in August.