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 Questions about who is in Wisconsin’s voter system likely won’t be answered until after the November Election. The Wisconsin Supreme Court yesterday said it will not hear arguments in the case being brought by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty until September. WILL is suing to force the Wisconsin Election Commission to remove about 130 thousand people from the state’s voter list because they have moved or haven’t answered questions about their addresses. The court made the announcement late yesterday. Two conservative justices say the decision

A decision about whether there will be high school sports in Wisconsin will likely come later this month. The WIAA, the people who run high school sports in the state, yesterday said they want more time to see just what is going on with the coronavirus. The WIAA released guidelines for summer sports a few weeks ago. Deputy director Wade Labecki says the guidelines for fall sports will likely expand on those. The big question for sports is tied to the big

The death toll in Wisconsin from the coronavirus now stands at 784.  The Department of Health says today 600 new cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours with seven additional deaths.  Over the last two weeks, the daily average of COVID cases in the state has increased from 266 a day to 475.

A reward for information leading to an arrest in a Madison hate crime now stands at ten-thousand-dollars.  Madison police announced the increase today in connection with an incident last week.  A woman, who is biracial, says she was stopped at a light one night when four white men approached her car.  One used a racial slur before spraying her with lighter fluid and setting her on fire.  She suffered burns to her face and neck but is expected to be

Group camping will be allowed at Wisconsin State parks in two weeks.  The State Department of Natural Resources said today groups of up to 50 people will be allowed to camp beginning Monday, July 13th.  Group camping does require a reservation.  Officials urge visitors to wear masks and to practice social distancing.

Anyone experiencing coronavirus symptoms and recently went to Brothers Bar or the Pickle on Water Street should get a coronavirus test. The Eau Claire County Health Department confirmed possible exposures at the restaurants last week. The exposure at Brothers could have happened June 23rd or 24th from 9 p.m. to midnight. Exposure at the Pickle could have happened the same dates from midnight to 2:30 a.m. The health department says anyone with symptoms should be tested. 

A former Colby High School staffer will do community service after she used district money to pay her bills. Lisa Steen was sentenced in Clark County last week for charging over seven-thousand dollars in personal expenses to a school credit card. She’s also accused of changing her child’s grade in the school computer. In addition to community service, she’s expected to repay the money and write an apology to the school. 

Eau Claire County’s public health boss is worried about the local jump in coronavirus cases. City-County health director Lieske Giese yesterday said 24 more people tested positive for the coronavirus Saturday, Sunday, and yesterday. She said many of the cases can be tied back to local bars and restaurants. Giese says she fears people are not wearing their masks or staying socially distant. Since March, 218 people in Eau Claire County have tested positive for the virus. Giese says 148

Eau Claire Police want to know who is putting homemade spike strips in city streets. Officers released pictures of the strips yesterday. They are essentially two-by-fours with about 25 nails in them. Police found them in the road at Menomonie and Clairemont, Menomonie and Ferry, and Fifth and Hudson. Police are asking for tips in finding the culprit.