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This year, Chippewa Valley Pride is going virtual. Typically, the Chippewa Valley LGBTQ-plus community center hosts a fair in Phoenix Park, but this year it will be streamed on Facebook Live. A spokesperson with the center said this year’s pride is a time for marginalized groups to stand together. Pride fest will be streamed from the Chippewa Valley LGBTQ-plus Facebook page this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Wisconsin soybean production is ahead of schedule. An agriculture educator with the University of Wisconsin Extension in La Crosse County says that 88-percent of soybean crops were planted already this season. They said planting was done early because of warmer temperatures and drier weather. 

 The Minneapolis City Council is planning to dismantle their city’s police department.  Mark Mayfield explains. As demonstrations continue, those on site report mainly peaceful dynamics. Local radio DJ, Scorch from Scorch and The Morning X on 92.9 The X, visited the memorial to George Floyd in Minneapolis and shared these images, saying that “the area was felt calm, and seemed like people were there to spread a message of love.” Two of the former Minneapolis police officers charged in the

The first court appearance for the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd is scheduled today.  Derek Chauvin was arrested and jailed after he knelt on Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes during an arrest on Memorial Day.  Floyd’s death incident has sparked waves of protests and demonstrations across the country and around the world.  Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder.  Three other officers who were involved in the arrest are also facing charges. Those protests are

The number of people testing both positive and negative for the coronavirus in Wisconsin continues to grow. The state’s Department of Health Services says there are now more than 20 thousand positive cases of the virus in the state, and more than 300 thousand negative tests. DHS says both milestones fell on Friday.  Wisconsin’s latest numbers show 264 positive tests and over eleven-thousand negative tests. The daily negative-test-rate is now just above two percent.

Students will come back to the Chippewa Valley this fall. The UW System on Friday said UW Eau Claire, Stout, and River Falls will have in-person classes this fall. UW-Eau Claire Chancellor James Schmidt says it is part of the college experience to be on campus. All three campuses are promising to keep students safe when they return.

In the halls of school, there is a different message as police officers may soon be no longer welcome in Madison schools. Madison’s teachers’ union yesterday issued a statement that said school resource officers should be removed because of the “racialized trauma” they cause. The union had said in the past it wanted officers in schools as a way to protect kids and teachers. Now, the union says the negatives of having officers in schools outweigh the positives. Madison’s school

More than a dozen state lawmakers want Governor Tony Evers to do more to protect the State Capitol from damage. Fifteen Republicans signed a letter to the governor on Friday asking that he do more to protect the statehouse, the grounds, and the statues and memorials from protesters. The lawmakers say vandals have spray painted and defaced many of the Capitol’s most well known memorials. The Republicans say they support the protesters who are in the streets peacefully, but they

The attendees at the upcoming Democrat Party National Convention may be tested for COVID-19.  Party leadership says a decision will probably be made on the matter a few days before the start of the convention on August 17.  Milwaukee Health Commissioner Jeanette Kowalik says there’s a good chance every person who enters the Fiserv Forum will undergo rapid COVID-19 testing.

Welcome to your weekend. What a world we live in. When it comes to all that we are living through, sometimes you just need to step back from it all, take a break, and remember that someone, somewhere is trying to stuff a record number of blueberries in their mouth. But that’s not all that World Record breaker David is attempting…he is also the world’s fastest juggler and he can down a liter of lime juice in 17-seconds.  To start