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School leaders in Eau Claire are going to have to find another new school board member. School Board Commissioner Eric Torres yesterday resigned. Torres is leaving to take a new job at Stephen F. Austin State University, in Texas. His resignation takes effect at the end of the month. Eau Claire school leaders say they will start to look for his replacement in the coming weeks.

A man caught with ten pounds of pot and a machine gun in western Wisconsin will not spend any time behind bars. A judge in Polk County on Monday sentenced Benjamin Chouinard to two years of probation. Police arrested Chouinard in 2018 after they say he bought four pounds of marijuana from an undercover agent. Police found more marijuana and a machine gun along with two silencers in his home after that. Chouinard pleaded the charges down to two counts of possession

There is a growing frustration at the Wisconsin Capitol over the time it takes for people in the state to get unemployment benefits. State Representative John Nygren yesterday suggested the state’s Department of Workforce Development pre-approve people who are likely to get an unemployment check. Nygren says the state currently does the same for people on Medicaid. Nearly a half million people in Wisconsin have applied for unemployment benefits since the coronavirus outbreak began back in March.

The approved crime victims’ constitutional amendment commonly known as Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin is now in effect after the Wisconsin Elections Commission today certified the official results of the April 7 Spring Election and Presidential Preference Primary. Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin advocate Teri Jendusa-Nicolai, who became one of the state’s most prominent victims’ rights advocates after surviving a brutal attack by her ex-husband.

The Department of Health Services says there are over 270 new COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin.  The total number of cases today now tops 82-hundred.  Three-hundred-and-40 Wisconsinites have died from the virus. 

Visitors to the state spent nearly 14-billion-dollars in 2019.  The Department of Tourism issued a report today showing visitors spent 13-point-seven-billion-dollars in Wisconsin last year.  More than 200 thousand full and part time jobs in Wisconsin are supported by the tourism industry.

Two Deputies were injured over the weekend in Barron County. It was on just after 12:30 on Sunday morning when Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department arrived and during the course of theinvestigation went to 53 year old take Joe Brown, of Barron, into custody. Brown resisted arrest and during the struggle injured two Barron County Deputies. Both deputies were treated to Mayo Hospital for hand injuries. One deputy is back to work and one deputy will require surgery

UPDATE: 05.08.2020: The man found dead at Hansen’s I-G-A is identified. The Sparta Police Department said yesterday the victim is 54-year-old Dwite Shaver. The Sparta Police Department is investigating after a person was found dead at a local grocery store. Police said first responders were called to Hansen’s I-G-A on Sunday afternoon for a report of an unresponsive person. Police said they found the person laying under a semi-trailer near the loading dock and pronounced them dead at the scene.

State and local health departments are working together to facilitate community testing events in northwest Wisconsin this week. The Wisconsin National Guard today will assist with testing for Barron and Polk Counties, and the Saint Croix Tribe at the Saint Croix Casino Turtle Lake Campground on Tamarack Street from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Local and state health officials will continue with drive-through testing throughout the week and officials encourage anyone living in or around the communities and experiencing symptoms to get tested. Testing

For now, golfers will have to wait for food and beverage on the course. According to the Eau Claire City-County Health Department, Governor Evers initial Safer at Home order said no food or beverage on the premises, and the department took that as the entire golf course, not just patio and picnic areas. This wouldn’t allow golfers to consume anything purchased on-site or while they play. Eau Claire Golf and Country Club General Manager Peter Palacios said the guidelines have