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Traffic is moving along I-94 in Dunn County after yesterday’s heat-related pavement buckle. WIS-DOT crews said the heat cracked the interstate just past the exit for Highway 25. Cars and trucks headed west had to get off the interstate and drive through Menomonie to get around the problems. It took crews about two hours to repair the pavement.

Just because there won’t be a Wisconsin State Fair doesn’t mean you have to miss-out on the food. Managers at State Fair Park yesterday said there will be a State Fair Necessities drive-thru starting later this month. The idea is to let people pick-up their fair food favorites and enjoy them at home. The drive-through will be open Thursdays through Sundays for four weeks. There will also be an online State Fair store where people can grab swag for the 2020 State

One of Chippewa Falls’ most well-known business groups is pleading with people to wear masks. The folks at Chippewa Falls Main Street yesterday said everyone should wear a face mask to try to halt the spread of the coronavirus. Main Street Executive Director Teri Ouimette says more people are testing positive for the coronavirus, and those not wearing a mask could be next. Ouimette says they are recommending that people wear masks, they are not requiring it.

Governor Tony Evers says public health is everyone’s issue in overcoming COVID-19.  The governor today said celebrating July 4th can put families, friends and neighbors at risk.  Evers reminds Wisconsinites that COVID-19 has not gone away and it is spreading across communities. Meanwhile, the message is similar from health professionals. The Wisconsin Department of Health is urging people to stay home this holiday weekend.  Wisconsin has seen a spike in COVID-19 infections and many are caused by the spread of the virus at parties, barbecues,

Backlog testing has lead to an arrest. Attorney General Josh Kaul announced that Brandon A. Darnick has been sentenced to 25 years initial confinement plus 15 years extended supervision following a guilty jury verdict in Oneida County for First Degree Child Sexual Assault – Sexual Contact with a Child Under Age 13 for an assault that occurred in 2013.   The victim’s sexual assault kit was tested as part of the Wisconsin Sexual Assault Kit Initiative in 2018. The case was presided over by Oneida

The Eau Claire County Parks & Forest Department announces that water testing results by the City County Health Department indicate that Big Falls water is now within acceptable health standards and is therefore now open for swimming. All other public beaches on Eau Claire County land are within acceptable standards and therefore open.

Eau Claire is getting ready for in-person voting in August. City Clerk Carrie Riepl said 300 poll workers are signed up to work the election and some want to commit for November.  There was a shortage of poll workers in April because of the coronavirus pandemic.  Riepl said anyone wanting to work at the polls will have to attend training in mid-July.  

A man is missing out of Polk County.  The Sheriff’s Office said 40-year-old Andre Lyons was reported missing Sunday after leaving a home near the St. Croix county line for his own home north of Amery.  Police said they haven’t found the yellow motorcycle he could have been riding, and the Department of Natural Resources searched the area with an airplane. 

Pablo Center at the Confluence recently announced a new virtual concert series, Pablo Streams, which is offered to the public free of charge.   Pablo Streams is a free virtual concert series starting Thursday, July 2 at 6:30 p.m. Throughout the summer, lineups of two or more artists will take the stage in Jamf Theatre and will be broadcast via the Perigon webcasting service to audiences. The inception of Pablo Stream provides a local alternative for a community missing out on

The top man at Wisconsin’s unemployment office wants to see the federal unemployment sweetener extended, even as his office struggles to meet the needs of people who are out of work. Department of Workforce Development Secretary Caleb Frostman yesterday said he wants to see the 600 dollar-a-week coronavirus enhancer extended. He said that money makes a big difference for people who are out of work in the state. Frostman doesn’t have an answer for when all of those people will get