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We should get some answers today about a weekend shooting incident in Eau Claire that ended with a man in jail. Police are promising a news conference later this morning about the shooting late Sunday night at a home in the 33 hundred block of Reno Drive. There are no reports of any injuries.

The coronavirus has punched a nearly two billion-dollar hole in Wisconsin’s tourism industry. Tourism Secretary Sara Meaney was on UPFRONT on Milwaukee TV on Sunday. She said the state has lost one-point-seven billion-dollars in tourism money because of the virus. She says those losses will continue. Meaney says Wisconsin is not advertising for visitors to come to the state this summer. She hopes that by fall and winter, things will start to rebound.

Folks across Wisconsin need to get straight with their landlord. The coronavirus-related ban on evictions ends today. Governor Evers instituted the ban with his Safer at Home order, it stopped landlords from evicting people during the worst of the coronavirus outbreak. The governor announced 25 million-dollars in rental assistance last week, but says it will be next week at the earliest before that money will be ready.

State transportation officials estimate nearly 250-thousand drivers in Wisconsin can renew their license online this year.  Earlier this month, the Division of Motor Vehicles launched programs to reduce in-person visits to their offices during the pandemic.  To qualify, drivers must have a regular Class D license with no medical restrictions or further deterioration in their vision.  The state has also extended the expiration date for about 80-thousand people. CLICK HERE TO DRIVE INTO THE DETAILS

Kwik Trip will soon be a WICK trip! The company is working with an Eau Claire company to make a line of Glazer scented candles. Smith and Company Candles is handling the candle making. Owner Kenna Smith-Hoff says she grew-up eating Glazer donuts and worked at Kwik Trip for three years. She said she had an epiphany a while back and decided to bring the scent of fresh donuts to everyone. The candles are in pre-sales right now.

It could be round two for severe weather in Eau Claire and the Chippewa Valley. Forecasters say parts of western Wisconsin are at a slightly higher risk for severe thunderstorms, hail, and maybe a tornado or two today. The storms are expected later this afternoon and into this evening. Weekend storms knocked out the power to about 25 hundred people in Eau Claire. Xcel says they all have their lights back.

Today Americans will reflect on the sacrifices made by those who have served in the armed forces a little differently because of the coronavirus pandemic.  Typically, a parade and events at memorials on the National Mall are held in the nation’s capital each year.  However, this year the Vietnam memorial will hold a memorial day Ceremony through a virtual live webcast.  Arlington National Cemetery has limited visitors to only those who have a family pass.  The annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle ride through the capital will be held

The latest look at the coronavirus in Wisconsin continues to show hundreds of people testing positive, and thousands of people testing negative. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported that for Saturday and Sunday 881 people tested positive for the virus. DHS says over those same two days, more than 13 thousand people tested negative.  Wisconsin’s positive-test-rate is at five-and-a-half percent.

There is a demand for justice in the case of a young Eau Claire man who was seen being beaten in a Snapchat video last week. A number of people turned out over the weekend to ask for, “justice for Jacob.” He’s the one seen being beaten by four others in the video. No one is saying just what justice would be in the case. The main suspect in Jacob’s beating, 18-year-old Chase Passon, was arrested last week then released

The D.A. in Eau Claire is moving ahead with the case against a man accused of a drunken high-speed chase, and of threatening to kill a police officer. Prosecutors say David Marin hit speeds of 95 miles-per-hour as he tried to run from officers in Eau Claire last Tuesday. Once he was caught near Lake Hallie, police say Martin threatened to kill one of the officers who arrested him. Martin is being held on 15 thousand-dollars bond.