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Health officials say increased testing for COVID-19 is also raising the number of confirmed cases.  The Department of Health Services says today there were 472 new cases in the last 24 hours but there were three-thousand-more tests conducted yesterday.  There are nearly 13-thousand-900 cases in the state.  Six more deaths were reported yesterday pushing that total to 487.

Wisconsin’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April is just over 14-percent.  That’s an eleven point jump from the three-point-one-percent jobless rate in March.  The COVID-19 crisis has decimated jobs and states like Wisconsin face the worst unemployment numbers since the Great Depression.  The national unemployment rate is 14-point-seven percent.

The Eau Claire Police Department has been notified of a Sex Offender being released in our area. 33 year old James T. Jones will be released from prison on May 26th. Jones will be under supervision by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC). Jones’ previous convictions include:  – 2nd Degree Sexual Assault of a Child (September, 04 2009) – Eau Claire County  Jones will be residing at a DOC monitored residence in the 100 block of Randall Street in the

A man serving 54-years for a deadly crash that killed three Girl Scouts and their mother is sentenced for another crash that happened nearly a month before. Colten Treu was sentenced to an additional 110-days in prison yesterday for a Rusk County crash. Investigators said he was under the influence of a controlled substance when he crashed, and drugs were found in his truck. He was also fined 18-hundred dollars. 

One of the two men involved in a child sex trafficking case is sentenced.  Richard Bye and William Hargrove were charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl. Yesterday, an Eau Claire County circuit court judge sentenced Hargrove to ten-years in prison. 

A company that provides the Altoona School District with uniforms, t-shirts, and equipment is now also providing students with milk.  BIG Athletics yesterday gave away 150-free milk coupons for students to redeem at any Kwik Trip. The company was originally challenged to donate 100-gallons, but officials said they decided to donate more. BIG Athletics nominated CCF Bank and WNB Financial for the challenge next. 

A juvenile is facing charges after painting a bulldozer in Marshfield. It was on Wedensday, May 20th when it was reported a juvenile was spray painting a bulldozer in the 1500 block of E. 25th St. Officers located several properties that had been spray painted. A 12 year old was located and will be referred to Wood County Human Services for criminal damage to property. 

Governor Tony Evers is directing some funding towards our farmers. The governor yesterday announced a 50 million-dollar farm aid package. Farmers can apply for direct payments through the state’s Department of Agriculture. The governor hopes the money will ‘jump-start’ the supply chain in the state. In addition to the 50 million for farmers, the governor yesterday announced a plan to spend 15 million-dollars on the state’s food banks.

Wisconsin set a record for positive coronavirus tests, negative coronavirus tests, and the number of tests given. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported 528 people who tested positive for the virus yesterday, and six-thousand-63 people who tested negative. Both of those are single-day records. DHS says Wisconsin also set a new record for daily tests processed, at nearly seven thousand. Now, it’s recorded in all 72. The last county in Wisconsin without a confirmed case of COVID-19 now has its first patient.  Langlade

The line to get unemployment benefits in the state of Wisconsin is growing. The State’s Department of Workforce Development yesterday said it is working through a backlog of 140 thousand claims. DWD Secretary Caleb Frostman says the claims are on-hold because there are not enough workers to process them. He says DWD is working on that, he hopes to hire about 100 more people and turn to an outside company to help as well.