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Thousands of students and faculty members at the University of Wisconsin want the school to start over in its search for a new president. UW’s search committee interviewed their only candidate yesterday. Two thousand students and faculty members signed a petition yesterday demanding the school try again. They are upset that they didn’t have a say, and that the candidate, University of Alaska System President Jim Johnsen, isn’t from within the UW System. Johnsen yesterday said he hopes to work on relationship

Wisconsin’s campgrounds are open once again, but there are still some coronavirus restrictions in place. The Department of Natural Resources yesterday said campgrounds are opening today for the first time since the outbreak began. You’ll need a reservation and to bring your own firewood. Bathrooms and showers at campgrounds will be open, but observation towers, playgrounds, snack stands and rental shops will be closed.

Most Badger fans appear ready to return to Camp Randall in the fall. The school yesterday said about 85 percent of season ticket holders renewed their tickets for the 2020 season. That’s about a ten percent drop from last year, but a high enough number given the uncertainty over what this next college football season will look like. The University of Wisconsin is supposed to open its season at home on September 4th against IU.

The number of hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 continues to rise.   Wisconsin Department of Health Services today reported an increase  of 44 hospitalizations and 15 deaths from yesterday.  All-in-all there are over 21-thousand-300 positive COVID cases in the state.  Six-hundred-and-61 Wisconsinites have died from the coronavirus.

Wisconsin Rapids paper mill is closing indefinitely.  Verso Corporation announced yesterday that the COVID-19 pandemic caused a decline in demand for paper from several industries which really hit their bottom line.   The Wisconsin Rapids Mill will close by the end of next month with a skeleton crew remaining to maintain the building. 

Law enforcement in Rusk County are investigating the deaths of two individuals in the town of Sheldon. On June 7th the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a home in Sheldon after family visited the home and discovered the two residents deceased. The victims are a married couple who live at the home, 73 year old Robert Rosolowski and 70 year old Bonnie Mae Rosolowski. Investigators have ruled this case a double homicide, and law enforcement have arrested and booked

Heavy rainfall forecasted over a portion of western Wisconsin for this afternoon and evening, with localized rainfall amounts of 3-4 inches possible in Eau Claire, will likely result in increased levels on the Chippewa River in Eau Claire. At 10 a.m. the Chippewa River gauge at Grand Avenue read 760 feet, which is 13 feet below the flood stage reading of 773 feet.  The National Weather Service has projected the Chippewa River to rise to 766 feet later this week.  As the

Starting in late June the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection will begin another round of aerial treatments to control gypsy moth in 15 counties. Phase two targets adult male moths, whereas phase one earlier this spring targeted gypsy moth caterpillars. Residents in the following counties can expect loud, low-flying, yellow planes as early as 7 a.m. through mid-July: Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Crawford, Douglas, Dunn, Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Polk, Rusk, Trempealeau, and Washburn.

Two deer at Brush Ranch Outfitters near Galesville are testing positive for chronic wasting disease. The disease is a neurological disease found commonly in deer, elk, and moose. Animals with the disease show symptoms through abnormal behavior and loss of body function. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture said the remaining 495 deer and 10 elk on the ranch have now been quarantined and veterinarians will investigate to see which animals have already been exposed.

An Eau Claire man is dead after a crash. The Eau Claire Police Department says 69-year-old Dennis Knudtson was riding his motorcycle Sunday when he crashed into another car near the Highway-53-crossing.  Police said he died in the hospital.