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Learn from home, graduate from the car. The Class of 2020 at Chippewa Falls High School will remember this year. The school honored graduating seniors last night with a procession through town. After a short drive, the Class of 2020 picked-up their diplomas drive-thru style in front of the high school.

The Wisconsin National Guard is responsible for a little less than a third of the state’s coronavirus tests. The Guard on Tuesday said it has collected over 90 thousand samples so far. Wisconsin has tested just under 300 thousand people overall. Commanders say 25 National Guard teams continue to perform tests around the state. Nearly 600 guardsmen have been called-up to help with the coronavirus effort. When it comes to the latest testing numbers, another round of coronavirus testing in Wisconsin, and the state is

 Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is charging all four former Minneapolis police officers involved in the George Floyd case.  Former police officers Tou Thao , Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane are charged with felony aiding and abetting second-degree murder. Ellison is also upgrading the charge against Derek Chauvin to second-murder two instead of third-degree murder.  To prove that charge prosecutors will have to show that Chauvin intended for Floyd to die. The world is watching, and joining in protests. Demonstrations

Sawyer County authorities responded to an incident about 10:30 Tuesday night and are now seeking any tips that the public may have about a fire. Sawyer County Deputies were dispatched to a fire complaint in the Village of Couderay. While responding, they were informed that the Memorial for Sawyer County Deputy Michael Villiard had been lit on fire. Once Deputies arrived on scene, they located evidence indicating the Memorial had been intentionally set on fire.  The Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office

A protest is planned in Menomonie today in opposition to the death of George Floyd. Organizers are asking people to gather on the corner of Broadway and Main downtown at 5 p.m. Chief of Police Eric Atkinson said officers plan to attend the protest to show support and ensure safety. 

Police are searching for another person charged in connection to the death of a Lake Holcombe woman last year. Investigators said Zach Dietrich was charged with reckless homicide in the drug overdose of Carissa Kasmeirski in March 2019. Dietrich told investigators he bought methamphetamine and used it with Kasmeirski the day she died. Another woman was charged last month for selling the drugs to Dietrich.

An Altoona police officer is out of the hospital today after his squad car was rear-ended on Highway 53. Police said it happened last night near the Highway 53 bypass when driver Laurie Reardon drove over multiple traffic cones and nearly hit several squad cars before crashing into one.  Reardon was arrested on O-W-I charges. 

Rising temperatures are causing some roads to buckle, and transportation officials are warning people to watch out.  Wisconsin Department of Transportation Chief Material and Pavements Engineer Barry Paye says road buckles can happen any time there’s extreme heat and the first heat wave of the year is the most likely time for this to happen. He says the pavement expands and collapses underground as temperatures fluctuate from cold to hot. The slabs of pavement push against one another causing one to

The University of Wisconsin System is reducing costs and cutting some programs after the COVID-19 pandemic and a shrinking budget presented significant financial challenges. The Board of Regents says the new Blueprint plan will consolidate I.T. services, create an online learning model, and reallocate resources. Some professors think the plan will work in the opposite way, and outsourcing education will only hurt the university’s budget and students. The Board of Regents said they’ll meet tomorrow night to address the issues and identify

 Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers’ first comments since the death of George Floyd focus on race and a new law for police use-of-force. The governor released a four minute video on YouTube yesterday where he said people who look like him need to realize they are part of the system that needs to be dismantled. The governor also asked lawmakers to pass a new law that would allow police officers to use any kind of force only as a last resort. The