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Bars and restaurants in Chippewa County will get one warning if they break the rules about crowd size or closings. After that, Sheriff Jim Kowalczyk said there could be consequences. The sheriff yesterday said if the violation is bad enough, a bar or restaurant could lose their liquor license. The sheriff says deputies will use their judgement and common sense, but he added that they will enforce the rules.

Chippewa County is emptying part of its jail to try and halt the spread of the coronavirus. Sheriff Jim Kowalczyk yesterday sent work release prisoners home. The sheriff says no one who is being sent home is a threat or was being held on a serious charge. There are usually about 130 people in the Chippewa County Jail, yesterday it was down to 50.

It would take a lot to move Wisconsin’s primary. The state’s Election Commission yesterday talked about the possibility of moving the April 7th primary to another day. Commissioner Ann Jacobs said she thinks the state is putting people at risk by having them vote in person during the coronavirus outbreak. But other election officials say it would take the governor, the legislature, or a judge to change the election date. The commission, and Governor Evers, have told people to vote early

Add Harley Davidson to the list of companies closing because of the coronavirus. Harley yesterday said it is temporarily suspending production. The company says a worker at the plant in Menomonee Falls tested positive for the coronavirus. Harley is asking headquarters employees to work from home if they can. No one is saying when the company will start making motorcycles again.

Health officials in Brown County say the county has its first confirmed case of coronavirus.  Brown County Health and Human Services says today the patient had traveled domestically and developed symptoms.  They are in self-quarantine and will be monitored for fever and any respiratory issu Governor Tony Evers is requesting federal help for small businesses to relieve some of the financial burden brought on by the coronavirus crisis.  The governor submitted a request today for economic injury disaster loan assistance

The Eau Claire Jazz Festival and the accompanying Jazz Crawl, formerly 52nd Street, will not take place in April of 2020 out of concern for the health of attendees and in recognition of governmental efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. This will be the first year the Eau Claire Jazz Festival has not occurred since its inception in 1967. The annual Jazz Crawl—formerly 52nd Street—is also cancelled in light of restrictions on public gatherings, as well as on the

Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire will begin offering a drive-through screening process for current Mayo Clinic Health System patients  who meet criteria and are referred for testing, beginning March 18. Transmissions of COVID-19 are increasing statewide and across the nation and other institutions have successfully used the drive-through approach. As a first step, Mayo Clinic Health System patients must call their Mayo Clinic Health System primary care clinic. A provider or nurse will determine if patients meet criteria

We now know the name of the woman killed this week in an early morning crash. It was just before 5:30 on Wednesday morning when a crash occurred on County Highway W NB at at County Highway S in Dunn County near Colfax. A 911 call came in from a passerby reporting a one vehicle vs. tree crash on County Road W at County Road S in Grant Township. A State Patrol Trooper and Dunn County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to