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The Clark County Health Department is confirming its first COVID-19-related death. The health department said the person who passed away yesterday was an elderly adult. Health department officials are now working with state and local partners to review the county’s COVID-19 response plan as needed. 

The University of Wisconsin and its system schools are hosting a virtual event to get people outside during the COVID-19 pandemic. School officials say students, staff, and faculty are now encouraged to sign-up online and select a running distance. People are then encouraged to post photos of their run on social media. U-W is in partnership with the Wisconsin Intramural Recreational Sports Association. People have until April 26th to sign-up and complete their run.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fatal U-T-V crash in Wheatland. Officials say 28-year-old Kyle Deegan was killed in the accident on Fortner Road Saturday afternoon when he lost control of his U-T-V and hit a power pole. Three-others were injured in the crash. Two were airlifted to Gundersen Health hospital and the other was checked out and released by first responders at the scene. Officials say alcohol appears to be a factor and none of the riders were

A rollover crash results in injury. It was on Sunday when the Buffalo County Dispatch Center received a call of a single vehicle rollover crash near County Road E in the Town of Lincoln. It was reported that the driver of the vehicle was trapped inside but was talking. Upon the arrival of emergency crews, the 1999 Dodge Ram pickup truck was found upside down with the roof caved in and the driver trapped inside. The driver was extricated from

It’s now past mid-April and we continue to live in a shifting version of “normal.” And as we continue to gather information and stay informed, we aim to lay out the facts clearly, in simple and easy to follow way. That way, you can get the numbers, news, info you want-when you want. So, to start the week we will start on the big world scene and shrink down to our back yard to get an overview of what we

The short-list of finalists for superintendent in Altoona is down to three. The district last week said all three will sit down for an interview later today. A decision will be made after that. A familiar name to many is on that list, Chippewa Falls Superintendent Dr. Heidi Taylor-Eliopolous is one of the three.

Investigators in Columbia County say a prison cook helped two inmates escape last week. Deputies arrested 46-year-old Holly Zimdah from Pardeeville shortly after James Newman and Thomas Deering escaped Thursday morning.  No one is saying just what role Zimdah played in the escape.  Detectives say Newman and Deering climbed fences and ran to a waiting car that drove them away.  Police in Rockford, Illinois arrested Newman and Deering Friday morning as they were looking to get a meal at a

UW Stout is finding a unique way to get prospective students a glimpse at campus. The school is turning to virtual tours because of the coronavirus. Stout’s Joan Ebnet says the hope is to give new students that same tour that they would get in-person, just from the comfort of their own home. No one is guessing when UW Stout, or other colleges in Wisconsin, will reopen.

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court will decide just how powerful the governor’s veto pen really is. The high court is set to hear arguments at 9:30 this morning in the case Bartlett vs. Evers. The case will decide if Governor Evers went too far when he used his veto pen to spend more money than the legislature agreed to spend. Governors can cut spending, but the power to spend more has traditionally lied with the legislature.

Bankers in Wisconsin say they have no control over your stimulus check or if it is a little smaller. The state’s Bankers’ Association said they cannot defy a court order to garnish someone’s pay. That includes stimulus checks. The Bankers’ said they understand some people will be unhappy with the decision, but say it is out of their hands.