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A man is in serious condition after a motorcycle crash. On Sunday, just before 8 in the evening, the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office responded to a motorcycle crash in the 3500 block of County Road D, which is in the Township of Ludington. It was reported that a male subject was lying in the ditch unconscious and the motorcycle was on its side in the roadway. During the investigation, deputies learned that a 26-year-old male had been riding the

The meat packing plant at the center of Brown County’s coronavirus outbreak is closing to help flatten the curve.  Officials at JBS made the announcement yesterday.  Public health officials have traced 189 cases back to people who work at the plant that employs 12 hundred.  No one is certain what’s going to happen to their paychecks.

The University of Wisconsin system says the coronavirus quarantine has pushed its online learning platform to the front of the class. The school said that nearly five thousand professors and faculty members had published nearly 17,460 courses online as of April 8th. That is a huge step forward. UW managers say they launched their online learning platform in the summer of 2017, but it took this outbreak to make it the focus of how the university’s campuses teach.

Wisconsin’s attorney general is asking people to keep their unused prescription medicine at home for a little while longer. A-G Josh Kaul canceled Saturday’s Drug Take Back Day because of the coronavirus. Kaul says many of the state’s prescription drop-off sites are closed. He says it’s best to lock unused prescription pills away in a safe or room in your house that has limited access.

One of western Wisconsin’s best high school quarterbacks will get a chance to play pro ball just across the Mississippi River. The Minnesota Vikings drafted Menomonie’s Nate Stanley in the 7th round. Stanley played his college ball at Iowa. He says he’s hopeful about his shot at the NFL.

A man from our has lived through a lot more than the Coronovirus Pandemic. Reynolds Tomter, of Pigeon Falls, turns 103 today.  He is a WWII veteran, still lives independently, drives his car, and is popular in his community.  And that community came together to celebrate in a socially safe way today for Reynolds! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

An accident sends a Prescott man to the hospital. It was just before 10:30 on Sunday morning when the Wisconsin State Patrol and Pierce County Sheriff’s Office responded to a one-vehicle crash with serious injuries on County Highway F, 1 mile north of County Highway FF. Upon arrival on scene, law enforcement found a male subject with life-threatening injuries lying outside the vehicle. The vehicle was fully engulfed in flames and a high line power line was strewn across the

 A woman who helped police capture two escaped inmates is getting a reward for her actions.  Columbia County Crimestoppers said Carly Rice will be receiving a five-hundred dollar reward for “her quick thinking and role in capturing two escapees from Columbia Correctional Institution” in Portage.  Rice found Thomas Deering and James Newman waiting outside one morning at  the non profit shelter for the homeless she operates in Rockford, Illinois in mid April.  She recognized from their clothing they were inmates

Slipping into the end of April, there are the good stories to come out of the pandemic as well, and here is one of those to hopefully put a little smile on your face and infuse a little hope into your weekend. The CDC has warned that people 65 and older are at the highest risk when it comes to COVID-19 with eight out of ten deaths nationwide. But we go to Florida, where there one woman beat the odds. A

When it comes to helping during the Coronavirus pandemic, Willie Nelson is stepping up, with cover ups. Willie Nelson is auctioning off two signed face masks to raise money for coronavirus relief.  The country legend says he heard about a woman making masks for essential workers in Houston, and stepped in to help.  Nelson is signing two masks sewn from a bandana the woman bought at one of his shows last month.  The bidding for the Willie Nelson face mask