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Some students at UW Eau Claire will get a bump from the school’s new grading system. The university yesterday said it is allowing students to be graded on a pass/fail basis. The grades will actually be listed as satisfactory or unsatisfactory. Anyone with a C or better will get a satisfactory grade. A C-minus or below earns someone an unsatisfactory mark. The new grades will not impact a student’s GPA.

Western Wisconsin’s congressman wants family farmers to get some of the Paycheck Protection Program money for small businesses. The way the law is written, farmers are shut out of the program. Congressman Ron Kind wrote a letter to the Small Business Administration yesterday asking the agency to level the playing field. Kind says the SBA can work with the USDA to make sure small farms use PPP dollars as they are supposed to be used. Kind says farmers in Wisconsin, and across

It’s shaping-up to be a low-key summer. The Altoona Lions Club yesterday pulled the plug on this year’s Cinder City Days. The Lions Club says they are canceling the celebration to protect the safety of visitors and volunteers. Cinder Days were supposed to fire up in June.

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 now exceed 65-hundred in Wisconsin.  Officials today say there are 65-hundred-and-20 cases of coronavirus statewide.  Eight deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours pushing the total number of deaths to 308.  The COVID-19 crisis could mean a loss of as much as two-billion-dollars for the state of Wisconsin.  Governor Tony Evers has ordered a five-percent reduction in spending for the rest of this fiscal year.  Republican leaders are calling for spending to be frozen beginning with

Based on current safety recommendations and restrictions affecting several scheduled performers, the Chippewa Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America recently announced the 2020 Chippewa Valley Air Show, scheduled for June 13 & 14, has been canceled. The air show was set to feature the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, along witha wide variety of other performers and static displays. FOR TICKET AND REFUND INFORMATION CLICK HERE

Recent rain runoff in the upper Chippewa River watershed is likely to result in increased levels on the Chippewa River in Eau Claire.At 6 a.m. the Chippewa River gauge at Grand Avenue read just under 762 feet, which is 11 feet below the flood stage reading of 773 feet. The current crest projection is 765 feet on Saturday. As that happens, the following safety measures can be expected along the lowest lying areas of the Chippewa River Trail. For the

A lot more people in the state of Wisconsin are about to be tested for the coronavirus. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday opened-up the rules for testing. Now, anyone with coronavirus symptoms can get a test. Up until now, DHS said only people most at risk for the virus could get a test. The move comes as the state tries to hit 12 thousand coronavirus tests a day.

A former Durand library director is pleading guilty to theft. Court records say Patricia Blount pleaded guilty to a felony charge of theft for what the City of Durand called questionable activity on the library’s accounts. Blount was placed on administrative leave before she retired as the library director. Sentencing is scheduled for July 7th. 

A local bank is donating 25-thousand-dollars to the Quick Response Community Fund. Charter Bank made the donation this week and says funds will be granted on a rolling basis. The Quick Response Community Fund is matching donations through the Community Matching Grant Challenge.  President and C-E-O Paul Kohler said the bank wanted to help support local non-profit organizations amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and knew the donation and matching challenge would double its impact. 

The Boy Scouts of America Samoset Council is raising money to help local food banks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Each year, the council hosts a food drive and goes door to door to collect items, but this year the pandemic is making door to door collections more challenging. Council leadership says a new website was created to help people go online and donate through the Samoset Council website. Leadership says people interested in donating can CLICK HERE FOR MORE. A