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Information about the 2020 U.S. Census is arriving in mailboxes across Wisconsin.  Every ten years the census is taken to determine the official population of the nation.  It also dictates how many congressional representatives each state will get and how federal funding for things like infrastructure and schools gets distributed.  The census is required by the Constitution and officials remind you that your response is required by law.

Maybe you remember this from your childhood: Hey, diddle, diddleThe cat and the fiddleThe cow jumped over the moonThe little dog laughed to see such funAnd the dish ran away with the spoon From the pages of a nursery rhyme, to the ground of Florida, this cow may not be jumping over the moon…but it is on the run. Authorities are releasing a poster for a wanted cow in Florida.  Mark Mayfield explains. CLICK HERE FOR MOOOOOORE

Gas prices are dropping in Wisconsin. Triple-A says the drop in prices is a side-effect of less demand due to the coronavirus outbreak. GasBuddy says it’s the most significant drop in oil prices since the 1990s. A gallon of gas at Kwik Trip locations in Altoona is one-ninety-nine. The average price for a gallon of gas in the state is two-nineteen per gallon.

A popular bar and restaurant is for sale in Eau Claire. The Court N House and sideBAR event space was listed this week for one-point-two-million-dollars. The sale includes all equipment, licenses, inventory and two residential rental units above sideBAR. RE/MAX Real Estate Group listed the property and more information can be found on their website-CLICK HERE IF OWNING A BAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN YOUR DREAM..POKE AROUND AND SEE MORE. 

The number of coronavirus cases in Wisconsin is now up to six. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday confirmed three new cases of the virus. Two of them are in Fond du Lac County, the other new case is in Waukesha County. All three people got sick while traveling either here in the U.S. or overseas. President Trump is canceling an event in Wisconsin next week due to the coronavirus pandemic. Director of Communications Tim Murtaugh tweeted last night that the President is

The Wisconsin Election Commission is reporting at least two cases of in-state voter fraud. Commissioners yesterday sent the cases to prosecutors in Vilas and Oneida counties. In the Vilas county case, the Commission says someone voted twice on Election Day in 2016.  The Oneida County case accuses a voter of intentionally registering to vote in the wrong community, then voting in 2017. The Commission also flagged 43 cases where it looks like people voted in Wisconsin and another state.

A western Wisconsin man is being sentenced to at least 54 years in prison for the deaths of three Girl Scouts and their mothers. CLICK HERE TO HEAR MORE FROM JUDGE ISAACSON Chippewa County Circuit Court Judge James Isaacson gave 23-year-old Colten Treu a sentence of 99 years.  He must serve 54 in prison and the remaining 45 years on electronic surveillance.  The victims were cleaning up a highway when they were run over by Treu’s truck in 2018.  Treu had pled

The Milwaukee Bucks are as surprised as anyone that the NBA season is now on hold. The league suspended the season yesterday because of the coronavirus. A player on the Utah Jazz tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this week. The Bucks said yesterday that the team is trying to figure out what to do about games, ticket holders, and the rest of the season. Milwaukee was supposed to play Boston at Fiserv Forum tonight.

As many campuses move to online only, including UW STOUT and LaCrosse, UW Eau Claire is not moving to online classes because of the coronavirus, but the school is changing the rules for attendance. University leaders sent a note to students yesterday explaining that face-to-face classes will not be canceled. But Chancellor James Schmidt said they are allowing any student who is sick to skip class. Schmidt said the goal is to keep as many students on campus as healthy

Vice President Mike Pence is coming to Marathon County for a get-out-the-vote event.  The vice president will also be campaigning for State Senator Tom Tiffany’s election to Congress.  Tiffany tweeted today that Pence will be at the Stoney Creek Hotel in Rothschild on Thursday, March 19th at 11:30 a.m.  Tiffany has a link on his Twitter feed to get tickets.