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An Eau Claire food bank is holding another pop-up food drive tomorrow to help families affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Feed My People Food Bank is packing emergency food bags that provide for nearly 100-families in Eau Claire. Assistant Director Suzanne Becker says the volunteers are taking precautions to reduce the potential spread of coronavirus by limiting the number of volunteers at once. The food bank held an event Wednesday at the Brewing Projekt. The next pop-up drive is at

Construction staff on a new Chippewa Falls school in Lafayette are concerned with Governor Evers new restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19. Construction on the multi-million-dollar Stillson Elementary School project is moving forward, but Business Manager Chad Trowbridge says he’s keeping an eye on changing conditions as more people are diagnosed with coronavirus in the state. Trowbridge says students being out of school helped the project continue, though now he’s concerned about the restriction of groups of ten people

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