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The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is offering free adolescent vaccinations at upcoming clinics at South Middle School, Altoona Fire Station, Northstar Middle School, and DeLong Middle School. Students can get a flu shot (age 6 months+), COVID booster (age 5+), Tdap (age 11+), Meningococcal (age 11+), or HPV (age 9+) vaccines during the school day at no cost. Free COVID boosters will also be available for anyone age 5+ at these clinics. Clinics are open to non-students and adults

A man is under arrest for allegedly punching a suspected drug dealer for trying to sell him soap.  Madison Police say the incident happened at about 1 o’clock yesterday morning.  The buyer told officers he was suspicious so he tasted the drugs and they turned out to be soap.  The dealer who got punched called 9-1-1.  Police arrested the puncher who is now looking at battery charges.

Patients at Advocate Aurora in Wisconsin are getting a warning that their personal information may have been exposed.  The hospital system yesterday said as many as three-and-a-half million people may have had their information shared with other companies.  The information was included in the data collected by Google and Facebook’s parent company Meta that tracked patients’ medical providers, the type of appointment or medical procedure, dates and locations of scheduled appointments.  Advocate says it doesn’t think any of the information that was

The sheriff in Shawano County believes that someone threw a 55 gallon drum of diesel-fuel mix into that bonfire that exploded last weekend.  Investigators yesterday updated their look into the bonfire explosion in Maple Grove that injured as many as 40 young people.  Deputies say someone tossed the drum, which was about a quarter full, into the fire last Friday night. Investigators say they’ve spoken with 20-or-so people who were at the bonfire, and they are looking to speak with

 Darrell Brooks Jr. says there are two sides to every story.  He cried yesterday as he began his defense in the Waukesha Christmas Parade trial.  Brooks is acting as his own lawyer in the trial, and started his day yesterday by calling two witnesses.  Brooks is facing life in prison for a host of charges, including six counts of homicide.  Prosecutors spent two weeks tying Brooks to the attack at the parade last year.  Brooks, for his part, tried to

The bone found in a Dunn County creek is human, but it is not new. Scientists at the state crime lab say the jawbone found in the creek in Menomonie is from an ancient Native American. There’s no exact date as to just how old the bone is. A pair of fishermen found the bone back in July. The state crime lab says it was likely only found because the water levels were so low at the time.

It was a busy day for police departments across southeast Wisconsin as they rushed to local schools after getting calls about school shootings.  More than a dozen different schools got a call about a shooter yesterday.  All of the calls were fake.  This is not new or isolated to Wisconsin.  Many states have seen similar waves of fake school shooter calls.  The FBI says it is working on the case. Nearest to us, it looks like Cameron Schools were the only ones in

A new report says Governor Evers’ push to be carbon-free by 2050 comes with a 250 billion-dollar price tag. The Center of the American Experiment released its report this week. The study looks at the cost associated with closing coal and natural gas power plants, as well as the cost to build new solar farms and wind turbines. The report notes that 65 percent of Wisconsin power currently comes from coal or natural gas. Just two-and-a-half percent comes from wind. The report

The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear a challenge from Wisconsin to President Biden’s student loan cancellation plan. The high court yesterday rejected the appeal from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, again saying the group doesn’t have the standing to sue. WILL challenged the president’s plans by saying President Biden overstepped his authority by ordering between 10 and 20 thousand-dollars worth of student loan debt canceled.

 Prosecutors rest their case in the Darrell Brooks Jr. trial.  Today the prosecution called its last witness to the stand and Brooks started his defense.  The trial is expected to last until October 28th.