COVID-19 vaccines are now available in Wisconsin for children 6 months to 5 years old. This means that everyone 6 months and older in Wisconsin is now eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at no cost. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and CDC have authorized the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for children as young as 6 months old. Both the CDC and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have recommended children in this new age group get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Read MoreThe State of Wisconsin is giving out more than six-and-a-half-million dollars in grants to support career growth in the state. Governor Tony Evers says the money is being awarded to Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, the Wisconsin Heights School District, and the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County. This is the second time the state has given out Workforce Innovation Grant Program money.
Read MoreA new report from WalletHub says Wisconsin is one of the least-safe states to be in during the coronavirus pandemic. WalletHub says Wisconsin is the eighth-least safe state based on five metrics including coronavirus deaths, hospitalizations, community transmission, positive tests, and number of people who are vaccinated. WalletHub says the safest state is Kansas and the least safe state is Tennessee.
Read MoreWe now know who responders located in Red Cedar Lake. It was on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, when the Barron County Sheriff’s Department and the WI DNR with the help of Bruce’s Legacy located and recovered the body of Mitchell Farrell, 55 of Prescott, WI. Mitchell was the operator and single occupant of the Sea-Doo boat on Red Cedar Lake when, for an unknown reason, went into the water. The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office and the Barron County Medical Examiner
Read MoreChippewa County Crime Stoppers is pleased to announce it has received a donation of $3,000 annually for the next three years from the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company. These funds will be used to support start-up operations for the newly formed Chippewa County Crime Stoppers. Crime Stoppers is a Nationwide program that provides the efforts of the public, law enforcement and the media in a coordinated effort to fight crime. Crime Stoppers programs provide anonymity to those reporting and rewards for
Read MoreIt’s a fine for an Eau Claire mother who exposed her three-year-old to meth. A judge this week fined 39-year-old Michelle Bowman 300 dollars and ordered her not to commit any new crimes for the next year-and-a-half. If she does that, her guilty plea in the case will be erased. Prosecutors say Bowman and a friend smoked meth in front of her child several times. She tested positive for meth, and the child tested positive for being in the presence
Read MoreThe other girl in the Slender Man attack is asking to be released from a state mental hospital. Morgan Geyser is due in court today to ask for a conditional release. She was just 12-years-old when she and Anissa Weier stabbed a friend 19 times in an attack they said would save them from the fictional Slender Man. Geyser is now 20, and has been in state care since her conviction. She is asking to be allowed to go home.
Read MoreThe search for a missing man out of Trempealeau County has investigators looking in Eau Claire. The Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office yesterday said Derek Stawarz has been missing for a week. His car along with his wallet, phone, and keys were found abandoned outside of Eau Claire. The sheriff is asking for help in finding him.
Read MoreThere is a new leader in Wisconsin’s Republican race for governor. The latest Marquette Law School Poll gives Tim Michels a one point lead over Rebecca Kleefisch in the race for the Republican nomination. Kevin Nicholson is in third, and Tim Ramthun is in a distant fourth. The poll also shows Governor Evers beating all four in hypothetical head-to-head matchups. The Democratic race for U.S. Senate is also close. The poll shows Mandela Barnes with a four point lead over Alex
Read MoreGovernor Evers’ special session on abortion officially lasted less than a minute. Republicans lawmakers gaveled in and out of the session yesterday without a debate or a vote on a new abortion law. There was no real chance they would vote, there wasn’t a plan to vote on and Republicans made it clear they were not going to vote to legalize abortion. Democrats yesterday protested instead. Wisconsin is one of nearly two dozen states where abortion will become illegal if Roe
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