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State health officials are sounding the alarm to a new co-infection filling up Wisconsin hospitals.  Doctors are calling it “flurona,” a co-infection of COVID-19 and influenza.  Health officials say it’s possible to contract both at the same time, and while symptoms are difficult to distinguish– symptoms like Fatigue, body aches, sore throat are common for both viruses. 

Folks in Mineral Point are “Filling The Boot” in support of the families of two firefighters lost in the line of duty earlier this week.  Captain Brian Busch and James Ludlum were killed Thursday morning when a semi truck hit their fire truck on U.S. Highway 151.  In response, the Hall of fame inductees hosted a “Fill The Boot” fundraiser at the Mineral Point High School.  Folks coming out were able fill two firefighter boots with donations to support costs

Hello. Welcome to your weekend. The week can sometimes feel long and stressful, so to start Saturday morning we like to take a lighter “scroll down memory lane.” It’s a simple way to look back before we move forward into our new day. So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll! Today is Saturday, January 8th, the eighth day of the year.  There are 357 days until the end of the year. On this day: In 1642, astronomer and physicist Galileo

The names are released of the two firefighters who died in a wreck Thursday.  Mineral Point firefighters 43-year old Captain Brian Busch and 69-year old firefighter James Ludlum were killed when their firetruck was hit by an 18-wheeler on U.S. 151.  Captain Busch and firefighter Ludlum were responding to a call at the time of the wreck.  A procession was held yesterday to carry the two firefighters from the funeral home to UW Autopsy & Pathology in Madison.

 The mask mandate for indoor use on the UW-Madison campus is extended.  The school announced the change to the policy yesterday.  Masks must be worn indoors on campus through March 1st.

The Middleton Tourism clothing drive brings in hundreds of items this season.  The drive ended January 4th with an accumulation of over 16-hundred items of warm clothing for those in need.  The clothing was distributed among four non profits in the area to be handed out to help warm people up.

Movie theatre attendance is dropping significantly below historical norms.  According to a Gallup poll, Americans watched an average of just over one-point-four films in a movie theater over the last 12 months.  A majority of those surveyed didn’t visit a movie theater at all.  Sixty-one-percent said they haven’t been to a theater in over a year while only nine-percent attended five or more films.  In comparison, between 2001 and 2007, U.S. adults watched an average of almost five movies in

Federal prosecutors are claiming one of the FBI informants used to report on the alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was a “double agent.”  Stephen Robeson of Wisconsin allegedly tried to obstruct the 2020 arrests of six men accused in the kidnap plot.  He also reportedly offered to use charity money to buy weapons and the use of a drone in the plot.  Prosecutors are trying to prevent Robeson’s statements from being read to jurors in the upcoming trial.  The

Interim University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson says he’ll step down on March 18th.  Thompson made that announcement this morning, saying the search for a new president is almost done.  He’s served as interim president for the last 18 months.

A central Wisconsin school district is moving to online learning.  The Stevens Point Area School District says classes will be held online from January 10th through the 14th because of an increase in coronavirus cases.  Classes are also canceled today.  The school district says the student absentee rate is 25 percent.