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The new Eau Claire school referendum could be for more than just new buildings. The city’s school board last night said day-to-day costs are rising faster than increases in state aid, so they may ask voters to make-up the difference. The proposed referendum includes over nine million-dollars worth of updates at Meadowview and Putnam Heights elementary schools.. No one is saying how much the referendum will cost with other additions. Eau Claire Schools are looking to ask voters for more

The deadline has come and gone for workers at the Mayo Health System to get their coronavirus shots. The hospital set a January 3rd deadline for all workers to get vaccinated, anyone who didn’t get their shots will be fired. Mayo is not saying just how many of its people refused to get vaccinated.

One of Wisconsin’s congressmen says we cannot close schools again. Congressman Mike Gallagher from Green Bay says it was our ‘biggest blunder’ during the first year of the coronavirus to lock kids out of their schools. He says the loss of learning and the real harm that caused are undeniable. Gallagher also says adults need to stop ‘injecting fear’ into kids’ classrooms. He says the data shows the omicron variant is much more transmissible, but far less dangerous than the earlier

The Packers are inching closer to their stock sale goal. Team President and CEO Mark Murphy yesterday said the Packers have sold 61 million-dollars of stock so far. The goal is to sell 90 million-dollars worth of stock. Murphy says fans have snapped-up over 180 thousand shares, at 300 dollars-a-piece. Murphy says it looks like most people are buying just one share each. The Packers will keep their stock sale open until sometime next month.

Jury selection is underway in the trial of a southern Wisconsin man accused of murdering his parents.  Chandler Halderson of Windsor is accused of killing Bart and Krista Halderson back in July, dismembering their bodies and hiding them in two separate places in rural Dane County.  Halderson reported his parents missing but was arrested after their remains were found.  He faces eight charges including two counts of first-degree intentional homicide.

Three people are dead in connection with an explosion in east-central Wisconsin.  The Shawano County Sheriff’s Office says the explosion happened last Friday at an auto repair shop in the town of Lessor.  Three men died in the explosion while a woman was hurt but survived.  Investigators say the explosion was caused by a punctured pressurized container.

The Madison area reaches a new record for coronavirus cases.  Public Health Madison and Dane County says its seven-day case rate rose to nearly one-thousand over the weekend, the highest it’s ever been.  However, coronavirus hospitalizations are still below their peak from November 2020.  Dane County also has the highest coronavirus vaccination rate of any Wisconsin county, nearly 80-percent.

Wisconsin basketball returns to Big Ten action tonight on the road against Purdue.  The Badgers play Purdue at 6:00 p.m.  The Badgers have won eight out of their last nine games dating back to late November.  The Badgers play a conference-only schedule the rest of the regular season.

The FDA is authorizing Pfizer boosters for 12-to-15-year-olds amid a surge in COVID cases, driven by the Omicron variant.  Sara Lee Kessler with details.

We could get more of an idea just what Eau Claire school leaders are going to include in their next referendum by the end of the day. Eau Claire’s school board is set to talk about what kind of referendum they plan on putting on the November ballot, and just what projects will be included. The city’s school district is looking at a multi-million dollar referendum question to expand and update several schools. The final price tag is not yet