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Days after closing two urgent care facilities because of the coronavirus, Advocate Aurora is now banning visitors from its hospitals.  The hospital announced the change yesterday.  Advocate Aurora is dealing with both a spike in the number of patients coming-in the door, and a lack of doctors and nurses to treat them.  Earlier this week Advocate closed the urgent care centers in Brookfield, Menomonee Falls, and Milwaukee because of a staffing shortage. Hospitals aren’t the only ones dealing with the

Maybe this is the year. Packer legend LeRoy Butler is on the NFL’s Hall of Fame ballot for the third straight year.  Butler is one of 15 finalists this year.  He’s fallen short in the vote in the past.  The Hall of Fame Committee will vote on this year’s class just before the Super Bowl in February.

Eau Claire Parks, Recreation & Forestry is pleased to announce that a number of its outdoor ice-skating rinks and warming shelters are opening for the season! The following rinks and warming shelters will be opening for the season on Thursday, December 30, 2021. General skate and boarded hockey rinks are available at both of these parks. • Roosevelt Park rinks and warming shelter are located at 908 Folsom Street • Putnam Heights rinks and warming shelter located at 530 W.

An Iowa semi truck driver is facing several charges after a car chase in southern Wisconsin.  The Wisconsin State Patrol says troopers responded to Interstate-39/90/94 in Columbia County on December 17th where several callers reported a truck driver driving dangerously.  The State Patrol says troopers chased the driver for several miles until he stopped and was ordered out of the truck, blocking the northbound lanes.  Kyle Futrel of Cherokee, Iowa is facing several charges including second-degree recklessly endangering safety and eluding.

 Most of the homes affected by Wednesday’s gas leak near Juneau should have their gas service restored.  Alliant Energy says crews started reigniting pilot lights at homes in Burnett and Minnesota Junction around 2:30 this morning before moving on to Juneau.  A car crashed near the Dodge County Airport Wednesday afternoon, damaging a natural gas line and causing a gas leak.  Homes within a one-mile radius had to be evacuated.

Dane County is asking for approval from the state to reopen a public coronavirus testing site at the Alliant Energy Center.  Public Health Madison and Dane County says it could get state approval in the first few weeks of next year.  If the testing site reopens it will operate on an appointment-only basis.  Reports say operating the site would cost about 300-thousand dollars in taxpayer money per month.

The latest multi-vehicle wreck on I-94 took hours to clear. Crews opened the interstate a couple hours after a semi caused a chain-reaction crash near the Highway 53 exit. Several ambulances were called, and one person was taken away by helicopter. The wreck comes about a week after that massive 50 car pile-up on I-94 near Black River Fall.

It’s not clear what David Lunde was hoping for when he jumped into a bush while running away from Eau Claire Police on Christmas Day. But he got stuck, then he got arrested on drug charges. Police say they found cocaine and a concealed weapon in his pocket. Once they got him out of the bush, they took him to jail. He’s now free on a 15 hundred-dollar cash bond.

We’re getting more information about that weekend arson fire in Milwaukee that pushed more than 130 people out of their homes. Investigators say 19-year-old Avonta Brown told them he started the fire last Sunday because of a ‘demonic presence’ in his apartment. Neighbors say he was acting strangely, and then started throwing things out of his apartment window. No one was hurt in the fire, but it did cause a lot of damage and force everyone in the apartment building

The hope is to have all of the gas service restored to folks in Juneau later this morning. A crash near the airport yesterday afternoon caused a natural gas leak, and knocked-out service to about a thousand homes. It took crews hours just to repair the leak. They spent the overnight hours going door-to-door relighting pilot lights and making sure everyone’s service has been restored. Alliant Energy says that task will continue for the next few hours.