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There’s no pushback from Wisconsin’s public health managers to the change in coronavirus quarantine rules. State Health Secretary Karen Timberlake yesterday said she supports the new five-day quarantine policy. Timberlake says studies show five days is enough to protect most people. Timberlake also said people should continue to get coronavirus tests if they don’t feel well. That advice comes as many cities across the state are seeing long lines and long waits at their testing sites.

The Badgers are headed to finals of the first ever Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off.  Wisconsin’s men’s hockey team beat Yale 3-2 in overtime last night to win their way into the final game. The Badgers lost a lead late in the game, but scored the winning goal a little over two minutes into OT. Wisconsin will take-on 16th-ranked Providence for the championship later tonight.

The Eau Claire County District Attorney’s Office has determined that the actions of City of Eau Claire Police Officer Kristopher O’Neill on November 3, 2021, in the course of his law enforcement duties in the City and County of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, were reasonable acts of self-defense and defense of others. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REPORT

Governor Tony Evers  now has the most pardons for any Wisconsin governor.  Evers announced 30 new pardons Tuesday, bringing the total for his administration to 337.  Previous Governor Scott Walker didn’t grant any pardons during his eight years in office.

Kwik Trip is set to open its 800th location this week in west-central Wisconsin.  The store will be in Holmen, in the 17-hundred block of Temte Street near Highways 53 and 35.  Kwik Trip says the store will open at five o’clock Thursday morning.  It’ll be nine-thousand square feet and include a car wash and grocery market.

Hospitals in Madison say they’re close to becoming overwhelmed because of the Omicron coronavirus variant.  University of Wisconsin Health released a statement today saying it’s struggling to deal with the number of patients its seeing.  Coronavirus hospitalizations are actually down at Madison hospitals from earlier this month.  As of Sunday 110 patients are in Madison and Dane County hospitals with the virus, down from 133 earlier this month.

The Chippewa County Department of Public Health has confirmed two cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19 in Chippewa County. The children are between three and twelve years old. To protect privacy, and out of respect for the families, no other patient information will be disclosed. “Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare, but serious condition that is seen with COVID infection in children. It is related to severe inflammation and can affect many

Lake Hallie Police say they caught a pair of catalytic converter thieves from Eau Claire. Officers say they found a freshly-stolen converter in the pair’s Jeep. Officers arrested Ryan Deveau and Timothy Cox shortly after the two left Wisconsin Auto Auction on Sunday night. Police say they found other car parts in their Jeep as well, police believe all of the parts were stolen. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM LAKE HALLIE AUTHORITIES

We are waiting on a ‘why’ in an arson fire at a Milwaukee apartment building. Everyone made it out of Sunday’s fire at the building not far from Marquette’s campus. A 19-year-old suspect is in custody. Yesterday, the Red Cross said most of the 140 people who live in the apartment complex have found a place to stay temporarily.  Volunteers say about 20 people remain without a place to stay.  Firefighters say the fire was contained to just one apartment,

If the particulars are right, and if everyone agrees, then Wisconsin’s governor could agree to bail changes in the state. Governor Tony Evers yesterday said in one of his many year-end interviews that he is open to talking about bail changes following the attack at Waukesha’s Christmas Parade last month. The suspect in that case was given a thousand-dollar bail, despite a lengthy and violent criminal history, just days before police say he ran down more than 60 people in the