Home

Wisconsin’s coronavirus hospitalizations continue to hover around 17 hundred people. The state’s Hospital Association yesterday said just under 17 hundred people are in the hospital with the virus, that includes 427 in the ICU. Both of those numbers are down slightly from last week. The Hospital Association does not track how many people are hospitalized with the virus, as opposed to those who are hospitalized with it.

In the one year that doctors and nurses have been handing out the coronavirus vaccine, nearly three-and-a-half million people have gotten a shot. Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the vaccine’s first dose in the state. Governor Tony Evers says just over 61 percent of people in the state have gotten at least one dose. Just under 60 percent of people are fully vaccinated. As has been the case since the beginning, older folks and white people make-up the majority

Today marks one year since the COVID-19 vaccine was first administered in Wisconsin and across the country.  Unfortunately the numbers of COVID cases and hospitalizations in Wisconsin are at their highest level since the beginning of this year.  Over 17-hundred-people are in hospitals statewide with over 440 in an ICU.  Many health clinicians say until the vaccination rates increase we will continue to deal with wave after wave of different variants of the virus. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

 Milwaukee officials have submitted their bid for the city to host the 2024 Republican National Convention.  The city hosted the Democratic National Convention in 2020 but because of COVID-19 that was a largely a virtual event.  Milwaukee has also been invited by the Democrats to bid on their convention for 2024.

Once again, Hope Gospel Mission is hosting the Annual Christmas Community Dinner onSaturday, December 18, 2021 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This is the 15 th year they have been hosting a Christmas meal and hope to serve over 500 guests. The meal will be offered as a curb side pick-up/ drive-through as well as a dine in option. For those that wish to dine in, there will be a short program at 11:30am with the meal to follow.

No injuries are being reported after a fire at the Baraboo zoo.  The fire broke out in a shelter enclosure for donkeys and llamas at the Ochsner Park Zoo early this morning.  The fire department says all the animals were evacuated without being hurt.  However, the enclosure is a total loss.  The cause of the fire hasn’t been determined.

Madison is the most caring city in America.  That’s according to WalletHub, which says Madison ranks first out of 100 U.S. cities in caring for the community.  Madison also ranks ninth in caring in the workforce and eleventh in caring for the vulnerable.  Other cities in the top five include, Boston, New York City, Virginia Beach, and Fremont, California.

Wisconsin safety Collin Wilder has played his last football game for the Badgers.  The sixth-year senior announced on social media Monday he has a very serious injury and won’t play in the Las Vegas Bowl later this month.  Wilder played in 32 games for the Badgers over three seasons.

Marshfield Clinic Health System is now scheduling patients age 16-17 for booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services authorized vaccinators to begin administering the booster dose for those aged 16-17 after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved the vaccine last week. At this moment, you can visit marshfieldclinic.org/CovidVaccine to self- schedule online using My Marshfield Clinic or complete the appointment request form. If you do not have access to the internet, call 877-998-0880. However,

Democrats in the Wisconsin Assembly will need a new leader. State Rep. Gordon Hintz yesterday said he is leaving his position as the top Assembly Democrat as of January 1st. He said in a statement that after his latest re-election, he agreed to serve as Democratic leader for just two years. Hintz is not leaving the Assembly, just his position as leader. There’s no word who will take over his spot in Madison.