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Thanksgiving dinners across Waukesha came to a halt yesterday afternoon. Families paused at 4:39 to pray for the victims of Sunday’s parade tragedy. They say that’s about the time the driver plowed through the parade crowd last Sunday. Ten children who were hurt in the parade remain hospitalized.

Eau Claire Police say Thanksgiving Day standoff ended peacefully. Officers responded to a call about a person with a weapon at the Villa Diann Mobile Home Park between Eau Claire and Lake Hallie yesterday morning. When they arrived, the person was holed-up in a trailer. After about an hour, officers say the person surrendered and was taken to jail. No one was hurt in the standoff.

It was a cooking fire that had responders out ahead of Thanksgiving. On Tuesday November 25, 2021 at 17:51, The Eau Claire Fire Department responded to 215 Hudson Street for an appliance fire in a residence. When fire units arrived on scene, they found heavy smoke in the kitchen from a grease fire coming from a pot on a stove top. The first arriving engine company was able to quickly extinguish the fire by using a frying pan to cover

We’re waiting for more details about a horse and buggy crash in Taylor County that sent eight people to the hospital. It happened Wednesday afternoon near the Town of Little Black. The sheriff’s department says a driver smashed into the buggy from behind. Ten people were in the buggy at the time, eight of them were rushed to the hospital for treatment. Deputies aren’t saying much about the other driver, but say he’s in jail and awaiting formal charges.

The sheriff in Portage County says a Thanksgiving Day wreck left eleven people injured. Deputies say a van rolled-over yesterday morning along Highway 10 near Eau Pleine. There are not a lot of details, but early reports indicated one person was tossed from the van and another had to be cut-out of the wreckage. Investigators are looking to see if ice played a role in the wreck.

Shopping local is not just for Small Business Saturday. Governor Tony Evers used his Thanksgiving Day address to push the idea of Shop Small Wisconsin. The governor says shopping at small and local businesses throughout the holiday season is a great way to boost the economy across the state. The governor is quick to say that small businesses took the brunt of the coronavirus closures, and by shopping there this year you can help them rebound.

More people continue to get their coronavirus booster shot in Wisconsin. The state’s Department of Health Services said, as of Wednesday, 964 thousand people in the state have gotten a third jab. Overall, three-point-four million people have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine. DHS says they are averaging over 20-thousand booster shot doses per-day. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

It is the latest sign of the season. The lights at Chippewa Falls’ Christmas Village are on. Crews flipped the switch yesterday to turn the lights at Irvine Park on. This is the 34th year for the Christmas Village. Folks can drive through the park and see the lights anytime between now and the end of year.

They were running again this Thanksgiving in Chippewa Falls. The second annual Gobble Wobble drew about 250 people for a race or walk. Last year that had about 100 runners. Organizer Lisa Schuetz hosted the Wobble at her tavern in Chippewa Falls. She says the run/walk raised three thousand dollars for the Autumn Community Sunshine Fund. That’s a charity set-up to remember Autumn Helgeson, one of the three Lake Hallie Girls Scouts who died back in 2019.

The Packers are closing-in on the halfway point of its stock sale. The team on Wednesday said it’s sold over 41 million-dollars worth of stock in just eight days. The Packers are looking to sell 90 million-dollars worth of shares. You can still buy-in, at 300 dollars a piece. The sale is scheduled to run until February 25th, or when shares run out.