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The 2021 Festival of Trees in Wausau is canceled.  Officials with Aspirus Health Foundation say they decided today to cancel the festival out of an abundance of caution due to COVID-19.  The return to an in-person event is expected next year.  Meanwhile, Aspirus is holding an online auction and supply drive to support the Aspirus Family Health House that helps both patients and families in need of a place to stay during a medical crisis.

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announces the retirement of Steve Ingham, administrator for the Division of Food and Recreational Safety. His last day will be December 16, 2021. “Throughout his tenure at DATCP, Steve understood that we serve as a resource to as well as a regulator of the industry,” said DATCP Secretary Randy Romanski. “Under his leadership, the division was able to educate and regulate, and staff understood that the industry shares our goals

Holidays bring families together around the dinner table to celebrate and make lasting memories.  In our community, many join forces to make sure that as many people as possible get to enjoy holiday’s and make special memories of their own…regardless of their circumstances. Your support for Feed My People always makes a huge impact on our local neighbors in need. Giving Tuesday is November 30 and is one of the biggest days of generosity. To make your giving go further,

The Chippewa Valley After Hours Rotary Club is conducting its sixth annual Thanksgiving Dinner Drive today to put a traditional Thanksgiving meal on the table of local families in need. This year the club is helping 63 families in need and 316 people overall.  Each June, the Chippewa Valley After Hours Rotary Club partners with title sponsor PESI to host Taste of the Valley at Phoenix Park. As the benefactor of this fundraising event, the Rotary Club aims to provide

All adults aged 18 or over are now eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccine booster doses. People who have already been vaccinated are eligible for a booster dose six months after their second dose of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or two months after receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Local vaccine appointments can be found at vaccines.gov. You can get any of the COVID-19 vaccines for your booster.

The nation’s COVID vaccine mandates do not account for natural immunity, and some believe that’s not fair.  However, Baylor infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Hotez says catching the virus, and then recovering, is far from a one-size-fits-all scenario. Texas Republican Congressman Chip Roy is filing a bill that would require Health and Human Services to compile data on the effectiveness of natural immunity.  A recent CDC study found those who caught COVID, and developed antibodies, were five times more likely

The standoff over last year’s ballots in Madison is over. Madison’s city clerk’s office last week quietly allowed state auditors to examine the ballots from last fall. Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl had told auditors they could not review the ballots, but she later allowed them to see the ballots as her staff handled them. A spokesperson for Wisconsin’s senate Majority Leader said that fell in line with the subpoena from lawmakers who demanded access to the ballots. The ballot review is part

This is the last year for James Madison Memorial High School in Madison. The city’s school board last night voted to rename the school for Vel Phillips who was Wisconsin’s first Black statewide official. Madison fell out of favor because he owned slaves. The name change will begin with the start of the next school year.

There are a lot of questions about how the suspect in Waukesha’s parade tragedy was out of jail. Mark Mayfield has more: Democratic Madison state Senator Melissa Agard on Monday said she wants an open and transparent investigation into the low bail that Darrell Brooks got just last week. Brooks posted a thousand dollars and walked out of jail on November 11th. Milwaukee County’s district attorney says he is going to look into how the suspect in Waukesha’s parade tragedy

Three people are recovering after a two car wreck in Dunn County. It happened yesterday afternoon in the Town of Hay River. The sheriff’s office says two people had to be pulled from a burning vehicle. They had to be flown to the hospital for treatment of what deputies are calling serious injuries. The third person was treated for non–life threatening injuries. The sheriff’s office says it looks like the two cars crashed head-on while cresting a hill.