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Wisconsin health officials recommend getting a COViD-19 booster shot.  The health department makes the recommendation for people 18-years and older.  The health office says those older than 18 need to get the Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot six months after getting the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. 

A man is dead in a shooting in Potosi.  Grant County Sheriff’s investigators say the shooting happened in a home on North Main Street yesterday before sunrise.  Deputies say a man was dead at the scene and a woman was shot and injured.  She was hospitalized in Madison but her condition hasn’t yet been made public.

Two people are injured in a tractor-pickup wreck.  The incident happened yesterday in Dodge County three miles north of Watertown on  Welsh Road.  The pickup driver and a passenger were hospitalized.  Their conditions haven’t been made public.  The tractor driver suffered minor injuries.

Dane County has a new district map.  The county board of supervisors approved the new map in a meeting late Thursday.   The map was developed by an eleven civilian member non partisan redistricting commission selected back in 2020.  The new district map becomes effective next spring.  District map details are available on CountyOfDane-dot-Com.

President Biden is upholding a longstanding White House tradition by pardoning a turkey before Thanksgiving.  He opened a Rose Garden event by promising to “talk turkey.”  Biden said the names “Peanut Butter” and “Jelly” were selected for two turkeys at the White House event.  “Peanut Butter” got the official pardon while “Jelly” is an understudy.  Both birds will live out their lives at Purdue University in Indiana.  Biden noted that pardoning Thanksgiving turkeys dates back to the Harry Truman administration.

The Kenosha County jury in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial finds the defendant not guilty on all five counts.  The jury found him not guilty in the shooting death of Joseph Rosenbaum, who charged at Rittenhouse. A Wisconsin jury found Rittenhouse not guilty in the shootiong death of Anthony Huber who swung a skateboard at Rittenhouse A Wisconsin jury found Rittenhouse not guilty in the wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz. The verdicts announced this afternoon were unanimous after jurors deliberated for three and a half days. 

UW-Green Bay is hoping to begin construction on new campus housing this spring.  The university is seeking approval from the city for a four-story building that would house over 230 students north of the Kress Event Center.  WLUK-TV says the Plan Commission will take up the proposal at a meeting on Monday evening.

Airport officials in cities across Wisconsin are urging holiday travelers to be prepared when they arrive for check-in.  Passengers should know what the TSA allows and doesn’t allow in carry-on and checked luggage and pack accordingly.  Checking the status of your flight prior to leaving for the airport can save some headaches and arriving at the airport a couple of hours before departure is also advised.  The number of passengers traveling this Thanksgiving is expected to rival pre-pandemic levels.

The average price for regular gas in Wisconsin is down two-cents-a-gallon compared to a week ago.  Triple-A says the cost of gas across the Badger State today is three-dollars-and-12-cents.  The national average is three-41-a-gallon.  Drivers are paying three-12-a-gallon in Milwaukee, three-oh-eight in Madison and Green Bay and three-15 in Racine.  The price at the pump is three-oh-two in Oshkosh, three-14 in Eau Claire and three-18 in La Crosse.  

The sounds of the season are returning to the air, and for this week’s Friday Feel Good, we keep the PAWSitive energy going with a story about a family pet. For many of us, pets are a member of the family and a cat will now be able to spend the holidays with it’s family…with quite a story to tell! The shelter manager who traced the cats microchip was happy to reunite the family nearly 200 miles away, making sure