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The Volunteer Partners of HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital will honor and memorialize loved ones during the 36th annual Love Lights virtual tree lighting ceremony on Sunday, Dec. 5. Love Lights is a special way to honor loved ones who may be receiving care at the hospital, or who are wished continued good health and happiness, or those who have passed and are dearly missed. Community members who purchase a Love Light in honor of a loved one’s name will see those lights glow from the trees

It looks like Wisconsin’s economy is doing a little bit better than first thought. The state’s Department of Workforce Development yesterday said revised numbers show the state’s unemployment rate fell to three-point-four percent in September, and three-point-two percent last month. Originally DWD said the unemployment rate was three-point-nine percent, which is where Wisconsin had been for months. DWD says a mix-up at the federal level based on numbers out of Michigan caused Wisconsin’s jobless numbers to be off. That unemployment dropped in September and

Wisconsin’s largest business group says workers will quit if they’re forced to get a coronavirus shot.  Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce yesterday said a new survey shows nearly 90 percent of businesses say they will lose workers if President Biden’s vaccine mandate for private employers is put into place. WMC says workers will either leave, retire, or go find a job at a business with fewer than 100 employees so they don’t have to abide by the mandate. WMC’s Kurt Bauer says

The Ice Age Trail in Dane County is going to grow. Dane County Executive Joe Parisi yesterday said they’ve purchased 40 acres of land to expand the trail near the Town of Verona. That would essentially double the trail’s size. Dane County is spending one-point-six million-dollars on the land, while Madison and Verona are each kicking-in about a half-million dollars each. County leaders still have to formally approve the deal.

Kyle Rittenhouse’s jury is heading into its fourth day of jury deliberations.  The jury did not reach a verdict once again yesterday. Jurors have now deliberated for three full days.  One of the jurors asked to take the jury instructions home last night, and the judge agreed. Tuesday’s first day of deliberations saw the jury ask for those instructions, then on Wednesday the jury asked to see the drone footage that preceded Joseph Rosenbaum’s shooting.  Yesterday, the jury didn’t ask

Wisconsin will not be changing who won last fall’s election. Republican state Representative Tim Ranthum yesterday filed a resolution in the State Assembly to ‘reclaim’ Wisconsin’s ten electoral votes.  He says widespread claims of voter fraud need to be addressed.  Former President Trump cheered Ranthum’s resolution yesterday, but Republican leaders in Wisconsin pronounced it dead.  Assembly second in command Jim Stieneke said Ranthum’s resolution is out of bounds, unlawful, and will not be called for a vote.  The legislature’s lawyers say there’s no provision

Wisconsin saw the worst of what the CDC is calling a backyard salmonella outbreak.  The agency released its report into the outbreak yesterday.  Nationally, over a thousand people got sick and two died.  In Wisconsin, 73 people got sick.  That’s the most illnesses in the country.  The CDC says the outbreak was traced back to the increase in the number of people keeping chickens and other birds in their backyard.  There were illnesses reported in every state except Alaska and Delaware.

There are still Packers’ shares available. The team said, at last count, they’ve sold 110 thousand shares, at 300 dollars-a-piece. That’s just over 36 million-dollars so far. The last time Green Bay sold shares, back in 2010, it took a few weeks for fans to snap them all up. Green Bay says this round of shares will be available until February 25th, or until shares run-out.

The timeline to reopen the High Bridge is getting longer. Eau Claire City Engineer Leah Ness says crews have found more damage to the bridge’s piers, and says it will take more time to fix them. The bridge has been closed since the summer because of damage to the piers that hold it up. Eau Claire says there’s now a webcam where people can track the progress of the work. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE PROJECT

Plans for the Cannery District are taking a step forward. The Eau Claire Redevelopment Authority on Wednesday finalized an agreement with a local developer to build two, 130-unit apartment buildings in the area along the river. The project has a 58 million-dollar price tag, and Eau Claire will likely kick-in five million-dollars in tax breaks to make it happen. Local leaders hope some of the new apartments qualify as affordable housing.