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Commanders at Fort McCoy say over 90 percent of the more than nine thousand Afghan refugees who are still at the base have a winter coat. The base is getting ready for winter. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security yesterday said that means setting-up tents so people can wait for meals inside, preparing to plow the base’s streets, and looking to create a bus route so refugees don’t have to walk as much in the cold. More than

The battle over Wisconsin’s new political boundaries is headed for court. As expected, Governor Tony Evers yesterday vetoed the maps drawn by Republican lawmakers. The governor says they are gerrymandered, and give the Republicans too much of an advantage. The Republican maps passed because both Republicans and Democrats voted against the governor’s so-called People’s Maps. The veto ensures that a court will decide the state’s boundaries for the state legislature and Congress. But no one is saying when that will happen.

Wisconsin’s public health managers are once again reporting on the number of coronavirus shots that are going into arms. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday updated its vaccine dose count for the first time in two weeks. The numbers show doctors and nurses are handing-out about 27 thousand doses per-week, and that just about 58 percent of people in the state have gotten at least one dose. DHS’s numbers, however, do not show how many people have gotten a

A Wausau babysitter pleads no contest in connection to the death of a baby she was caring for.  Marissa Tietsort was charged in 2019 and entered her plea today.  An autopsy revealed the baby suffered multiple blunt-force injuries to his head.  A plea deal reduced her charge from intentional homicide to reckless homicide for which she will be sentenced in March.

The Kyle Rittenhouse jury is ending deliberations for the day.  The 12 member-panel did not reach a verdict in the case and will deliberate for a fourth day on Friday.  The deliberations continue while the judge considers a defense motion to dismiss because the prosecution allegedly held video footage of the shooting and brought up previously barred evidence.  Rittenhouse is accused of killing two men and injuring a third during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year. The judge in the Kyle Rittenhouse

Deer Hunt 2021 opens on Saturday and hunters are being asked to donate some of their harvested deer.  The Department of Natural Resources says food pantries across the state will feed thousands of people in need with the venison.  Information about how to donate your deer is posted on the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources website.

Motor oil dribbled down Darrin Witucki’s arm as about a half-dozen students crouched to see him unscrew the oil filter from a car parked in the technology research and development lab of Jarvis Hall Technology Wing. Witucki, UW-Stout’s Student Centers director, demonstrated vehicle maintenance basics as part of the Involvement Center’s Adulting 101 series. The series started about five years ago. “It was designed to help prepare students for life outside of college and the classroom,” said Heidi Germain, Involvement Center campus

Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation announced Tuesday that the fundraising goal for the GATEWAYS special education transition center has been exceeded, in conjunction with a ribbon cutting celebration to commemorate the opening of the new space. In the spring, the Eau Claire Area School District school board approved the project to begin renovation of an offsite location in EastRidge Center, to become a new transition center for the district’s students with disabilities ages 18-21, supporting their transition from school services

There’s still no verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. The jury did not reach a conclusion after deliberations yesterday. Jurors asked to watch the drone video that’s become the center of the case. Prosecutors say that video shows Rittenhouse point his rifle at someone else, which they say provoked Joseph Rosenbaum and canceled Rittenhouse’s claim to self defense. The defense wants a mistrial.  The judge is allowing the jurors to watch the video, but added he’s reviewing the mistrial motion. 

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is not going to reopen Steven Avery’s case. The high court yesterday denied Avery’s request for a new trial. The justices did not offer a reason why. Avery’s lawyer wants a new trial, she says based on new evidence. Avery became world famous because of the Netflix special Making a Murderer which looks at his conviction for killing Theresa Halbach back in 2005.