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A name says something about a person – noble, kind, charitable or simply derived from another name. Below are the top names given to babies born at HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital in 2021. Boys:  1. Tied for #1:  LeviOwen 2. Tied for #2: JackJaxonOliverWilliam 3. Tied for #3: GrantRhettTheodoreVincent Girls:  1.  Charlotte 2.  Evelyn 3.  Ava 4.  Parker 5.  Oaklynn 6.  Tied for #6: ArabellaLaurenLunaRachel These names were part of the 723 babies delivered by HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital Women and Infants

A man’s arrested in what police are calling a domestic disturbance in Wisconsin Dells.  Police say a SWAT team was called to the area of Vine Street and Broadway Avenue early this morning where they say a man shot a crossbow at an officer.  The officer wasn’t hurt and the man was arrested.  It’s unclear what led up to police being called

Wisconsin returns to the basketball court tonight after a two-week layoff.  The Badgers take on Illinois State at home at 7:00 p.m.  The Badgers haven’t played since December 15th when they beat Nicholls State.  They’ve had multiple games canceled since then because of coronavirus.

Prosecutors have cleared an Eau Claire police officer for a deadly officer-involved shooting from November. The state’s Department of Justice yesterday said the officer was justified in shooting and killing LeKenneth Miller in early November. Investigators say Miller broke into his ex’s home, stabbed a woman, and was charging at police with a knife when the officer shot and killed him. Eau Claire County’s D.A. says the officer fired in self defense. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REPORT

Whatever the final tally is, Milwaukee County’s medical examiner says 2021 will be a record-year for deaths. The Medical Examiner’s Office yesterday said there have been 220 homicides in Milwaukee County so far. Most of those, 192, have come in the city of Milwaukee. Both of those numbers are likely to jump between now and January 1st. The M-E is not saying just how everyone died, but Milwaukee Police say it has been a record year for shootings in the

More than two dozen sites in Wisconsin with Indian names are about to get new names. The Department of the Interior is in the process of renaming hundreds of sites across the country with Indian references or slurs in their names. There are 28 places in Wisconsin on that list, all of them with the word squaw in their name. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says racism shouldn’t be on the map in this country.

The Chippewa Valley’s food co-op merger is on track to happen in the new year. The Menomonie Market Food and Just Local Food stores are set to join sometime after January 1st. Managers at both co-ops agreed to merge last summer, but have been at work on the specifics. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT THE PLAN AND A MESSAGE FROM CRYSTAL HALVORSON, GM

There’s no pushback from Wisconsin’s public health managers to the change in coronavirus quarantine rules. State Health Secretary Karen Timberlake yesterday said she supports the new five-day quarantine policy. Timberlake says studies show five days is enough to protect most people. Timberlake also said people should continue to get coronavirus tests if they don’t feel well. That advice comes as many cities across the state are seeing long lines and long waits at their testing sites.

The Badgers are headed to finals of the first ever Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off.  Wisconsin’s men’s hockey team beat Yale 3-2 in overtime last night to win their way into the final game. The Badgers lost a lead late in the game, but scored the winning goal a little over two minutes into OT. Wisconsin will take-on 16th-ranked Providence for the championship later tonight.

The Eau Claire County District Attorney’s Office has determined that the actions of City of Eau Claire Police Officer Kristopher O’Neill on November 3, 2021, in the course of his law enforcement duties in the City and County of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, were reasonable acts of self-defense and defense of others. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REPORT