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Madison is being named one of the top U.S. cities to celebrate Christmas.  That’s according to WalletHub, which ranks Madison the 45th best city for Christmas.  WalletHub says Madison has some of the most generous people, ranking 12th.  Milwaukee almost makes the list at 35th.  The top U.S. city for Christmas is Atlanta, Georgia.

It’s 10 days in jail for a former Regis school employee who stole 20-thousand-dollars. A judge yesterday sentenced Wendy Cronin to a combination of jail time and probation for taking the money from the school starting in 2019. Cronin was an accounting assistant at Regis. If she pays the 20-thousand-dollars back, her plea deal allows for her most serious charge to be erased from her record. The judge says she has until 2026 to repay the money.

There is now just one child in the hospital following Waukesha’s Christmas Parade tragedy. Doctors at Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee yesterday said two more children have gone home. They continue to face a long road to recovery, but they will do that at home. In all, 16 kids were rushed to the hospital after police say Darrell Brooks Junior plowed through the parade crowd late last month. One of those children, and five adults in the parade died.

Governor Tony Evers latest workforce development program means 20-million-dollars for Eau Claire. The governor was in town yesterday to announce the grants. UW-Eau Claire is in-line for a little over nine million-dollars for nurse training. The Chippewa Valley Technical College is getting 10 million-dollars to focus on metal fabrication. Both schools say they are happy to get the money. The governor says the grants should help get people to work in the region and across the state. But not everyone

Wisconsin’s coronavirus hospitalizations continue to hover around 17 hundred people. The state’s Hospital Association yesterday said just under 17 hundred people are in the hospital with the virus, that includes 427 in the ICU. Both of those numbers are down slightly from last week. The Hospital Association does not track how many people are hospitalized with the virus, as opposed to those who are hospitalized with it.

In the one year that doctors and nurses have been handing out the coronavirus vaccine, nearly three-and-a-half million people have gotten a shot. Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the vaccine’s first dose in the state. Governor Tony Evers says just over 61 percent of people in the state have gotten at least one dose. Just under 60 percent of people are fully vaccinated. As has been the case since the beginning, older folks and white people make-up the majority

Today marks one year since the COVID-19 vaccine was first administered in Wisconsin and across the country.  Unfortunately the numbers of COVID cases and hospitalizations in Wisconsin are at their highest level since the beginning of this year.  Over 17-hundred-people are in hospitals statewide with over 440 in an ICU.  Many health clinicians say until the vaccination rates increase we will continue to deal with wave after wave of different variants of the virus. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

 Milwaukee officials have submitted their bid for the city to host the 2024 Republican National Convention.  The city hosted the Democratic National Convention in 2020 but because of COVID-19 that was a largely a virtual event.  Milwaukee has also been invited by the Democrats to bid on their convention for 2024.

Once again, Hope Gospel Mission is hosting the Annual Christmas Community Dinner onSaturday, December 18, 2021 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This is the 15 th year they have been hosting a Christmas meal and hope to serve over 500 guests. The meal will be offered as a curb side pick-up/ drive-through as well as a dine in option. For those that wish to dine in, there will be a short program at 11:30am with the meal to follow.

No injuries are being reported after a fire at the Baraboo zoo.  The fire broke out in a shelter enclosure for donkeys and llamas at the Ochsner Park Zoo early this morning.  The fire department says all the animals were evacuated without being hurt.  However, the enclosure is a total loss.  The cause of the fire hasn’t been determined.