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Milwaukee’s district attorney is blaming a young prosecutor for the low bail for the Waukesha parade suspect. D.A. John Chisholm told county supervisors yesterday that an overworked young prosecutor made the decision to allow Darrell Brooks Jr. to be released on one thousand-dollars bail just days before police say he drove through the crowd at Waukesha’s Christmas parade.  Chisholm says he’s not trying to make excuses.  He spoke with commissioners over Zoom, which means there was no chance for reporters

Public health managers in Chippewa County say they don’t have the capacity to test for the Omicron variant. County public health director Angela Weideman says they can’t run a genomic sequencing on the coronavirus variants. She said they didn’t have the capacity to run the same test for the Delta variant either. Weideman says the state’s Department of Health Services is the group that does that kind of work. CLICK FOR MORE FROM CHIPPEWA CO HEALTH

Nearly one out of three people in Wisconsin who are fully vaccinated have now gotten a coronavirus booster shot. The state’s Department of Health Services says Wisconsin went over the one million booster mark earlier this week. In all, just over three million adults in the state have gotten two doses of the coronavirus vaccine. DHS says that’s 67 percent of the people who are eligible. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

The latest pitch from Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alez Lasry would save drivers a couple of cents per-gallon. Lasry yesterday suggested a six-month suspension of the federal gas tax. The federal tax is just over 18 cents-per-gallon, which Lasry says would save people about three dollars per-fill-up. Lasry, who is trailing in the Democratic polls, is the son of billionaire Milwaukee Bucks owner Marc Lasry. The federal gas tax is largely sent back to the state to pay for work

Wisconsin schools are getting 110-million dollars in federal coronavirus aid.  Governor Tony Evers announced the cash today saying districts can use the money as they see fit.  He is hoping the money will be used quickly and for the most important things first.  The cash averages for around 133 dollars per student.

Milwaukee County prosecutors did not have access to a public safety assessment for the Waukesha Christmas parade suspect.  District Attorney John Chisholm tells county commissioners the PSA hadn’t been uploaded into the file system when Darrell Brooks appeared in court last month.  He was accused of running over a woman and given a thousand dollars bail.  The DA says an inexperienced prosecutor preparing for another trial made the decision.  Brooks is accused of killing five people and injuring dozens more

Two new music venues are planned for Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward.  FPC Live says one venue can hold up to four-thousand people, while another around 800.  FPC Live Co-President Charlie Goldstone tells Milwaukee Journal Sentinel the facilities will help bring in world-class performers.  The Historic Third Ward Architectural Review Board and Milwaukee Harbor Board still need to approve the venues before construction starts.

On December 1, 2021 at approximately 4:31PM, the Buffalo County Dispatch Center received a 911 call of a two vehicle crash at the intersection of Highway 35 and Highway 25 in the Town of Nelson. Upon arrival of emergency crews, a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado was found to be blocking the highway and its passenger side rear tire had been knocked off during the crash, a 2016 Ford Edge was on the shoulder of the highway. The Silverado was traveling east

Flags in Wisconsin are at half-staff today in honor of an eight-year-old boy who died during the attack at Waukesha’s Christmas parade.  Jackson Sparks is the sixth person to die since the attack and Wisconsin flags have been lowered for each victim.  Sparks’ visitation will take place this afternoon at a church in Mukwonago.

Madison’s face mask mandate is staying in place for now.  On Wednesday the Dane County Board of Health voted to suspend a resolution that would’ve halted the mask requirement.  The resolution’s now postponed indefinitely in committee.