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The top Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly says hospitals across the state didn’t help themselves by firing nurses who didn’t want to get the coronavirus vaccine. Speaker Robin Vos told Capital City Sunday that hospitals are seeing staffing and bed shortages right now, and said that firing people who didn’t get their shots didn’t help.  We’ll show you different sides so you can decide. Wisconsin’s Hospital Association says hospitals across the state fired less than two percent of their staff because of

Wisconsin’s Republican U,S. Senator wants answers about the Biden Administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal. Senator Ron Johnson last week sent a letter to the secretary of state and the head of the Department of Homeland Security, asking for information about how many Americans are still in Afghanistan and how many Afghans are in this country. Johnson says Americans deserve to know just who came to this country when we pulled-out of Afghanistan, and who was left behind. Johnson also wants to know

Wisconsin’s coronavirus count is holding steady. The state’s Department of Health Services on Friday said doctors and nurses are averaging 26 thousand vaccine doses and 18 thousand booster shots per-day. That’s about where the state has been for weeks, though there was a spike in reported doses last month when kids under 12 first became eligible for the shots. So far, DHS says over three-and-a-half million people have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine, and over one-point-three million

 The Packers did just enough to grab the win and seal-up another NFC North title. Green Bay beat the Baltimore Ravens last night, 31-30. The Packers won the game by denying Baltimore a two-point conversion with just 42 seconds left in the game. The win not only gives the Packers another divisional title, it puts them in first place in the NFC and sets them up for a first round bye in the playoffs.

UPDATE: The Sheriff’s Office has updated information and we now know the names of those involved: Deceased: Curtis C Wright age 56 of Eau Claire, WI. Other Driver: Andrew J Lomprey age 32 of Chippewa Falls, WI. The preliminary investigation shows evidence that Lomprey was traveling west bound on CTH S, he then entered into the east bound lane of traffic and struck the Wright vehicle head on as he was traveling east bound on CTH S. The accident investigation

The Wisconsin Badgers are the NCAA volleyball champions.  The Badgers took the crown last night in Columbus.  It is the school’s first NCAA volleyball championship.  The Badgers defeated Nebraska in five sets in the tournament final. 

Badgers center Chris Vogt is back in Kentucky to help his home town of Mayfield recover after getting destroyed by tornadoes. Vogt’s GoFundMe relief assistance fundraising page has gathered nearly a hundred-60-thousand dollars so far.  Vogt is working with the American Red Cross in Mayfield in food distribution for those left homeless by the storms.

Fire crews battle a blaze in an abandoned building in Sun Prairie.  A bunch of oil and paint stained rags caught fire yesterday morning in the building on Terra Court.  Fire investigators say the rags were discarded next to some construction materials.  Firefighters were able to contain the fire to the area where the materials combusted.  The fire caused 15-thousand dollars in damages.  There are no reports of injuries.

Hello. Welcome to your weekend. Thanks for stopping by and spending a little of your time with us. This time of year can be especially tough with holiday stress-not to mention the cleanup efforts many are dealing with after the severe weather that hit our area this week. So, we like to start the day on a lighter note. Each Saturday morning we take a little “scroll down memory lane.” It’s a simple look back at events that happened along

Tornadoes are now confirmed to have been part of the destructive storms that hit west central Wisconsin this week.  Yesterday the National Weather Service confirmed there were three EF-2 tornadoes that swept through the region mainly affecting Clark and Chippewa counties.  The town of Stanley’s Chief of Police Lance Weiland says the damage is widespread from the tornadoes that hit Wednesday night into early Thursday.  Along with Stanley, the tornadoes hit near Neillsville, Weston and Fivemile Creek in Eau Claire.  There are