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A California pharmaceutical company is planning a 250-million dollar manufacturing plant that could bring 250 jobs to Dane County.  Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals is expanding with construction beginning on the campus in Verona this winter.  An Arrowhead official says the jobs will include a mix of positions to be paid “five times the minimum wage.”  The company has a plant in Madison’s University Park on the West Side, along with operations in San Diego and Pasadena, California.  

A long awaited report confirms the election process in Wisconsin for the 2020 Presidential Election was secure.  The report on the election results was released today by the non-partisan group Legislative Audit Bureau.  The report did make 30 recommendations to improve elections including 18 issues for legislative consideration, but determined there was not widespread fraud in the 2020 vote. 

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office confirms three-year-old Major Harris was murdered.  The medical examiner’s office conducted an autopsy this morning and determined the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the Head.  The little boy had been missing since October 9th when he and his mother disappeared.  His mother Mallory Muslim Burger was found dead on October 14th but her son was not found with her.  His body was discovered yesterday in a storage container in Milwaukee.

The average price for regular gas in Wisconsin is three-cents-a-gallon higher than a week ago, but 23-cents lower than the national average.  Triple-A says the cost of gas across the Badger State today is three-dollars-and-14-cents and the national average is three-37.  Drivers are paying three-23 in Eau Claire and three-18 in La Crosse and St. Croix County.  The price at the pump is three-12 in Madison and Milwaukee, three-13 in Wausau, and three-15 in Racine.   

Oakwood Hills Family Dental Clinic will break ground on a new facility at 3027 Golf Road in Eau Claire on Monday, October 25, 2021, at 11:45 am. The new 5,650 square foot standalone dental clinic will have ten treatment rooms, a spacious reception area, a staff breakroom with adjacent access to a staff restroom/locker room, restrooms, private offices, a dental imaging/x-ray room, a lab, and a sterilization room. The building will be wood framed with a masonry and metal panel

Some days it can feel  like you are swinging way above par just trying to get through a day, but for this weeks Friday Feel Good we hop into the golf cart and take a trip to Georgia.  A 63-year-old Georgia woman is not only a sophomore at Reinhardt University . . . but she’s also a member of the women’s golf team.   A great reminder that age is no reason to not get out there and “swing” for what you want.  

A Green Alert has been issued for a veteran from Monona. NAME (last, first, MI): Bigelow, Zachary David  GENDER: Male RACE: White AGE: 31  HEIGHT: 600 WEIGHT: 208  HAIR COLOR: Blond HAIR STYLE: Short EYE COLOR: Blue  LAST SEEN WEARING: Unknown.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Muscular Zachary has been missing from his home in Monona since 10/20/21. The last known sighting of him was at the Flying J Truck Stop in Beloit on 10/21, at between 2 am and 4 am. He drives a Blue 2014 Acura TLX bearing WI PC 873-ZLD. There is no reason to believe any foul

Add UW-Green Bay and UW-Stevens Point to the list of UW campuses where 70 percent of students are vaccinated. The university announced the news yesterday. Hitting 70 percent vaccinated means students in Green Bay and Stevens Point are now eligible for some of the coronavirus scholarships from the UW System. The university says nine of its eleven smaller campuses are 70 percent vaccinated. UW-Madison is not part of the 70 for 70 vaccination programs.

Milwaukee’s Department of Public Works is warning that streets in the city won’t be plowed as quickly this winter because they don’t have enough snowplow drivers. Public Works director Danielle Rodriguez yesterday told city council members that it’s “extremely difficult” to find drivers this year. Just like with school buses, plow drivers need a CDL and Rodriguez says there are not a lot of drivers available. She figures Milwaukee is at least 80 snowplow drivers short heading into the winter.

 The search for a missing three-year-old boy is over. Milwaukee Police say they found three-year-old Major Harris’ body yesterday. The little boy had been missing since October 9th, and was the center of an intense statewide manhunt. He’s from Onalaska, near La Crosse, but officers say they found his body in a storage bin on Milwaukee’s north side. There’s no word on a cause of death. Milwaukee Police say they arrested several people in connection to his mother’s murder, though