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UW Madison Hits Vaccination Goals

By Morgan McCarthy | September 2, 2021

The University of Wisconsin’s Madison community is celebrating achieving its COVID-19 vaccination goals.  The university announce today that 91-percent of the Madison campus community is either fully vaccinated or have received at least one dose of the vaccine.  Eighty-eight-percent are fully vaccinated and beyond the two-week waiting period after their final dose.  Ninety-two-percent of students living on campus and 99-percent of professors are fully vaccinated. 

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Outagamie Co. Deer Farm Tests Positive for CWD

By Morgan McCarthy | September 2, 2021

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirms that a deer farm in Outagamie County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). Positive samples were confirmed by the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa. The farm was already under quarantine after receiving animals from a CWD affected farm. The herd of approximately 30 deer will remain under quarantine while an epidemiological investigation is conducted by DATCP and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) veterinarians and staff.

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Locals Give Back

By Morgan McCarthy | September 2, 2021

One of Dr. Brady Foust’s greatest joys in life was witnessing the development of the geography students he instructed and mentored during his nearly four-decade career at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. “I loved watching them grow from clueless freshmen to mature responsible adults,” says Foust, a professor emeritus of geography who retired from UW-Eau Claire in 2009 as chair of the geography department. “It has been a pleasure to follow their careers over the years. I’m so proud of

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WI to Receive $14 Million After Ruling in Dispute with Cigarette Manufacturers

By Morgan McCarthy | September 2, 2021

Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced an arbitration panel has ruled in favor of the State of Wisconsin in a dispute with Philip Morris USA, Inc., RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company, and other cigarette manufacturers. The case involved the annual payments manufacturers owe to the State under the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), the landmark public health agreement that Wisconsin and 45 other states reached with the tobacco companies in 1998. “This victory means that big tobacco companies will continue to be

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Remembering the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 with a restored Flag Pole

By Morgan McCarthy | September 2, 2021

Saturday, September 11, at 8:00am the Chippewa Valley Museum will rededicate it’s newly restored flag pole with a flag raising in memory of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. The VFW Post 305 has organized a color guard to complete a formal flag raising and also supported 25% of the cost of this project. The public are welcome to visit Chippewa Valley Museum’s front lawn and reflect on the 20 years that have passed and celebrate the newly restored

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STOUT Welcomes Students

By Morgan McCarthy | September 2, 2021

Menomonie is coming alive with the return of students! ABOVE PHOTO: Students move into their residence halls at UW-Stout. / UW-Stout photos by Chris Cooper Rylee Hubers pushed a cart with a shelving unit on it while getting ready to move into her University of Wisconsin-Stout residence hall at her designated time on Aug. 29. “I like it because you get to pick a time when you want,” said Hubers, a first-year student majoring in interior design from Northfield, Minn. “My roommate

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Downtown Theater is Up and Poppin’ Again

By Morgan McCarthy | September 2, 2021

Eau Claire’s Downtown budget theater will reopen in less than two weeks. The theater has been closed for a year due to the pandemic. The owner of the theater, Connie Olson, says there have been problems trying to reopen such as finding enough staff and movies to show. She says the theater will play movies after their usual theater run, as well as classics.

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Cub Scouts Urging Families to Join

By Morgan McCarthy | September 2, 2021

The Cub Scouts are inviting families to events to come join their program. The program is open to boys and girls in grades K through five. The activities will teach teamwork, good character, and citizenship through various activities. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

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Guards Accused Of Smuggling Contraband Into Jail

By Morgan McCarthy | September 2, 2021

Three of the people who were supposed to be minding inmates at Milwaukee’s House of Corrections are now accused of breaking the rules themselves. Prosecutors yesterday announced charges against two of three HOC guards. The alleged ringleader has yet to be charged. Investigators say the three smuggled cell phones and drugs into the House of Corrections staring back in December of 2020. One of the inmates in on the scheme says a female guard started the process as a way

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No Motive Offered in Dane Co. Murders

By Morgan McCarthy | September 2, 2021

Prosecutors in Dane County are not offering a motive in the brutal murder of two parents back over the Fourth of July weekend. The son accused of killing his parents, Chandler Halderson, briefly appeared in court yesterday. Investigators say he killed, then dismembered his parents Bart and Krista in early July. Detectives say Halderson made several comments about ‘the whole story’ and told them he wanted to ‘tell them everything’ about the case. Halderson is being held in the Dane

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