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Wisconsin’s coronavirus vaccine numbers fell last week, but not as dramatically as first thought. The state’s Department of Health Services now says just under 72 thousand doses were handed-out last week. The preliminary count was under 50 thousand. The 72 thousand doses for last week is down about 25 thousand from the week before, and way down from Wisconsin’s peak of 425 thousand doses in a week back in early April. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

Wisconsin is starting the process to set the rules for the state’s next wolf hunt.  Wisconsin’s Wolf Harvest Advisory Committee is set to meet today. The committee will set the limits for this fall’s wolf hunt. Last year was the first year that hunters could shoot or trap wolves, and they were very successful. Hunters killed or trapped 216 wolves in just three days back in February. The state’s Department of Natural Resources says this year’s wolf limits will likely be

Add Door County to the list of places having trouble hiring this year. Business owners up in the peninsula say they are having trouble finding workers because many of the foreign workers who spend their summer in the county are not coming to the U.S. this year. Kit Butz with Al Johnson’s in Sister Bay says the lack of foreign workers means they are having to change some of their hours. Destination Door County, the area’s tourism office, says they

The state of Wisconsin may soon pay a little more for paper, but Democrats at the State Capitol say it’s a good thing. A number of lawmakers yesterday introduced a pair of ‘buy American’ proposals. One would encourage the state to buy American, while the other would require the state to buy paper from a Wisconsin-based company. State Senator Brad Pfaff says buying paper from a Wisconsin company helps Wisconsin workers in Wisconsin mills, and helps keep Wisconsin communities going.

The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning is teaming up with other states to crack down on speeders.  The new “Great Lakes, High Stakes” effort with continue through the weekend in an effort to reduce highway traffic deaths due to speeding. Officials say that nearly 11-hundred people were killed on Michigan’s roads last year which was nearly 100 more deaths than 2019. Police in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota are also part of the program.

The most recent statewide COVID 19 data shows a seven-day average of about 74 new cases a day.  The positivity rate has dropped below one-percent and new deaths reported are averaging two a day.  There are seven-thousand-250 confirmed deaths from the coronavirus.  Nearly 50-percent of all residents have received at least one dose of a vaccine and over 45-percent of all residents have completed the vaccine series. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

An investigation continues into the death of an inmate at the Fond du Lac Jail.  Police say 73-year-old Donald Forqurean was in custody awaiting trial for a shooting that happened in January of last year.  He passed away on Friday.  The Department of Corrections, the Fond du Lac County Medical Examiner and the Calumet County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the death.

On Friday, June 18th, the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office took report of a one vehicle rollover in the Township of Mondovi on County Road A near the intersection of County Road TT. Upon the arrival of Emergency Services, a tan in color 2003 GMC Yukon XL sports utility vehicle was located in the yard of W1143 County Road A with a large amount of debris scattered around it, The operator, and lone occupant of the vehicle, Brandon Louis Behlke, age

Wisconsinites are being asked to share their input for new Congressional or state legislative districts. Redistricting is up for debate when a census is taken that year. Maps will be redrawn this year because of the census. The Wisconsin People’s Maps Commission is a state group tasked with redistricting, or redrawing the maps for the legislature next year.

It’ll be easy to tell how comfortable other people are shopping closely at the grocery store. Metcalf’s Market is giving it’s customers wristbands to show how they’d prefer others to interact with them. A green bracelet means they’re comfortable, yellow means they’re still being cautious, and red means they’d like others to stay further away.