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The Irvine Park Zoo is open and one of its most popular attractions is back after the pandemic. The Red Barn Petting Zoo opened Memorial Day.  It’s open through Labor Day.  Admission is free, but donations are welcomed.

The Eau Claire Job Center Resource Room is open to the public again after the pandemic. Job Center of Wisconsin says hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The facility is used by those searching for work or filing unemployment claims.

After an incident involving a ride at Thorp Dairy Days we now know that officials from the event are working closely with the family who are reporting that the child involved is doing well. Jim Micke, Vice President with Thorp Dairy Days confirmed with us that it was an employee who did not have the ride inspected by the owner ahead of running it, causing the malfunction Friday night. The child was not seriously injured, but was given medical attention

What was originally thought to be a drug-related suicide is now being called a poisoning. Prosecutors in Waukesha County yesterday filed homicide charges against 37-year-old Jessy Kurczewski for the death of her friend, back in 2018. The medical examiner at the time said the dead woman had an extremely high level of the chemical found in eyedrops in her blood, far too much to simply have overused the drops. Investigators say Kurczewski initially denied having anything to do with her

Prosecutors in Oconto are expected to file murder charges in what’s being called a drug-debt killing. The Oconto County Sheriff’s Office asked for the charges yesterday against 32-year-old Manuel Antonio Herrera-Hernandez. Investigators say Herrera-Hernandez shot and killed a man last February in the parking lot of the Green Bay Shores State Wildlife Area. The sheriff’s office says Herrera-Hernandez last month admitted that he killed the man over a drug debt. Investigators think the dead man was a drug dealer in

The ACLU of Wisconsin says Chippewa Falls schools didn’t do enough to stop the bullying of LGBT students. The ACLU yesterday announced an administrative complaint against the school district for ‘pervasive discrimination.’ The ACLU says it’s working with the Cultivative Coalition, which is a group of current and former Chippewa Falls students who want the school to do more about ‘discrimination and harassment of students of color and LGBTQ+ students.’ The ACLU says it wants Chippewa Falls schools to develop new policies.

Inmates in Wisconsin’s prisons can soon have visitors once again. The Department of Corrections yesterday said the coronavirus restrictions on inmates are being lifted. In-person visits will resume on July 6th. The DOC and the state’s Department of Health Services stopped in-person visits at Wisconsin’s prisons last year out of fear of spreading the coronavirus. More than half of Wisconsin’s inmates are now fully vaccinated against the virus.

Wisconsin’s new political map could be years away. Lawmakers in Madison yesterday listened to a plan to delay the state’s redistricting process til February of next year. That means the new map would not be in place until the election of 2023. Democrats and liberal groups say the delay will dilute the votes of people in growing communities. Republican lawmakers and many county leaders say delaying the new map is the ‘least-worst’ option, and it may avoid more lawsuits down

Wisconsin’s coronavirus vaccination numbers saw another sharp drop last week. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said doctors and nurses handed-out just over 86 thousand doses last week. That’s the lowest number since the first week of January, and it’s the first time Wisconsin has dipped below 100 thousand weekly-doses in five months. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

Add Marquette University to the list of schools requiring coronavirus vaccinations for the fall.  University president Michael Lovell sent a note to students yesterday telling them that mandatory vaccinations will allow the school to have ‘a richer in-person experience’ on campus. Lovell said the science shows vaccines are safe and effective. Students who are not vaccinated will not be allowed on campus and will be dropped from their classes. Marquette is the largest college in the state to require vaccines.