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The Department of Health Services is reporting 448 new COVID-19 cases today.  That boosts the statewide case count to nearly 607-thousand-600.  Two additional deaths raise the death toll to more than 69-hundred-and-70.  The seven day positivity rate has dropped to two-point-seven-percent, which rivals the numbers seen in the early days of the pandemic. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

The accused shooter at a protest in Kenosha last summer is making his first in-person appearance in a Kenosha court.  Kyle Rittenhouse is charged with killing two men and injuring another during protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake.  Blake was left paralyzed by his injuries.  During a status hearing today the questionnaire for potential jurors was finalized and a trial date was confirmed for November 1st.

Marinette Marine is the recipient of a naval contract to build the USS Constellation class frigate.  The Navy this week exercised a 554-million-dollar option to have Fincantieri Marinette Marine build the frigate, which is a small and fast warship.  Marinette is in the process of designing the Constellation, which is expected to be delivered to the Navy in 2026.

The average cost for regular gas is down a penny-a-gallon statewide compared to a week ago.  Triple-A says the price at the pump in Wisconsin is 2.87-cents a gallon today.  That’s 17 cents below the national average of 3.04.  Drivers in the Capitol are paying two-82 today, while gas averages two-89 in Milwaukee, two-90 in Racine, Eau Claire and Wausau, two-dollars-and-95 cents in St. Croix County and just 2.76 in Fond du Lac.

For this weeks Friday Feel Good we are calling all animal lovers! We have a story about a call to Uber that might have had the driver wondering if he was being pranked, at first. But as you will hear, the caller was not “kitten” around! CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE FRIDAY FEEL GOOD WITH Morgan McCarthy: A Florida woman happen to see a loose kitten on the road, and saved that little fluffer from a busy highway. But she

Eau Claire Public Arts Council (ECPAC), in partnership with Visit Eau Claire, collaborated with local high school art teachers and students to add art to 24 kubb sets. Participating area high schools include: Altoona High School, Chippewa Falls High School, Memorial High School and North High School in Eau Claire. The kubb sets will be gifted to the region’s hotels and attractions so they can be displayed and available for free check-out at various establishment concierge desks.  This project was

Exactly 46-percent of the Wisconsin residents have received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine.  Data from the state health department shows vaccination numbers have been falling since early April.  About 48-percent of Eau Claire residents have received at least one dose. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

New sculptures are out in downtown Eau Claire.  Organizers updated the sculptures along the city’s Sculpture Tour.  Photos posted to Facebook show crews handling one giant, metal butterfly and another larger than life size rooster.

The case against a Dunn County father charged in his son’s death could be headed to a jury. A judge yesterday said there is enough evidence against 28-year-old Johnathan Lucas to take the case to trial. Prosecutors say Lucas killed his six-week-old son back in February. Investigators say Lucas had been drinking that night.

You are not going to get a chance to get paid to get your coronavirus shot in Wisconsin. Governor Tony Evers yesterday once again said a million-dollars vaccine lottery is a bad idea. The governor says he’d rather spend Wisconsin’s coronavirus stimulus money on other things. Other states, most notably Ohio, have seen huge jumps in vaccinations after announcing lotteries for people to get their shots. Evers says businesses need the help more than people need to be paid to get their