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You can walk in and get the Johnson and Johnson vaccine at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire’s Zorn Arena clinic today and tomorrow.  UWEC says it’s a special three-day clinic offering the single shot vaccine.  It’s being offered today from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Thursday. Anyone who wants the vaccine after tomorrow will be given the Pfizer, double dose vaccine. When it comes to the overall recovery efforts, Wisconsin is recovering much quicker from the COVID-19 pandemic than some other states

Wisconsin and Minnesota are a bit wetter and warmer than in previous decades. The National Weather Service released the latest U.S. Climate Normals maps. The maps show climate changes between 1991-to-2020. N-O-A-A says normals provide a standard way to compare conditions to 30-year averages and make better climate-related decisions.

Forget the Fourth of July, the Brewers hope to get more fans into the stands by the middle of next month. Brewers president Rick Schlesinger yesterday said the numbers for the first 16 games of the season show no large increase in the number of coronavirus positives at American Field, or any Major League Baseball ballpark for that matter. Schlesinger says the data shows they can safely welcome more people back. Schlesinger says the goal remains returning to full capacity.

Thousands of University of Wisconsin-Madison grads will take part in commencement ceremonies this weekend.   Sue Danielson reports.

 Celebrations will be held all over the nation today in honor of Cinco de Mayo, which means May 5th in Spanish.  But why? How about a little History 101? It was on this date in 1862 when the outnumbered Mexican army defeated the invading French forces of Napoleon the Third at the Battle of Puebla.  The Mexican military victory evolved over the years to become what it is today, a celebration of the rich heritage of music, dance, food and

Kaitlyn Lange has been found, and she is safe. The Chippewa Falls Police Department last night said they found her, though they are not saying where. Officers reported Lange missing yesterday, her parents say she simply didn’t return home. Police are not saying how they found her, just the update that she was located and is safe.

While you have a right to own and even carry a gun in Wisconsin, the state’s Supreme Court says you cannot carry that gun and threaten people while drunk. The Supreme Court yesterday ruled on a 2018 case out of Madison. A local man challenged his arrest for drunkenly threatening to shoot his roommates, on Second Amendment grounds. The justices say the Second Amendment doesn’t stop local police from arresting someone who could be a danger. The only justice to disagree,

 Just about four million people in Wisconsin have gotten at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. State health officials say that’s something to be proud of. Now, Department of Health Services Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk says, the challenge is to get the next two million people to get the shot. Willems Van Dijk yesterday said vaccine numbers in the state have plateaued. Doctors and nurses gave out 225 thousand doses last week, that’s down by 200 thousand doses from

Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol are taking their next step in trying to tighten the rules for the state’s next election. The Senate Committee on Elections has a hearing scheduled for later today to look at proposed laws dealing with absentee ballots, voting in nursing homes, vote counting, and the relationship between local election managers and outside groups. All of the plans deal with what Republicans say were abuses from the 2020 election. While Republicans support the ideas, it’s doubtful that any

Health department officials confirm 721 new COVID-19 cases statewide over the last 24 hours.  That pushes the total number of cases to 600-thousand-297.  There were eleven additional deaths reported today which raises the death toll to six-thousand-850. When it comes to the younger populations, several vaccinators in the state are getting ready to inoculate kids between the ages of 12 and 15-years-old.  Fitchburg Family Pharmacy has started to schedule that age group for the Pfizer vaccine as they await FDA