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Iowa could see more black bears in the coming years and we here in Wisconsin might have something to do with that. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says as bear populations expand in neighboring states, Iowa will likely to see more as well.  They say Northeast Iowa is most likely to see bears wander in from Minnesota and Wisconsin, where bear populations are higher.

Gas prices in Wisconsin won’t go up as much as in some other states after one of the country’s largest major pipelines shut down. Triple-A reports the national average for a gallon of gas is three-dollars. Wisconsin’s average is two-dollars-and-85-cents. Triple-A says the longer the pipeline is offline, the greater the impact will be on the East Coast, but Wisconsin won’t be affected as much.

Kids in Wisconsin could soon become eligible to get the COVID vaccine. The state health department says kids ages 12-to-15 could soon be approved to get Pfizer’s double-dose vaccine after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended it. The Centers for Disease Control is now reviewing the recommendation from the F-D-A. The COVID vaccine clinic at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire’s Zorn Arena is surpassing a new milestone. More than 10-thousand-doses have been given at the clinic since it opened April 8th. The

Eau Claire County Emergency Management is encouraging people to check their smoke detectors. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Kiddie are recalling the TruSense smoke and carbon monoxide detectors because of the products’ failure to alert consumers to fire. They say about 226-thousand units across the U.S. could be affected. CLICK HERE FOR MORE RECALL INFO.

Eau Claire’s minor league baseball team is planning to start their season soon. The Eau Claire Express says tickets for it’s opening day series are selling quickly, so they want to reward someone with the best seats in the park. They say the person who purchases the one-thousandth ticket to the opening game May 31st will be given a best seats outing for themselves and a group of nine others with a meal provided. The Express plays the Rochester Honkers

One of the first police reform plans to clear the Wisconsin Senate would mean changes for the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission. Senators yesterday approved four reform plans. One would change some of the rules for Milwaukee’s FPC. State Senator Van Wangaarrd says the FPC has been ‘an embarrassment’ for years. It’s unclear if the police reforms will make it to law, Governor Evers has not said what he will do with them.

Wisconsin will not be getting three-point-two billion-dollars from Washington, D.C.. Governor Evers office yesterday said the state will be receiving 700 million-dollars less. The Treasury Department yesterday downgraded Wisconsin’s payday to two-and-a-half billion-dollars. The governor says the new numbers are ‘troubling.’ Governor Evers has not said just how he plans to spend the money, but said in a letter yesterday to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen that losing 700 million-dollars will hurt Wisconsin’s coronavirus recovery.

Some of the cats found abandoned in Dunn County are available for adoption. The Dunn County Humane Society says some of the 15 cats that survived last week’s shooting spree are looking for new homes. Investigators say they’re still looking for whoever shot 18 other cats. The reward in the case is sitting at 10 thousand-dollars. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM DUNN CO. HUMANE SOCIETY.

There are some new numbers to go with the stories from employers who say they can’t fill their open jobs. The National Federation of Independent Businesses in Wisconsin yesterday said 44 percent of small business owners said they cannot find people to work. The NFIB says 92 percent of small business owners say they can’t find ‘qualified’ people to work. The survey comes as business groups in Wisconsin and across the country urge governors to rollback enhanced unemployment benefits.

Wisconsin’s coronavirus vaccine count has largely stayed the same for weeks. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said 44-and-a-half percent of people in the state have gotten one dose of the vaccine. That number has been in the 40-percent-range for weeks. DHS says over 37 percent of people have gotten both doses. That number has risen. DHS says, overall, far fewer people are coming-in to get the vaccine. Total doses so far this week come to just over 15