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Wisconsin health officials are reporting 639 new COVID-19 cases statewide today.  That boosts the total number of cases to just under 601-thousand.  There were 13 additional deaths confirmed to raise the death toll to more than 68-hundred-and-60.  The positivity rate statewide has edged up slightly to three-point-four-percent.  TO SEE MORE FROM WI DHS, CLICK HERE.

 The push is on to reduce residential speed limits in the city of Madison.  City leaders want to reduce the number of traffic deaths and say dropping the speed limit to 20 miles an hour would go a long way in doing that.  The proposal is called Twenty Is Plenty and cites Triple-A statistics, which show higher speeds increase the chances of death and serious injury in most crashes.

 The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is giving two memorial benches to the Anamosa State Prison.  The benches feature words honoring two workers who died in a prison attack.  A nurse and a corrections officer were killed during an escape attempt at the Anamosa prison in March.  The benches from the Wisconsin DOC were delivered this week.

 Shapermint, the fast-growing DTC intimates marketplace and creator of brands Empetua and truekind, announced via Chief Brand Officer, Siobhán Lonergan’s LinkedIn, the brand’s national search for its first-ever Chief Mom Officer. This Mother’s Day 2021, the company is searching to fill the new, salaried Chief Mom Officer position, and calling on all moms across the country to apply. Shapermint is accepting applications through their online job portal at Shapermint.com, and will onboard one lucky applicant following the Mother’s Day Weekend to carry out its mission of supporting

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

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.