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The Wisconsin State Fair will make its return this summer.  After being canceled because of the coronavirus last year organizers announced its return today to Fair Park in West Allis.  The fair will run from August 5th through the 15th.

The State Department of Health confirms 688 new COVID-19 cases over the last day.  That boosts the total number of cases to over 596-thousand-500.  There were 34 deaths reported today which raises the death toll statewide to over 68-hundred residents. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

Health officials say only a small percentage of people in Wisconsin experience breakthrough cases of COVID-19.  A report in the Wisconsin State Journal reveals out of one-point-eight-million people who are fully vaccinated in the state 605 experienced a breakthrough case.  Officials say no vaccine is 100-percent effective and Wisconsin’s percentage of breakthrough cases is only zero-point-zero-three-percent.

Milwaukee Bucks fans will have a chance to roll up their sleeves for a COVID-19 vaccine this weekend.  The team announced yesterday that eligible fans attending Sunday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets can get their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.  The vaccine will be given in the Panorama Club at the Fiserv Forum beginning at 1 p.m.

 A Wisconsin eagle’s nest has something extremely rare.  Sue Danielson reports.

 Marshfield Clinic Health System will resume issuing the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine at limited sites this week after the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted the recommended pause following a thorough safety review. The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) reviewed the evidence and concluded that the benefits greatly outweigh the risks of the Janssen vaccine. A CDC review of benefits and risks found that resuming use of the Janssen vaccine

No matter if your dream vacation includes a bottle of wine, casting a line, or atv-ing in the sunshine, Chippewa has you covered. All are open starting May 1 and you can CLICK HERE for more events and openings in our area.

Netflix is announcing a new feature called “play something” that will allow viewers to shuffle through suggested movies and TV shows.  Subscribers are shown a film or show that was picked based on the Netflix algorithm.  If it doesn’t look interesting, users can click “play something else” and get a new recommendation.  Netflix plans to roll out the feature for TVs first and then it will start testing for mobile devices.

A woman in Fall Creek is accused of stealing money from someone with intellectual disabilities. A criminal complaint shows Michelle Eisold was accused of stealing 60-thousand dollars from the victim in total. The victim told investigators on one occasion Eisold asked to borrow 46-thousand-dollars to buy new vans for her taxi service in Chippewa Falls. Eisold told police the money was a gift. She’s due in court in May.