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One of the lawmakers in charge of Wisconsin’s next state budget says he wants to refocus the state’s internet efforts. Senator Howard Marklein on Friday asked Governor Evers for support in limiting broadband grants to communities that really need faster internet, and communities that are ready to begin work immediately. Marklein also asked the governor to share his plans for Wisconsin’s two-and-a-half-billion-dollars in federal stimulus money. The governor has talked about using some of that for internet projects. Marklein says he wants

The Class of 2021 is done at UW-Eau Claire. The school graduated hundreds of seniors on Saturday. Families had to bring lawn chairs to be able to sit and watch the ceremony on the quad. This is the first in-person graduation at UW-Eau Claire since 2019.

Consistency is paying off for one Michigan woman.  Vera Giglio of Grosse Pointe Shores won a 150-thousand dollar Powerball prize after playing the same numbers she’s used for years.  The 87-year-old woman said she’s stuck with the same numbers every week for several years in the hopes that one day they would win big.  She told Michigan Lottery officials she recognized the winning numbers for the March 27th drawing right away in the newspaper, calling the moment “very exciting.”  Giglio

The COVID-19 vaccine now fully covers nearly 40-percent of Wisconsinites.  The Wisconsin Department of Health said yesterday that fresh data shows around two-point-two-million people living in Wisconsin are now fully vaccinated.  The report  says that around another two-point-six-million have gotten dose number one.   In Madison, appointments are still available to get the shot at the clinic at the Alliant Energy Center.   Find out how to sign up WITH A CLICK HERE.

Nurses out of work due to their refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccine seek a settlement to avoid legal action.  Attorney Michael Anderson filed a five-hundred-thousand dollar notice of claim Friday against Rock County.  The notice requires a response from the county within the next 120-days.  Anderson represents around two-dozen or so nurses and health care staffers at the Rock Haven Nursing Home in Janesville.  He says the FDA has only issued an emergency use authorization for the three companies’

Animal specialists in Baraboo prepare to nurse and care for an orphaned bear cub from Alaska.  Oschner Park Zoo officials say the black bear cub named Taglu only weighed five pounds when he was found.  He’ll be coming to Wisconsin from the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage once he’s fit enough to safely travel.  At the Oschner Park Zoo, Taglu will join one year old Miska, another black bear from Alaska at the zoo.  

Hello! Thanks for making us part of your mornings. This is our Saturday “scroll down memory lane.” It’s a look back at some of the moments of history that have happened along the way to lead us here to this day. So, snag your favorite morning sippin’ drink and let’s have a look back before we go forward to see what awaits us on this new day. Today is Saturday, May 15th, the 135th day of the year.  There are

As local meetings plan to address face coverings in our area, changes are being made around our state and beyond. The list of stores that will allow you to roam the isles mask less is growing, that’s if you are fully Vaccinated. Bill Trifiro reports. As far as Wisconsin, the COVID-19 face mask order is lifted in Rock County.  Health officials lifted the mask rule yesterday after news emerged this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which says

The local ordinances requiring face covering use in public buildings and spaces remain in effect for the City and the County. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently revised guidelines related to face coverings for vaccinated individuals. In consideration of this revised guidance, several special meetings are now slated to take place next week to revisit these ordinances. Such public meetings are required to consider action on any local ordinance. To review the City ordinance, CLICK HERE. For County

On May 13, the CDC released updated guidance that fully vaccinated people can resume activities they did before the pandemic, including participating in indoor and outdoor activities – large or small – without wearing a mask or physically distancing. Fully vaccinated people can also refrain from testing following a known exposure unless they are residents or employees of a correctional or detention facility or a homeless shelter. A person is considered fully vaccinated against COVID-19 if it has been two or more