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 The measuring sticks for the coronavirus in Wisconsin are pointing in the wrong direction. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported both more positives and more people in the hospital. DHS says 304 people are now in the hospital with the virus. That number was under 300 just last week. DHS is also reporting a seven-day positive average of three-point-eight-percent. That number was just above two-percent last month. There are gaps in Wisconsin’s vaccination effort that are to be addressed. The state’s

The newly-elected head of the state’s Department of Public Instruction sounds familiar. Superintendent-elect Jill Underly said on UPFRONT over the weekend that the state’s Department of Public Instruction is not going to tell schools across the state to fully reopen in September. She said individual schools will have to make that choice. The state’s current superintendent said essentially the same thing last week. Almost every school in the state has some sort of in-person learning for some of its students

Eau Claire continues to roll with a scooter discussion. The city council last night had another discussion about the rules for scooters in the city. City Engineering Director Leah Ness said leaders want scooters parked in certain locations, and the plan is to track them online. Ness says two scooter companies have approached Eau Claire about bringing their scooters to town. There’s no word on when the city council will make a decision.

After just one year on the city council, Mai Xiong is stepping down to serve on the state’s inclusion council. Xiong yesterday said in a letter that she is leaving the city council immediately to ‘serve our community in the most impactful way.’ Xiong has been named Vice-Chair of Governor Evers’ Equity and Inclusion Council.

A White House infrastructure report card gives Wisconsin a “C”.  Trent Rice reports.

Health officials are reporting 402 new COVID-19 cases over the last day.  That pushes the total number of cases to over 585-thousand-700.  There were three additional deaths confirmed today to raise the coronavirus death toll to six-thousand-680. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

 A state-by-state White House report on infrastructure says there are nearly 200 bridges and two-thousand-miles of highway in poor condition across Wisconsin.  Each driver pays an average of 547-dollars per year in costs due to driving on roads in need of repair.  In addition, over the next 20 years Wisconsin’s drinking water infrastructure will require over eight-and-a-half-billion-dollars in additional funding.  The report says about 14-percent of Wisconsin residents live in areas where there is no broadband infrastructure and about 14-percent

This is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Wisconsin.  The National Weather Service and Wisconsin Emergency Management are asking people take time to go over their safety plans so they’ll be ready when severe weather strikes.  Officials say the time to prepare is before a storm hits.  People should have a severe weather plan in place for their home, their workplace and for the car should they be on the road. 

The police chief in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota says it appears the officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright thought she was using her taser. Police Chief Tim Gannon made the comment today at a news conference along with showing with body camera video of Sunday’s shooting. Police had stopped the 20-year-old for expired license tags. The governor of Minnesota says “it doesn’t have to be this way” as his state deals with two high-profile police shootings involving Black men.  Democrat

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wants high school students to submit designs for it’s next state park admission sticker. The department says the contest is open to any 9th through 12th grade students at any school in Wisconsin. They say the winning design will be displayed on more than 30-thousand vehicles in Wisconsin in 2022. Submissions are being accepted now through April 30th. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.