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It’s just a one-day snapshot, but it is telling. Chippewa County’s health department yesterday reported no new coronavirus cases or deaths. There are just 30 people who are considered active cases in the county, though over seven-thousand people have tested positive since last March. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM CHIPPEWA HEALTH OFFICIALS.

It is a milestone number for Wisconsin’s vaccination effort. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said over one-million people have now been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. DHS says that’s 17-percent of the state’s population. Another one-point-seven-million people, or 29-percent of the state, have received one dose of the vaccine. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS. Just about everyone in Wisconsin could be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine in a matter of weeks. Department of Health Services deputy secretary Julie Willems

Governor Tony Evers is not going to share the state’s five-billion-dollars in stimulus money. The governor yesterday vetoed a plan that would have given the Republican-controlled legislature some say over how the money was to be spent. The governor says he doesn’t want a political battle every time he decides to spend some of the money. Republicans say someone needs to provide some oversight for just how the governor plans to spend the cash. They worry it will be wasted.

Kroger is stepping-up after this month’s shooting at its warehouse in Oconomowoc. The company yesterday dedicated one-million-dollars to a fund for both survivors and victims of the shooting. A warehouse worker shot and killed two of his co-workers before taking his own life. There is still no motive for the shooting. Kroger says the money is for any worker or their family who’ve been impacted by the shooting. Counseling has been available to warehouse workers since the shooting two weeks

Students who go to charter schools outside of their home district will continue to miss-out on football, basketball, and volleyball. Governor Tony Evers last week vetoed a plan that would have allowed some school choice students to play sports or enroll in other extracurriculars at their home school district. The governor says lawmakers should not be deciding things for local school boards. State Rep. Barb Dittrich, who sponsored the plan, says there could be a lawsuit in the works to

 An attorney for the family of George Floyd says the trial of Floyd’s accused killer is a referendum on the United States.  Benjamin Crump spoke in Minneapolis before the trial of ex-cop Derek Chauvin got underway and said it will show how far America has made it on the journey toward equality.  He also said it’ll prove how far along the nation is when it comes to achieving justice for everybody.  Crump added the trial will show whether America truly

 Today is National Vietnam War Veterans Day.  More than 58-thousand U.S. veterans lost their lives during the country’s involvement in the war from early the 1960s to the mid-1970s.  More than 57-thousand Wisconsin soldiers served in Southeast Asia.  According to the Wisconsin Historical Society more than 12-hundred were killed and another 40 were either Missing In Action or were taken prisoner. Today is a special day for those who served in the Vietnam War.  One of those soldiers being honored is Jupiter resident Bill

State health officials are reporting nearly 300 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours.  That pushes a total number of cases statewide to over 576-thousand.  There were three additional deaths reported today, raising the death toll to more than six-thousand-600. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS. Wisconsin is celebrating a milestone in COVID-19 vaccinations.  The Department of Health Services reported today that more than one-million people in the state have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus. That is over 17-percent

Governor Tony Evers is vetoing a bill that would have given the Republican legislature power over coronavirus relief funds.  The governor announced the veto of Senate Bill 183 today saying the state can’t afford for the legislature to play politics with funds under the American Rescue Plan.  The governor also announced how he intends to spend the federal funding Wisconsin has received in the latest COVID bill, including 600-million-dollars to help support businesses and 200-million-dollars for infrastructure projects.

Our local Police Department has issued a statement in regards to a recent spike in hate crimes. Read the statement from the Eau Claire Police Department below: Dear Eau Claire Community Members: This past year communities across the United States have experienced drastic increases in hate crimestargeted towards the Asian American Pacific Islander Desi (AAPID) communities. A study releasedearlier this month by the California State University Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism foundhate crimes against AAPID Americans rose