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Chippewa Falls schools are sending pink slips to eight people, but the superintendent says it could have been worse. Superintendent Jeff Holmes says a wave of early retirements helped cushion the impact of a one-point-six-million-dollar hole in their budget. Not all eight people who are being let-go are teachers, though some are. Holmes says nothing is final yet. He said the budget could change dramatically before it’s finalized next month.

The state of Wisconsin is picking-up the tab for bottled water for some households in La Crosse. The state’s Department of Natural Resources is working with the Department of Health Services to get drinking water to people who live in the Town of Campbell. Some folks there are already getting bottled water from La Crosse because of high PFAS numbers in their well water. But hundreds of families were just above the state’s threshold, and the city refused to buy their water.

There are about 17-hundred coronavirus deaths in Wisconsin that are missing some information. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said they are trying to fill-in the blanks in those deaths, but they’re not sure they can. The move comes after DHS ‘reclassified’ about a thousand deaths as occurring in the state’s nursing homes. Lawmakers want to know how many of the remaining 17-hundred deaths also happened in nursing homes. DHS’s Traci DeSalvo says many of those remaining deaths occurred at people’s

Wisconsin’s latest federal payday will see 59-million-dollars for the state’s health centers. The federal Department of Health and Human Services yesterday announced a 59-million-dollar funding plan as part of the latest spending package. The money is supposed to go to cover the cost of treating coronavirus patients. The list of just which health centers and just how much is available online.

Wisconsin should hit another coronavirus milestone in the next week. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said 917-thousand people in Wisconsin are now fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. That means the state should see a million full vaccinations in the next few days. Over one-and-a-half-million people in the state already have one dose of the vaccine. DHS is on pace to hand-out more than 300-thousand doses this week alone. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

 You’re likely going to have to get your hot dogs, popcorn, and beers at American Family Field with your phone this season. The Brewers yesterday said fans will be asked to use the MLB app to order food online. The idea is to limit the number of times fans come into contact with each other and come into contact with Am Fam Field workers. The Brewers earlier in the week said they won’t accept cash at the ballpark. There, instead,

There are 537 new COVID-19 cases reported statewide over the last 24 hours.  State health officials say the case-count is nearing 574-thousand-500 since the beginning of the pandemic.  Two additional deaths today raises that toll to 65-hundred-and-99.  As of today the state has administered over two-point-five-million doses of COVID-19 vaccine. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

Students at UW-Madison will return to the classroom this fall.  Chancellor Rebecca Blank outlined a plan today that is designed to get students and faculty back for in-person learning at the same level as in 2019.  Blank says some hybrid and online classes will remain in place but for the most part every class held in-person prior to the pandemic will be offered that way this coming year. 

The Wisconsin Badgers have a new running backs coach.  Gary Brown joined the staff and was announced today as taking the reins of the backfield.  Brown most recently coached for the Dallas Cowboys.  During his tenure between 2013 and 2019 he coached standout backs Ezekiel Elliot and DeMarco Murray. 

Today is National Medal of Honor Day in recognition of those who have received the nation’s highest military honor.  The award was created in 1861 and was first given two years later to six members of an Army unit called Andrews Raiders, for volunteering and taking part in a Civil War raid.  Since then, more than 34-hundred medals have been awarded for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty.