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Hundreds of thousands more people in Wisconsin are now eligible for the coronavirus vaccine. Today is the first day that school teachers, day care workers, emergency responders, grocery store workers, and a list of others included in Phase 1b can sign-up for a shot. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS The wave of newly eligibles will only make Wisconsin’s vaccine supply tighter. State and local health managers say people are going to need patience, and wait for a dose to become available.

It’s time to get off the ice. The state’s Department of Natural Resources is telling fishermen to get their shanties or shelters off the ice before the ice becomes too thin. Today is the last day for any shanties south of Highway 64, folks to the north of Highway 64 have two more weeks to move their fishing shacks.

The Y in Chippewa Falls is ready with its triathlon. The YMCA will host an indoor triathlon later this month. Racers will swim, run, and bike all while inside the Y. The Y’s Carrie Mathwig says the challenge will be allowing people to compete while also maintaining some social distance and coronavirus safety. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

The next conversation about gender in college and high school sports in Wisconsin will be around co-ed sports. Republican state Rep. Barb Dittrich last week introduced what she’s calling Protecting Women in Sports Act. Dittrich says the idea is to declare girls’ sports for girls, and boys’ sports for boys. Her plan includes a new co-ed sports category that allows anyone, including transgender athletes, to compete. Dittrich says the idea is not to exclude anyone, but rather to allow girls and women

Things go well when you hit the ball out of the park. The Brewers hit four home runs and cruised to a spring training Opening Day win against the Chicago White Sox yesterday. Christian Yellich did not play, but Keston Hiura. Avisaíl García, Tyrone Taylor and substitute outfielder Dylan Cozens all hit dingers to give the Brewers 7-2 victory in Arizona.

There’s an online search party helping to look for a missing Super Bowl ring lost somewhere in Indiana. The ring belonged to Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Ron Kostelnik, his son Mike lost the ring about two weeks ago. Ron says he stopped at IU in Bloomington and at a gas station in Greensburg, that’s the last place he remembers seeing the ring. The ring has as much sentimental value as anything, though Ron is offering a five thousand dollar

Authorities in Dunn County are hoping you might recognize a truck that passed a school bus illegally late last week. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FOOTAGE This video is from February 25, 2021 at approximately 7:35 AM. This violation occurred near the 7100 block of STH 25. If you recognize the vehicle, please contact us. If you have information and would like to remain anonymous, contact Dunn County Crime Stoppers.

Adding up the numbers from the COVID-19 vaccination sites allover Wisconsin reveals so far that 15-percent of the population have gotten the first dose.   Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services COVID-19 dashboard said yesterday that of more than one-point-three-million-doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses received in the state, all have been administered so far.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS. The report says that of over half a million Wisconsonites confirmed to have tested positive since last year, 97-point-four

 A bat takes flight inside the La Crosse Center during a 2021 WIAA Girls State Basketball Tournament game.  The incident happened yesterday morning when Notre Dame was playing Onalaska in a division two semifinal matchup.  WKOW reported yesterday that the bat suddenly appeared and started to fly around the arena.  A camera operator filming the game recorded the creature’s actions as it flew directly toward the camera.

Extreme speed leads to an OWI for a Monroe woman. A WI State Patrol Trooper stopped 31-year-old Larissa Humphrey for traveling 101 mph in a 70 mph zone. The Trooper observed signs of possible impairment and Humphrey admitted to consuming marijuana an hour earlier. Humphrey performed field sobriety tests and signs of impairment were observed. Humphrey was arrested for possession of THC, possession of drug paraphernalia, and OWI 1st with a child under the age of 16 in the vehicle.