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Older drivers in Wisconsin have some more time to get a new driver’s license. The DMV yesterday extended the deadline for drivers who are 60-years old or older to renew their driver’s licenses until May. The extension gives about 62-thousand drivers in the state more time to get to a DMV office. Those offices were closed to walk-ins throughout the coronavirus outbreak. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DMV

There’s an effort to ‘fix’ the mistakes from the November election. State Senator Duey Stroebel yesterday introduced a plan at the Wisconsin Capitol that would address Republican concerns about the November election. The biggest change would be tightening the requirements and enforcement for indefinitely confined voting in the state. Stroebel also wants to move to a statewide absentee voter form, as well as other tweaks. Stroebel says the changes are needed to restore faith in Wisconsin’s electoral process.

Next football season will be different for Menomonie High School. Legendary coach Joe LaBuda yesterday announced his retirement. LaBuda led Menomonie to 321 wins, including five state titles. LaBuda is already in the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame, and he is the seventh winningest coach in Wisconsin high school football history.

Lawmakers in Madison say it is time for Governor Evers to fix the problems at the state’s unemployment office. The Wisconsin Assembly yesterday approved a plan that begins the process to hire an outside company to update the state’s computers and orders the governor to address other problems at the Department of Workforce Development. Those problems left thousands of people waiting months to get their unemployment benefits this year.

If you are looking for an easy and local testing options, the Blue Devils have you covered. The University of Wisconsin-Stout is offering free rapid-result COVID-19 antigen tests to off-campus students, UW-Stout employees, and community members. The tests are being offered through a partnership between the UW System and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help address the current surge in COVID-19 virus in Wisconsin. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

Governor Tony Evers is ordering flags on state property to be lowered to half-staff in memory of lives lost to COVID-19.  There have been over 500-thousand Americans killed by the coronavirus including more than 63-hundred Wisconsinites.  Evers called it a tragedy for the state and nation.  President Joe Biden yesterday ordered flags on federal property to be lowered for five days to mark the tragic milestone.

The number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases statewide now tops 560-thousand.  State health officials report 566 new cases today.  There were also 33 additional deaths confirmed today to raise the death toll to more than 63-hundred. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS. There are four new COVID-19 vaccine clinics opening across the state.  Governor Tony Evers today announced the locations of community vaccine clinics in La Crosse County, Racine County, Marathon County and a clinic that will be divided

The Department of Natural Resources says wolf harvesting zones two, five and six are closed to hunting and trapping of gray wolves effective tomorrow morning at 10:00.  That will close the hunting and trapping of wolves in those zones.  Hunters can continue to hunt and trap in zones one, three and four until further notice.  The DNR posts the zone closures on its website and hunters are responsible for knowing the zone closure schedule.

An upcoming meeting asks for the publics input on the issue of returning to the classroom. Below is the press release from the Eau Claire Area School district and more information on joining the session. The Eau Claire Area School District Board of Education will hold a special  meeting Wednesday, February 24.  The purpose of the meeting is for District administration to present a proposal to increase the  amount of in-person instruction for grades K-5 to four days a week