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An advisor to the FDA says it’s “highly likely” they will allow Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine to be used in kids aged 12 to 15.  The acting chairman of an FDA vaccine advisory committee told CNN it could happen if the data supports it, and he believes it could be done fairly quickly.  Pfizer applied to expand its emergency use authorization on Friday, which is only approved for those 16 and older.

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State health officials are confirming nearly eleven-hundred positive COVID-19 cases over the past day.  The one-thousand-92 new cases brings to total number of COVID cases to just under 584-thousand.  There were five additional deaths reported today raising the death toll to more than 66-hundred. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

Local award-winning poet and author Karen Loeb believes in the importance of poetry and that it is all around us, appearing in every culture across the world. “It’s the heartbeat of human beings, the rhythm of our lives,” she said. Loeb is the featured poet in University of Wisconsin-Stout’s Poetry Celebration, commemorating National Poetry Month. The Literature Committee, collaborating with the English and philosophy department and the Involvement Center, is hosting the celebration from 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday, April

 Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul says today’s court decision regarding deactivating thousands of voter registrations is a win for voters.  The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled five-to-two that it’s not the job of the state Elections Commission to deactivate voter registrations if voters move, but rather the responsibility of municipal election officials.  Attorney General Kaul says the argument that the state Election Commission had a duty to deactivate thousands of registered voters was based on a “plainly incorrect reading of the law.”

A traffic stop for not having a front license plate lands three people from Necedah in jail.  The Juneau County Sheriff’s Office says the three were stopped on Highway 21 in Cutler Township Wednesday afternoon and a K-9 Officer named Timo alerted to possible drugs in the vehicle.  A search found not only drugs but 45-thousand-dollars in cash.  Jeffrey Hatfield, Lisa Jamison and Richard Jones all face charges that include possession of cocaine, fentanyl and morphine with the intent to

The average price for regular gas inched up a penny a gallon over the last week.  Triple-A says the price at the pump in Wisconsin is 2.73-cents a gallon today.  That’s 13 cents lower than the national average of two-86.  Regular gas is 2.68-a-gallon in Appleton, two-64 in Fond du Lac, two-70 in Madison, two-71 in Green Bay and 2.72 in Eau Claire and Milwaukee. 

We hear dogs sometimes called “man’s best friend” but sometimes the bond with our pets reaches beyond friendship and into family. For this week’s Friday Feel Good we start in the Lone Star State and travel to The Big Apple. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO MORE WITH MORGAN MCCARTHY: Three rescue dogs from Texas recently had an unexpected family reunion in New York.  Two of them saw each other on a walk, and were really friendly like they knew each

Each year in Wisconsin between 4,000 and 5,000 children are identified as being abused or neglected, according to the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF). April’s National Child Abuse Prevention Month recognizes the importance of communities working together to help identify and prevent child maltreatment. Evidence and years of research show that children raised in loving and supportive environments are more likely to prosper academically and financially. Wisconsin recognizes six categories of child maltreatment, which include physical abuse, neglect,

Eau Claire County is home to three different ticks: deer ticks, wood ticks, and the lone star ticks. The Eau Claire City-County Health Department sent deer ticks collected in 2019 to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to evaluate the presence of tickborne diseases present in our community. The deer ticks were collected from 2 rural parks in our community, Keller Park in Fall Creek and Coon Fork Park in Augusta. The results from this study showed that more than