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It’s Groundhog Day, but even Bill Murray wouldn’t recognize this year’s event.  The world will have to watch online to see if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow or not this morning because of the pandemic.  Unlike the day Murray lived over and over and over in the 1993 film, there will be no crowd at today’s event.  The annual forecast offered by Punxsutawney Phil is scheduled for this Tuesday, February 2nd at 7:25-a.m. Eastern time in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.  The event is part

Colten Treu has taken the first step toward possibly going to trial for running down three Lake Hallie Girl Scouts back in 2018. Treu formally asked to withdraw his guilty pleas in the case yesterday. His lawyers say Treu was never told that a guilty plea ended his chance at an appeal. Treu pleaded guilty to killing the girls and one of their mothers back in November of 2018. He is serving a 54-year sentence for the crimes.

 Police across northeastern Wisconsin are continuing their search for the young man accused of gunning down one and wounding another at the Fox River Mall over the weekend. Police in Oshkosh yesterday said they found a car they believe is linked to the shooting and arrested 4 people from a house linked to that: No one has found 17-year-old Dezman Ellis, the main suspect in the shooting. Investigators are not offering a motive in the shooting, but say they believe the victim

The former chaplain at Notre Dame Middle and McDonell Area Catholic High schools is heading to trial on charges he inappropriately touched a former student. A judge yesterday found there is enough evidence against 31-year-old Charles Richmond to head to trial. Police say one former student is accusing Richmond of inappropriate contact.

Eau Claire’s old Children’s Museum has a new owner. The museum closed its sale on its former location at 220 South Barstow Street. The museum got a little over a million-dollars for the property, but they were asking for one-point-four-million. Children’s Museum managers say they have a new location for a new museum just down the block. Details about that should be coming in a few weeks.He’s due back in court in March.

You have to go back to early September to find the last time there were so few new coronavirus positives in Wisconsin. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported just 750 new positives. That is the lowest count since September 8th. Wisconsin’s seven-day positive-rate is hanging at just over five-percent, down from more than twice that a month ago. Every single age group in the state has seen positive numbers fall-off since the state’s peak in November.

The state of Wisconsin says they are about two weeks away from a website that will help people sign-up for the coronavirus vaccine. The Department of Health Services yesterday said the website should be up and running by February 15th. It will allow people to add their name, age, job, and risk factors to a database. If they are eligible for the vaccine they can make an appointment, if not they will go on a waiting list. More than a million-and-a-half people

The badger statue will stay at the Wisconsin Capitol for at least two more years. The Navy yesterday agreed to extend its loan of the statue. The badger on top of a ‘Forward’ shield has been outside the governor’s office for about 30 years. The Navy asked for the statue to be returned last year, commanders want to move it to a Navy museum in Virginia. The delay will give the state some time to figure out a replacement. PHOTO CREDIT: wisconsinhistory.org

Snow is piling up on millions of homes and businesses as a powerful winter storm pounds the East Coast.  And it’s causing a travel nightmare.  Click below to hear more from the frontlines with Scott Pringle: More than 16-hundred flights have already been canceled today, with another 350 canceled for tomorrow.  But snow isn’t the only problem.  New York City could see water levels as high as Superstorm Sandy in 2012.  The storm surge has already pushed levels above normal

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction today announced it is seeking sponsors to provide meals to children living in economically disadvantaged areas in Wisconsin through its Summer Food Service Program.  Sponsors can be public or private, nonprofit school food authorities or nonprofit summer camps, units of local, municipal, county, tribal, or state governments, private nonprofit organizations (special considerations and restrictions apply), and public or private colleges or universities currently participating in the National Youth Sports and Precollege Programs. If interested