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Wisconsin’s troops are home from the nation’s capital. More than 550 National Guardsmen from across the state returned to Wisconsin yesterday. They spent last week in Washington, D.C. guarding the Capitol as part of Joe Biden’s inauguration. Commanders say there were no problems during the mission. The troops were originally supposed to be a support force but were called-in to protect the Capitol instead.

There will be grief counselors at Eau Claire Memorial High School today following a weekend wreck that killed a student. Eau Claire Police say 14-year-old Brooke Kelly died in a crash that also injured three other students. Officers are not saying just what happened as the crash is under investigation. Memorial says students who need to talk will have the support that they need.

There will be a lot of people watching the Wisconsin Senate today. Senators are scheduled to vote on a plan that would override Governor Tony Evers’ latest emergency order and the state’s mask mandate. Republicans have the numbers to overrule the governor, but it remains to be seen if the Wisconsin Assembly will follow the Senate’s lead. The Wisconsin Medical Society yesterday came out against the vote. Doctors want people in the state to continue to wear masks.

We’re getting a look at what Kyle Rittenhouse told police in Illinois after Kenosha’s night of violence back in August. Police in Antioch, Illinois yesterday released hours of video of Rittenhouse’s police interrogation. The tape shows Rittenhouse tell his mother that he did nothing wrong. She talked about the comments online that were already calling him a white supremacist. Police did not ask Rittenhouse any questions about the case, and he asked for a lawyer almost immediately. Rittenhouse is facing

Wisconsin’s coronavirus count is at its lowest point since September. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported 946 new positives yesterday. The last time the numbers were that low was back in mid-September. Wisconsin’s coronavirus numbers have steadily been falling since their peak back in November. DHS says nearly 95-percent of people who tested positive in the state since March have fully recovered from the virus. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS. UW-Eau Claire is opening its rapid testing

It is day-two of in-person classes for older kids in Chippewa Falls schools. Middle and high school students returned for their first day of in-person classes yesterday after they’d been learning from home for nearly three months. Ch-Hi principal Donna Goodman says a lot of kids spent time yesterday reconnecting and hanging-out. Younger kids in Chippewa Falls have been learning in-person since the beginning of the month.

Parents across Wisconsin have a chance to change their kids’ school starting next week. The state’s open enrollment period begins on Monday. Open enrollment allows some students to move to other schools, as long as there’s room. The state’s Department of Public Instruction says parents can apply to change schools between February 1st and April 30th. The change would then start next year.

The State Department of Health confirms fewer than a thousand cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.  The 946 cases reported today increases the total number to nearly 534-thousand since the beginning of the pandemic a year ago.  There are eight deaths confirmed today, raising the death toll statewide to 57-hundred residents. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

Marshfield police are asking for help finding a missing teenage boy.  Authorities say 16-year-old Wyatt Canon is suspected of stealing a blue 2003 Jeep Liberty with North Carolina plates from relatives on Thursday.  His family says he is not taking needed medication for serious mental health issues and they believe he could be in crisis.  Marshfield police have posted a picture of Canon who could be traveling to Minnesota or the Dakotas where he does have family.

 A second child is dead from injuries suffered in a fire in the Village of Blue River.  The Grant County Sheriff’s Office said today 14-year-old Barbara Hurley has died from injuries sustained in a house fire on Saturday.  A man and 12-year-old boy were also killed in the blaze.  A 15-year-old boy remains hospitalized in Madison in critical condition and two other adults were treated and released from the hospital.