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In Wisconsin more than 150-thousand people have gotten both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.  In an update yesterday, the Department of Health Services said the total of those who have completed the series sits at 158-thousand-53.   The report says almost 750-thousand doses have been administered in the vaccination campaign in Wisconsin so far. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

Hello. Hope you are staying warm while we remember what a true Wisconsin Winter is like. Each Saturday morning we take a few moments to look back before we step into the new day ahead. A little “scroll down memory lane.” Just a simple way to ease into your weekend and enjoy a mellow morning. So, grab your favorite morning mug and lets see what events have happened along the way to bring is to this day. Today is Saturday,

We are back to the nostril-freezing cold of a Wisconsin winter. In some areas, the forecast for Saturday overnight calls for a low of negative 13-degrees which will produce a wind chill of negative 25 to negative 35-degrees.  Doctor Jeff Pothof with UW Health says at such temperatures frostbite can happen in 15-to 20-minutes.  On Sunday the high will make it all the way up to three-degrees above zero.  The near zero highs and below zero lows are expected to

Governor Tony Evers vetoes a COVID-19 relief measure hours after lawmakers passed it.  The Governor’s decision came yesterday afternoon.  He said his veto comes because the bill creates conditions that “make it more challenging to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 in Wisconsin.”  Evers disagrees with the bill’s ban of an employer requirement that  employees get the COVID-19 vaccination, among other points.

Residents at an assisted living site in Lancaster have launched a bar.  Several residents teamed up for the project at Morningside Assisted Living on City Limits Road.   The Corner Bar welcomes all assisted living community members as long as they bring their own bottle.  Details are posted on the Morningside Lancaster Facebook page.

The State Department of Health Services is confirming 12-hundred-and-66 new cases of COVID-19 over the last day.  That raises the total number of cases to over 548-thousand statewide since the pandemic began a year ago.  The death toll increased to six-thousand-and-22 Wisconsin residents with the addition of 28 deaths reported today.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS On the national scene, life amidst a pandemic continues to change.  Mask up, or pay up — that’s coming from the TSA, which could

The Wisconsin Badgers 2021 football schedule features home games against Michigan, Army, Iowa, Nebraska and the season opener against Penn State.  The Badgers released their schedule today.  It also features a matchup against Notre Dame at Soldier Field in Chicago along with road games at Illinois, Purdue, Rutgers and Minnesota.  The season kicks off in Madison on September 4th.

Super Bowl Sunday means plenty of game food on the menu.  DoorDash Eats has released their Super Bowl food survey with boneless chicken wings being number-one in the Badger State.  Apple pie, barbecue meatballs, macaroni and cheese and chili are also big favorites.  Nationally mozzarella sticks are the top choice for game day foodies followed by boneless wings and chips and salsa.

The average cost of regular gas is up a nickel a gallon in Wisconsin today compared to a week ago.  Triple-A says the price at the pump is two-dollars-and-31-cents, which is 19-cents-a-gallon more than a month ago.  The national average is 2.45.  Drivers are paying 2.43 a gallon in La Crosse, 2.40 in Eau Claire, 2.33 in Janesville and 2.30 in Madison and Milwaukee.

Eau Claire may be the North American capital of the popular yard game kubb, but Altoona is icing up to be the nation’s new epicenter of a growing Canadian sport, crokicurl, as River Prairie Park recently became home to the first crokicurl rink in the United States. Crokicurl combines the Olympic ice sport of curling with crokinole, a Canadian board game in which players flick small chips toward the highest-ranking region on an octagonal board. Crokicurl, however, is played on