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Residents 65 years old and older are next up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.  The state today says there are about 700-thousand Wisconsinites over 65 and the state receives about 70-thousand vaccine doses a week.  Officials plan to vaccinate this next tier of older adults beginning Monday. When it comes to vaccination roll out in our state, officials are warning about people taking a shot at scamming as well. Here is more 715 Newsroom coverage with Jon DeMaster:

The death toll from COVID-19 continues to climb statewide.  The Department of Health Services today confirmed 42 more people have died from coronavirus.  That brings the total death toll to over five-thousand-500.  There were 15-hundred-and-25 new COVID cases reported today with 114 newly hospitalized patients.

A licensed arms dealer in Outagamie County is headed to federal prison.  The U.S. Attorney’s office today says Jerry Olson was sentenced to six months last week for selling nearly 20 silencers in Wisconsin and Minnesota without getting approval from the ATF.  There is no evidence the silencers were used in a crime.  Olson is a convicted felon and is prohibited from owning firearms.

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Nine mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinics are opening around Wisconsin today. Students from the University of Wisconsin System and members of the National Guard will run the mobile vaccination sites. Governor Tony Evers says students will receive a 500-dollar tuition credit for helping out. 

Gas prices are on the rise, according to Triple-A. The average price for a gallon of gas in Wisconsin is 2.22. The national average is two-thirty-eight. Eau Claire’s current average for a gallon of regular unleaded is 2.26. That’s up from a week ago, and 15-cents from a month ago.

A Wisconsin pest company will name a cockroach after your ex for Valentine’s Day this year. J-and-R Aquatic Animal Rescue posted to Facebook saying they’ll name the cockroach after your ex for five-bucks and feed it to an animal during a live event on Valentine’s Day. They’re taking orders until 5 p.m., February 13th. 

An eight-year-old Belleville girl will be featured at Wednesday’s presidential inauguration. Morgan Marsh-McGlone used an online lemonade stand to raise more than 50-thousand-dollars for a Fitchburg pay-what-you-can restaurant. According to the Biden Inaugural Committee, Marsh McGlone will speak on a pre-recorded video, featured among five-other ‘everyday Americans.’

The top woman at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services is about to become the number two at Joe Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services. The Biden Administration yesterday said DHS secretary-designee Andrea Palm is joining the new team. Palm worked for the Obama Administration before coming to Wisconsin. She has her share of criticism here from some lawmakers and citizens who do not like how she’s handled the coronavirus outbreak.

Wisconsin’s coronavirus numbers have dropped again. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported just over a thousand new positives. Wisconsin’s seven-day positive average is now below eight-percent after it was over 11-percent at the beginning of the month. DHS says fewer than 900 people are hospitalized with the virus, that’s down more than 50 from just Sunday. EASY CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE FROM WI DHS On the national level however, the story is different.  The coronavirus has killed more