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Parents will have the option to send their kids to Eau Claire Memorial next school year. The city’s school board last night approved an open enrollment plan. Eau Claire stopped open enrollment at Memorial in 2017 in an effort to balance enrollment at the city’s high schools. The decision to open Memorial means open enrollment is now closed at North High School. CLICK HERE FOR MORE

School leaders in Wausau are trying again with a 150 million-dollar-plus ask from taxpayers. The city’s school board last night approved two questions for the spring ballot. One is a four million-dollar request to hire school counselors and social workers. The other question asks taxpayers for 148 million-dollars to build a new school and improve the district’s existing buildings. Voters in Wausau rejected the questions back in the fall.

It’s not just the championship game. The Packers are asking fans to take part in activities this week as part of championship week. Today is T-shirt Tuesday where fans could win a t-shirt. That’s followed by Win It Wednesday, Thankful Thursday, and Green and Gold Friday. You can find out about each of the days, and what you can win on each, by going to the Packers’ website.

The forecast for the weekend in the Chippewa Valley has a zero in it. The National Weather Service says this weekend’s cold snap will include a low of zero Friday night and some sub-zero windchills. Forecasters say it will be the coldest it has been all season. The weekend also brings at least a 40-percent chance of snow Saturday, Sunday, and into Monday.

The nation is reflecting on the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Junior on this federal holiday memorializing his legacy.   President-elect Joe Biden is honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior.  Speaking virtually during the annual “Blessed Community” service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Biden said the U.S. is still in need of the message King delivered in his final sermon. The movement to honor Dr. King’s birthday began days after his

The Department of Health Services reports just under eleven-hundred new COVID-19 cases confirmed since yesterday.  The total number of positive cases is nearing 523-thousand statewide.  There were 19 additional deaths confirmed today raising the total number of casualties from COVID-19 to five-thousand-470. CLICK HERE FOR MORE Police officers and firefighters are finally getting their COVID-19 vaccinations.  SSM Health announced today it has started to deliver its first dosages to the public safety agencies.  In addition to working with the Dane

First responders, frontline healthcare workers and season ticket holders will be cheering on the Green Bay Packers at the NFC Championship Game.  The Packers announced yesterday that around 65-hundred tickets will go on sale Wednesday to those season ticket holders who opted-in.  Protocols involve staying in your socially distanced pod where you are assigned.  There is no tailgating and a limited amount of parking.  The Packers host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.

One of Wisconsin’s top health leaders is joining the incoming Biden administration. Governor Tony Evers says Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm will be nominated Deputy Secretary of the U.S Department of Health and Human Services. Palm will leave Wisconsin Wednesday, the same day as President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.

A missing man is dead in Marathon County.  The Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook, saying Cory Moegenburg was found in the Eau Claire River.  The Medical Examiners Office is investigation his cause of death.  He was last seen on January 12th.

Crews will get to work on the city’s outdoor ice rinks today. The rinks at Putnam Heights, Roosevelt, and Pinehurst parks were closed last week because of rain and warm weather. The City says the rinks will stay closed until conditions improve.