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Two of the officers involved in Jacob Blake’s shooting are back on the job. Kenosha’s police chief yesterday said the two officers who did not fire at Blake were returned from paid administrative leave. The officer who shot and wounded Blake is still on leave, and an internal investigation is still on-going. State and local prosecutors cleared all of the officers involved in Blake’s shooting, saying Blake escalated his arrest, fought with officers, and tried to stab one before being

More schools across Wisconsin are taking part in the state’s choice programs. The Department of Public Instruction yesterday said more schools have enrolled to be a part of the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program. That’s the statewide choice program, DPI says 307 private schools and school systems are registered for the 2021-22 school year. That’s up 27 from the year before. DPI says Racine’s school choice program also grew this year. Milwaukee’s school choice program did not.

The Assembly is taking a step back from a move to end the statewide mask mandate.  Speaker Robin VOS told reporters today that a memo from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau indicated such a move would jeopardize more than 49-million-dollars in federal food assistance.  States receive additional funding for SNAP benefits if they have emergency health orders in place.  Speaker Vos says he wants to make sure any resolution the Assembly passes doesn’t hurt the state financially.

The State Department of Health reports 18-hundred-and-two new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.  That pushes the total number of cases to over 538-thousand.  There are over 20-thousand active cases statewide.  Officials also confirmed 24 deaths today which raises the total death toll to five-thousand-811. EASY CLICK TO DHS HAPPENS HERE

Attorney General Josh Kaul is urging everyone who uses a computer to safeguard their information.  Today is Data Privacy Day and Kaul says protecting you and your family’s online privacy and data is more important than ever.  The attorney general encourages people to checkout the website Stay Safe Online for information on how best to secure your accounts, manage your privacy and report cyber crime.

A crash in Wyoming has local connections. It was on January 27th that a fatal crash occurred around milepost 106 on Wyoming 220 west of Casper, Wyoming. It happened a little before 9:30 in the morning as Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were notified ofa one-vehicle rollover. A 2004 Western Star tractor-trailer was headed west on Wyoming 220 when the driver lost control due to a strong wind gust. The commercial truck exited the right side of the road and overturned

Down, but not done. That’s the message from local leaders when it comes to Coronavirus in our area. Eau Claire County is still seeing a very high number of new COVID cases each day. The Eau Claire City-County Health Department says the rate of positive tests and cases has improved, but the county is still seeing an average 25-new cases per day. The department says the goal for community cases is ten-per day. They say people can slow the spread

Classes are back on at Chippewa Valley Technical College after a system-wide network outage shut down campus. The shutdown delayed the start of the spring semester which was originally scheduled to start Monday. They say the system breach didn’t affect any student or faculty information. 

A federal moratorium on evictions is being extended until the end of March.  Jon DeMaster brings us more 715 Newsroom coverage and details: CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO FROM WI DATCP