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They call it gavel-and-go.  Wisconsin lawmakers spent less than half an hour dealing with Governor Evers’ ordered special session on unemployment yesterday. The governor called lawmakers to Madison to approve five-million-dollars to begin the process of replacing the outdated computers at the Department of Workforce Development. The governor blames those computers for the backlog that had hundreds of thousands of people in the state waiting months to get their unemployment benefits. Lawmakers say the governor has had 10 months to deal

Eau Claire County leaders are waiting on a local mask requirement. The county board last night decided not to vote on a mandate that covers the entire county.  Instead, the county is pushing the vote back and will look at it again next month. Governor Evers extended the statewide mask mandate yesterday. Eau Claire County’s requirement would only take effect if a court struck down the governor’s statewide order. When it coms to the state order, Governor Tony Evers yesterday

Today ushers in a week of palindrome dates, dates that can be read the same backwards and forwards in the system used in the U.S.  It’s 1-20-21, and a week later it’ll be 1-29-21.  It will be the first Inauguration Day in U.S. history that falls on a palindrome date.  The next series of these dates will start December 1st.  There are only two years where this can happen in a century, those ending in 11 and 21. 

President Trump is wishing the best for the incoming Biden-Harris administration in his final address to the nation.  Trump said his administration embarked on a mission to “make America great again” and he believes they accomplished that and so much more.  He said serving as the President has been “an honor beyond description” and an extraordinary privilege.  Trump said, as he prepares to hand power over to a new administration, he wants his supporters to know that the movement they

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.