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There will be another day of mourning for an Eau Claire Memorial High School freshman who died after being shot last week. Investigators say the teen was shot in the Town of Washington late last week, and the sheriff’s office announced his death on Saturday. Counselors were at the school over the weekend for students who needed someone to talk to. Deputies are not saying just what happened that led up to the shooting.

We will start the week with that peek into public health. On the national level, the coronavirus death toll keeps climbing.  The COVID Tracking Project reports that over 16-hundred Americans died from the respiratory virus on Sunday.  That brings the nation’s death toll to more than 317-thousand people.  There was a slight decline in the number of people hospitalized in the U.S., down to over 113-thousand.  More than 21-thousand of those patients are in intensive care units. Here in our state, however,

It was a virtual graduation for the fall class of 2020 at UW-Eau Claire. The school recorded videos for the 22-hundred students who got their diplomas Saturday. Many of the same students spent part of last year and parts of this fall taking classes online, so an online graduation was not out of the ordinary. UW-LaCrosse held its ‘couch commencement’ on Saturday as well.

The first woman to sit on the Supreme Court in Wisconsin has passed away. Shirley Abrahamson’s family says she died Saturday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 87. Abrahamson served a record 19 years as chief justice on the state’s supreme court,  and she retired last year.

There’s going to be a meeting today about just what Alfonso Morales will do with the Milwaukee Police Department. A judge on Friday reversed the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission’s decision to demote Morales back in August, opening the door to Morales’ return as chief. His lawyer says today’s meeting will decide if Morales will return as the city’s top cop, or if he will stay retired and continue with his lawsuit against Milwaukee. The city’s Fire and Police Commission

There will be one more game for the Badgers this football season. The University of Wisconsin yesterday accepted an invitation to the Duke’s Mayo Bowl in Charlotte, North Carolina on December 30th. Wisconsin will play Wake Forest. This is the Badger’s 19th straight bowl invitation. Wisconsin is 3-3 this year, and Wake Forest is 4-4.

Someone in Kenosha is very generous. The Salvation Army says it found a gold coin worth over 18 hundred dollars in the Red Kettle that was at the Pick N Save on 75th Street. The anonymous donor dropped the coin in the kettle back on December 8th. The Salvation Army’s Marie Lewis says the donation will be a big help, she says donations at other Red Kettles have been down this year.

 Congressional leaders have finalized a deal on a new coronavirus relief package.  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the agreement. The 900-billion-dollar plan includes another round of stimulus payments to people.  It also includes help for small businesses and more unemployment relief.  McConnell called it the bipartisan deal that Americans have been waiting for.  He noted that they still need to put the final touches on the text before it goes for a vote.  Democratic leader Chuck Schumer cheered the

 Over 170-thousand prepackaged meals are being recalled from grocery stores.  Nestle Prepared Foods recalled their Lean Cuisine Baked Chicken meals.  The USDA says customers found plastic inside the package.  Nestle thinks a conveyor belt that broke during production.  Customers can return the meals for a full refund and YOU CAN CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

Both the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots are over 300-million-dollars.  The next Mega Millions drawing is Tuesday night with the jackpot standing at an estimated 330-million-dollars.  The cash option for that is almost 253-million.  The Powerball jackpot is an estimated 321-million-dollars.  The cash option is 247-million for the drawing that’ll happen on Wednesday.