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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

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.