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There will be no argument as to whether it is a Christmas Tree or a holiday tree at the Wisconsin Capitol this year. Governor Tony Evers on Friday said there won’t be a tree at the Capitol this year. The governor says the coronavirus makes it impractical to have a tree.

Eau Claire’s public library is checking out to stay safe. Managers at the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library say they are temporarily closing because the coronavirus numbers in Eau Claire are just too high. All meetings at the library have been canceled, and managers are telling people to simply keep whatever books or movies that they have checked-out for now. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

There will be ice skating in Titletown this winter. The Packers say they will open the ice rink in Titletown on Wednesday. As you would expect, there will be a mask requirement for everyone over the age of two, and there will be social distance requirements.

The Eau Claire Fire Department responded to a structure fire shortly after 10pm Saturday night. On arrival, crews found the rear of the structure on fire with smoke throughout the residence. The fire was quickly brought under control while additional crews searched the residence and ventilated the smoke. As of now, the fire investigation is underway. No injuries were reported.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says yesterday there was a drop in COVID-19 positive cases. On Saturday there were five-thousand-146-new cases compared to the all time daily record Friday of seven-thousand-777.   The DHS says since the disease first appeared there have been over 26-hundred deaths in the state attributed to COVID-19.  So far, nearly 77-percent of people infected have recovered.  On the national level, Dr. Anthony Fauci says news of a potential coronavirus vaccine should help motivate Americans.  On CNN’s State

Wisconsin defeats Michigan in Ann Arbor 49-11.   Michigan was intercepted twice leading to early score conversions for the Badgers who never looked back.  Wisconsin was up 28-0 at the half.  The win puts Wisconsin at 2-0 for the season after several COVID-19 absences going into next Saturday’s matchup against Northwestern in Evanston.  Next up for 1-3 Michigan is Rutgers on the road next week.  

Hello and happy Saturday! Hope your weekend is starting well. This is the time of the week where we take a casual “scroll down memory lane” and peek back in the history books to see what other events have happened along the way to bring us here. So, grab your favorite morning sippin’ drink and settle in for an easy start to your new day as we look back at things that have happened On This Day… Today is Saturday,

If you are looking to shake up the holiday menu, head to the snack cabinet!  Cheetos is releasing its very first, holiday cookbook.  Phil Hulett explains.

 A lung transplant patient who underwent the procedure due to COVID-19 issues is now out of the hospital. Double lung transplant recipient Carmen Lerma was discharged Thursday from University Hospital where she has been since October.   UW Health’s Doctor Dan McCarthy says Lerma survived the COVID-19 infection but her lungs were damaged by the disease requiring the transplants. WKOW reported yesterday Lerma is the first COVID-19 patient in Wisconsin to undergo double lung transplant surgery.

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul joins 21 other state attorneys general in opposition to the DOJ’s investigation of alleged voter fraud.  In a statement yesterday Kaul said such an investigation “undermines confidence in the electoral process.”  Besides Wisconsin, the attorneys general of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington also signed the letter sent to DOJ chief William Barr.