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Wisconsin has had more than two thousand people in the hospital with the coronavirus for a little more than a week. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported two thousand-77 people are in the hospital with the virus. Of them, 424 are in intensive care. DHS says 14 people are being treated at the state’s overflow hospital in West Allis. The number of people in the hospital with the coronavirus in Wisconsin is high, but health officials say it has been holding

A trailer fire turned into an extra alarm fire in rural Chippewa County. It took firefighters from eight different departments to put out the fire at a mobile home park in the town of Lafayette yesterday. No one was hurt. One trailer is a total loss, the two trailers next to it were also damaged.

The campaign is over, and Eau Claire is reminding people and candidates to take down their yard signs. City planner Ryan Petrie says today is the deadline to have campaign signs down. If people leave their signs up for too long, Petrie says the city can issue them a fine. Those fines start at just over 200 dollars.

Wisconsin’s governor says he is still working on a coronavirus relief package. Governor Tony Evers yesterday would not say what is included in the package. He would only say he hopes to find a proposal that Republican lawmakers in Madison can support. The governor hasn’t spoken to top lawmakers in Madison about the coronavirus, or anything else, for months.

UW students who are heading home for Thanksgiving will need a coronavirus test before they leave, and after they get back. The university yesterday said it is requiring tests for all students who leave campus over the holiday break. UW President Tommy Thompson says students risk bringing the virus back to campus, and he wants to avoid another surge if he can. When students at UW-Eau Claire leave campus for Thanksgiving, they won’t be coming back til January. The university

Wisconsin’s governor is asking people to stay home and keep Thanksgiving limited to just their immediate family this year. Governor Tony Evers yesterday said limiting the celebrations this month could help control the coronavirus. The governor says people should only celebrate with the people living in their homes, should shop online, and should skip parades or sporting events. The state says many people are catching the coronavirus at home, and fear bringing more people into their homes on Thanksgiving will

Kyle Rittenhouse’s mom says she would not have allowed her son to go to Kenosha, Wisconsin back in August, but didn’t know he was going.  Wendy Rittenhouse spoke to the Chicago Tribune this week.  She says no one should have been in Kenosha during the city’s nights of violence, including her son.  Rittenhouse, however, said her son is not the only one at fault for what happened.  Kyle Rittenhouse is facing homicide charges for killing two people and wounding a third.  His

 Wisconsin health officials say they’ve created a “Critically High” category to describe the state’s COVID cases.  It means there are at least a thousand cases per 100-thousand people.  The change comes after the infection rate across the state reached twice the threshold of the top category, which was “Very High.”  The current average infection rate is more than 13-hundred cases per 100-thousand.

A woman in Madison is the first person in Wisconsin to get a double lung transplant after suffering from COVID-19.  Carmen Lerma has been in the hospital since October and doctors considered the double transplant her only chance for survival.  She only had to wait a few days before having surgery and was released from the transplant unit November 5th.  Her surgeon says she still has a long way to go, but Lerma says being able to be with her family again

Francesca Hong is the first Asian American to serve in the Wisconsin State Legislature.  Hong won the 76th Assembly District, defeating Republican Patrick Hull, 88-percent to 12-percent.  She will be taking the Assembly seat held by former state Rep. Chris Taylor.  Hong is a daughter of Chinese immigrants, a mother, community organizer and service industry worker.