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Coronavirus relief is on the way.  NBC’s Jennifer Johnson reports. Trump hesitated to sign the bill until Sunday because it only provides 600-dollars in stimulus checks to Americans.  In a statement after the signing, Trump said he’s notified Congress that he wants Americans to get two-thousand-dollars.  The COVID stimulus bill was wrapped in a larger spending package.  What does that mean for you? Here in our area, the work into workforce continues. Wisconsin’s governor says he hopes to clear the state’s months-long unemployment backlog by the

Wisconsin’s coronavirus hospitalizations are falling. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported just over one thousand people in the hospital with the virus across the state. That is down from 12 hundred last week, and down from over two thousand last month. There are 239 people in the ICU with the virus, but that number is down as well. CLICK FOR MORE FROM WI DHS

Police in Lake Hallie are looking for a man who they say may be armed. Officers yesterday put out an APB for Dennis Smith. He is wanted in a domestic violence case from last week. His pictures are online. Lake Hallie Police say anyone who knows where Smith is should call 911.

Everyone is alright after a mom and two kids fell through the ice at Phoenix Park in Eau Claire. Police say it happened about 3 p.m. yesterday. One of the children walked on to the ice and fell through, the mom and other child then tried to rescue the first child and fell through themselves. Rescue crews were able to get everyone to shore, then to the hospital to be checked out.

Governor Tony Evers is not on-board with plans to make it tougher to vote absentee or through the mail in Wisconsin. The governor last week said he will not sign any new election law that rolls back absentee or mail-in voting. Republicans in Madison have signaled they want to clean-up the gaps in state law that they feel were exploited during the November election. The governor says he cannot support anything that makes it more difficult for people to vote.

There is a Wisconsin connection to the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville. Former Milwaukee Assistant Police Chief Raymond Banks was staying in a hotel across the street from the explosion. He says he was tossed out of bed by the blast, and the TV fell off the wall. Banks and his family were able to make it out of their hotel afterward. Banks said he is grateful that no one in his family was seriously hurt. Authorities are confirming that the man

The chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is making a rare public statement, asking people to calm down about recent court decisions. Chief Justice Paige Roggensack on Christmas issued a statement that says it is one thing to question the court’s decisions, but it is unacceptable to threaten or try and intimidate justices for making those decisions. Her statement comes as some people are angry over decisions not to toss out Wisconsin’s election results. Listen to more with Jon DeMaster and 715

 Officials are identifying the person they believe to be the Christmas Day bomber in Nashville.  U.S. Attorney Donald Cochran said he died in the bombing. Neighbors told The Tennessean that an RV similar to the one in the Christmas morning explosion had been parked in front of the residence in the past few weeks.  Authorities are expected to provide an update on the case this afternoon. The action on site continues. The bomb squad is on the scene of a

 A Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher who baffled batters for more than two decades has died.  Details from Rich Johnson.

Millions of Americans are losing their unemployment benefits for at least a week after President Trump took no action on the COVID relief bill by the midnight deadline.  Two federal programs expired on Saturday, causing up to 14-million Americans to lose unemployment benefits.  The President has not said if he will sign or veto the bill, only that he wants Congress to increase stimulus checks from 600 to two thousand dollars.