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President Trump is promoting a new COVID-19 vaccine.  Trump tweeted yesterday, “Congratulations, the Moderna vaccine is now available!”   The FDA on Friday granted Moderna the same emergency authorization it gave the Pfizer vaccine last week.  Moderna expects to ship out almost six-million doses on Sunday for delivery on Monday. When it comes to the overall reactions, Dr. Anthony Fauci says building trust in scientific agencies is about speaking clearly and being transparent. The infectious disease expert spoke at a Duke

No answers out of Capitol Hill yet. Lawmakers in Washington, D.C. continue to claim they are hard at work this weekend to get a COVID relief package approved.  The 900-billion dollar deal is less than the four-trillion dollars approved for COVID relief earlier this year.  Most issues have been resolved between the two parties but some partisan differences remain to be ironed out.  Members of Congress will work on the package again today but Democrat Steny Hoyer says a final

The formation of the Kids From Wisconsin was approved by the state on December 18, 1968 and originally sponsored by the State Department of Local Affairs and Development to appear at county, regional and state fairs.  Highly competitive auditions for the group began in February of 1969.  Hundreds of the state’s most gifted young musicians auditioned for 60 spots.  Audition winners would attend a special 13 day music camp at the State Fair Youth Center in July of 1969.    Following

There are 32-hundred-35 new COVID cases in Wisconsin.  The number of cases has climbed to nearly 452-thousand since the pandemic began.  Health department officials say there were 60 additional deaths in today’s update.  That increases the death toll to four-thousand-315. When it comes to the vaccine, Pfizer says it has millions of doses of its coronavirus vaccine sitting in warehouses and they’re waiting on the government to tell them where to send them.  Tom Roberts has more.

The average cost of regular gas in Wisconsin is up eleven-cents-a-gallon compared to a week ago.  Triple-A says the price per gallon in the Badger State is 2.05 while the national average is 2.21.  The price at the pump jumped 17-cents-a-gallon in Appleton today to 2.02.  Closer to us, a fill up will cost you 2.15 a gallon in La Crosse, and 2.02 in Madison.

Buffalo County Public Health is updating the COVID-19 situation on their frontlines. Close contact data will not be available on the metrics attached since the metrics reflect 14 days of previous data. If this trend continues, public health will  resume reporting on the number of close contacts being notified in  24-48 hours again on December 31st. 

Officers responded to gunshots in the Eau Claire area. It was on Thursday December 17th, just before 4 in the afternoon, when the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office responded to a case involving two juveniles and a firearm being discharged within a residence in the 3400 block of Pamona Drive, Town of Washington. One juvenile did sustain a severe gunshot wound and was transported to a local hospital. No further update on the patient’s condition is available at this time.

The Eau Claire City Council met on December 14, 15 and 16, 2020, with Baker Tilly, its search consultant, to conduct interviews of eight semi-finalists for the position of City Manager. At the conclusion of the interview process, the City Council selected three candidates to move forward in the search process:  Will Jones Kathryn Schauf  Gerald Smith  You can click on each candidate for more information about their professional experience. The next round of interviews is expected to be held

Some people decorate their houses with lights for the holidays, others decorate their cars.  Wisconsin State Patrol says a trooper in the northeast region of the state recently pulled over a car covered in Christmas lights. State Patrol says the officer gave the driver credit for creativity, but advised the person behind the wheel driving a car covered in Christmas lights isn’t legal.