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Time is running-out for President Trump’s legal battle in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Supreme Court is expected to deliver a ruling this morning on President Trump’s lawsuit that wants to toss over 200-thousand ballots. The court heard arguments in the case on Saturday. Wisconsin’s presidential electors are supposed to vote today. The president says Wisconsin skirted state law last month, and that opened the door to massive voter fraud. Wisconsin’s usually perfunctory Electoral College vote has a bit more to it this year. Electors are supposed to

What was predicted as a post-Thanksgiving coronavirus spike is now looking like a different direction. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported 27-hundred positives and 15 new deaths. But DHS also reported a large drop in the state’s positivity rate. Wisconsin’s seven-day positivity rate is now just under 11 percent. That number was 13 percent last week, and 18 percent at the beginning of November.

Not everyone at Menomonie High School is happy to be back for in-person classes this week. A group of students called the Menomonie Student Union says they will strike today. The group says school leaders have not done enough to protect students and teachers from the coronavirus. Kids in Menomonie have been learning from home since mid-November. They are back in school this week, and part of next, then it is Christmas break.

Hudson, Wisconsin is not what most people think of when they think of nightlife. But in 2020, particularly during the coronavirus outbreak, Hudson has become a hotspot. The small town is the first city in Wisconsin once you cross over from Minnesota, and a lot of people from Minnesota are leaving that state to eat or drink in Hudson. Business owners in Hudson say they are enjoying the boom in customers. But not everybody is. Hudson’s mayor ordered a 10 p.m. curfew last week,

The holidays are a bit brighter for some military families at Fort McCoy. The group Trees for Troops handed out Christmas trees at the fort over the weekend. The trees are donated, and free. Fort McCoy is one of nearly 80 bases in the U.S. to get some trees this year.

The Badgers will play for Paul Bunyan’s Axe after all. The Big Ten yesterday rescheduled the Wisconsin-Minnesota game. The two teams were supposed to play back over the Thanksgiving weekend, but the game was canceled because of a coronavirus outbreak on the Minnesota team. The new Axe game is scheduled for this Saturday at 3 p.m.

A federal judge dismisses a lawsuit filed by President Trump’s legal team.  The suit contested the handling of the November 3rd election process in Wisconsin.  Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig found that “the Rule of Law” has been followed in Wisconsin’s handling of the popular vote.  In his decision to dismiss, Judge Ludwig said Trump’s challenge of Wisconsin’s election administration “could have been raised before the vote occurred.”  On Monday morning Wisconsin’s Supreme Court is expected to rule on a similar Trump election

The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine starts shipping today.  Yesterday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said initially the vaccine will be shipped via FedEx in packages with a GPS transmitter and temperature sensor. Trucks carrying coronavirus vaccine are leaving the Pfizer manufacturing plant.  NBC News’ Allison Barber says it’s unclear where the trucks will go first. Several UPS and FedEx 18 wheelers rolled out of the company’s facility near Kalamazoo, Michigan this morning as nationwide distribution of the vaccine begins. 

Members of the public are invited to check out the holiday lights and other adornments at the Governor’s residence.  Yesterday Governor Tony Evers and First Lady Kathy Evers extended the invitation to ride or walk by to view the decorations.  They say the holiday array is a celebration of hope and is intended to honor service members as a Tribute To Our Troops. The Governor’s Mansion is on Cambridge Road in the Village of Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota. CLICK

Wisconsin suffers a 28-7 road loss to Iowa.  The Hawkeyes held the Badgers to one scoring drive on the ground on the snowy field in Kinnick Stadium.  The Badgers have now lost three games in a row.