ST. PAUL, Minn. (WKBT) Minnesota is ready to begin vaccinating 12- to 15-year-olds this week in the wake of the Food and Drug Administration’s authorization of Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for that age group, Gov. Tim Walz said Monday.
“This is an extraordinary development on our path back to normalcy,” Walz said of the FDA action earlier in the day. “We now have nearly 300,000 more Minnesotans eligible to roll up their sleeves and get life-saving protection from this deadly disease.”
State health officials “have been planning and preparing for this moment and are ready to begin vaccinating teens 12 and older,” he said. “Let’s get our kids their shot as soon as possible so they are fully vaccinated and protected in time for a fun, safe summer.”
Longtime La Crosse County employee named health director
May 10, 2021 8:10 PM Mike Tighe
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Audra Martine, who was one of two finalists for the job after a nationwide search, will take the director reins officially on May 24. (La Crosse County Health Department photo)
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) Audra Martine, deputy director of the La Crosse County Human Services Department, has been appointed as the new county health director.
Martine, who has worked for the county since 2003, will take over for Associate County Administrator Jane Klekamp, who has been interim director of the health department since Jen Rombalski left in February to take a position with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKBT) The Federal Communications Commission’s Emergency Broadband Benefit will make substantial discounts on broadband service and computers available to consumers beginning Wednesday.
The pandemic-related program will continue until the $3.2 billion in federal funding runs out or six months after the Department of Health and Human Services declares an end to the pandemic, according to an FCC news release.
Eligible households can receive the following discounts off monthly broadband service:
Up to $50 a month
Up to $75 a month for households on qualifying tribal lands
One-time reduction of up to $100 to buy a laptop, desktop computer or tablet from participating providers if they contribute more than $10 and less than $50 toward the purchase price.
Lynnae Burns, who teaches art at Lincoln/SOTA II/Coulee Montessori, plans to retire this year after nearly three decades of serving in public education. (Contributed photo)
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) Lynnae Burns, a La Crosse art teacher whose nomination for a state award lauded her as “a beloved teacher and trusted colleague,” received the 2021 Middle-Level Art Educator Award from the Wisconsin Art Education Association.
Burns, who teaches art at Lincoln/SOTA II/Coulee Montessori, plans to retire this year after nearly three decades of serving in public education.
One of the letters nominating Burns for the award said, “Lynnae is a nurturing and inspiring teacher. She has taught many ages and at many schools and her legacy remains her innovative lessons coupled with a deep compassion and interest in her students. Lynnae’s masterful and attentive teaching leads her students to produce work that is authentically their own, with imagery pulled from their dreams, memories, and
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