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The Cobban Bridge is closed as crews get ready to tear it down. The Department of Transportation closed the bridge in Jim Falls this week. Crews will tear it down and eventually replace it with a new bridge. The demotion work is set to begin in two weeks, though it will be another year before the new bridge will be open.

There’s a request for Wisconsin lawmakers to clarify the state’s open records law. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty yesterday sent a proposal to lawmakers that would update the rules for releasing government information following a recent state Supreme Court decision. That decision said governments don’t have to pay attorneys fees in open records cases until a judge rules against them. Advocates say that gives governments a window to drag-out open records cases and hide behind expensive trials, then hand over the information

Wisconsin’s election managers are warning clerks to look out for people trying to request other people’s ballots. The Wisconsin Elections Commission held an emergency meeting yesterday after a Racine County man admitted to applying for ballots that weren’t his own. Elections Commission member Ann Jacobs said that’s voter fraud. The Commission yesterday said election clerks in other cities and counties need to look out for similar stunts. The full Elections Commission will meet next week to talk about asking for charges in

One Nashville city councilman is making a last ditch plea to get the Republican National Convention for his city. The RNC’s site selection committee has already recommended Milwaukee and the full RNC is set to vote next week, but Nashville councilman Robert Swope is calling his city’s convention proposal for a vote. It may not pass. Local Democrats in Nashville have made it clear they don’t want the convention in their city. The final RNC vote is set for next

The Wisconsin Assembly is being forced to pay attorney fees for a liberal watchdog group suing over the Michael Gableman investigation.  Today a Dane County judge ruled the Assembly will pay American Oversight at least 98-thousand dollars using tax payer dollars.  American Oversight has sued Gableman, claiming he broke Wisconsin open records laws while investigating the 2020 election.

Fast food chain Dairy Queen is donating at least one dollar to Children’s Wisconsin for every Blizzard sold at participating Wisconsin locations today.  It’s called Miracle Treat Day.  Dairy Queen says the goal is to help kids in the local community.  A full list of participating restaurants is available online at Dairy-Queen-dot-com.

The National Association of Town Watch (NATW) is sponsoring a nationwide crime and drug prevention program called “National Night Out”, America’s Night Out Against Crime on Tuesday, August 2 from 5:30pm-8:00pm at Carson Park in Eau Claire. This is the 28th Anniversary of the event. The event is FREE to the public. The National Night Out event provides a unique opportunity for the City of Eau Claire to sponsor its 28th Annual Night Out on Crime event to promote cooperative,

Election Day is about two weeks away, but over 140 thousand people in the state have already cast their ballot. The Wisconsin Elections Commission yesterday said it’s mailed about 315 thousand absentee ballots to voters across the state, and over 140 thousand of them have come back. In-person absentee voting opened on Tuesday as well. But two candidate drop-outs this week, Democrats Tom Nelson and Alex Lasry, mean some voters may have voted for candidates who are no longer in the race.

Milwaukee is closing-in on two straight weeks of shootings every day. Police in the city say an early morning shooting yesterday killed a man. The shooting marks the 13th straight day where someone was shot in Milwaukee. Investigators are not saying what led up to this shooting.

Prosecutors in Eau Claire are dismissing homicide charges in a killing from last year, but the suspect is still looking at prison time. The D.A.’s Office yesterday dropped the reckless homicide charges against Selwyn Smith, saying he was justified to shoot and kill a man who broke down his door and punched him in the face in February of last year. The decision comes after Smith pleaded guilty to weapons and drugs charges. He’s a felon who never should have