Prosecutors are dropping the charges against a Fall Creek woman originally charged with 63 thousand-dollars in charity fraud. The D.A.’s office in Eau Claire made the decision not to prosecute 52-year-old Shauna Hanson earlier this week. She was originally accused of depositing 63 thousand-dollars for her charity Helping Hands for Our Children into her personal bank account. Prosecutors later charged her with theft of five thousand-dollars, then cut that to a misdemeanor charge when they found a lesser dollar discrepancy
Read MorePlanned Parenthood of Illinois and Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin are joining to help women in Wisconsin continue to get abortions. The two chapters announced their partnership yesterday. Tanya Atkinson with Planned Parenthood Wisconsin says Wisconsin women can travel to Illinois to get the services they want. Illinois’ governor has said he wants to make the state an oasis for women seeking abortions in the Midwest. There are already plans for clinics in Rockford and Waukegan in Illinois to serve women from Wisconsin.
Read MoreIt will be boys and girls, and men and women in Catholic schools in and around Green Bay. The Diocese of Green Bay is moving ahead with a new gender policy that requires schools to use biological sex. That means boys and girls bathrooms, and traditional pronouns. The new policy says ‘our identities as male and female are part of God’s good design in Creation, that our bodies and sexual identities are gifts from God.’
Read MoreAltoona is moving ahead with rentable electric bikes and scooters. The city council okayed a new program last night. The plan before the council was to set-up a hub in River Prairie Park, and allow people to rent and return the bikes and scooters from there. There’s no word just when the bikes and scooters will be available in Altoona.
Read MoreFormer Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch has some ground to make up in the money race in the race for governor in Wisconsin. Kleefisch yesterday reported that she raised three-point-six million-dollars in the first six months of this year in her bid for governor. That’s far behind Governor Evers who reported earlier this week that he raised 10 million-dollars. It remains to be seen what Republican Tim Michels has raised, or more importantly, how much of his own money that he’s spent
Read MoreWisconsin voters are being asked to only mail in their own ballots this election. During a press call today Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe said the way she sees the law voters must mail in their ballots, but should also check with their local election leaders. The Wisconsin Supreme Court hasn’t explicitly ruled on the law.
Read MoreThe United States Department of Transportation (US DOT) has issued an order selecting Sun Country Airlines (NASDAQ: SNCY) to provide scheduled passenger service to the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport under the Essential Air Service program. “We look forward to working with Sun Country and thank the Department for expediting their carrier selection process.” Sun Country Airlines will provide two flights per week to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and at least two flights per week seasonally to Ft. Myers, FL,
Read MoreAfter a recent decision by the high court, local clerks are letting people know what voting will look like in upcoming elections. Below is an update from Marshfield: In a 4-3 decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that documents issued by Wisconsin Elections Commission staff regarding use of drop boxes for absentee ballots and delivery of absentee ballots was invalid because (1) ballot drop boxes are illegal under Wisconsin statutes and (2) an absentee ballot must be returned by mail
Read MoreNational Ice Cream Day is this Sunday 17th and it’s the perfect time for a delicious story about the Wisconsin’s preferences in 2022. According to the Ice Cream Index – a study on consumption preferences and trends in the Americas conducted by market research Top Data — there has been a significant increase in the demand for ice cream in the country. With an increase of 29% compared to last year, the highest consumption figures in the country were reported between June and July. With its
Read MoreAs expected, abortion doctors in Wisconsin are moving to open an abortion clinic just across the border in Illinois. Dr. Dennis Christensen says he’s part of a group that has bought two buildings in Rockford, Illinois and plans to start offering some abortions as early as tomorrow. Christensen provided abortions in Madison and Milwaukee for years. Wisconsin, of course, is one of about two dozen states where abortions became illegal when the Supreme Court ended Roe v. Wade last month.
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