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Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) and Johnson Financial Group announced on Wednesday the eight products moving on in the seventh annual Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin contest. The eight Wisconsin-made products each won a head-to-head match-up in the Top 16 bracket-style tournament known as Manufacturing Madness. The Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin contest aims to highlight manufacturing, which is Wisconsin’s largest industry. All together, the growing economic sector employs nearly half a million people and creates $68 billion in economic

ABOVE PHOTO: The Bowman Hall Clock Tower face will glow blue, towering over campus and downtown Menomonie, Oct. 3, to Sunday, Oct. 16. Stout blue is a tradition as strong as University of Wisconsin-Stout’s polytechnic mission. During homecoming and the chancellor’s investiture weeks, Oct. 3, to Friday, Oct. 14, students, alumni, staff and UW-Stout supporters can celebrate their pride with photo opportunities, basked in a Stout blue glow. The Bowman Hall Clock Tower face will glow blue, towering over campus and downtown Menomonie. And

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has confirmed that a white-tailed buck at a Vernon County deer farm has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The results were confirmed by the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa. The 1-acre farm has been placed under quarantine, meaning no live animals or whole carcasses are permitted to leave the property. DATCP and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) veterinarians and staff will conduct an epidemiological investigation.

There is a legal challenge in Wisconsin to President Biden’s student loan cancellation plan. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty yesterday filed a lawsuit that says President Biden overstepped his authority by ordering the loan cancellations, and violated federal discrimination laws by adding a racial motivation to the program. The lawsuit asks for an immediate hearing because it says the White House could start canceling 10 or 20 thousand-dollars worth of student loans at any moment.

It may be one of the last endorsements in Wisconsin’s race for governor. The state’s Tavern League yesterday endorsed Republican Tim Michels. The Tavern League has over five thousand members across the state. The League yesterday blasted Governor Tony Evers for closing bars and restaurants during the early days of the coronavirus outbreak. Michels said he understands the League’s troubles because he’s a businessman too. The Tavern League endorsed Rebecca Kleefisch in the Republican Primary instead of Michels.

The suspect in last weekend’s kidnapping of a 15-year-old in Chippewa County is being held on a million-dollars bond. A judge yesterday ordered 22-year-old Trevor Blackburn held in the Chippewa County Jail. Prosecutors haven’t yet filed formal charges. The sheriff’s office is expecting kidnapping and sexual assault charges in the case. Deputies say Blackburn drove from Tennessee to Holcombe to snatch her after she stopped talking to him online.

 The last case against the Missouri man who killed two Shawano County brothers is over.  Garland ‘Joey’ Nelson pleaded guilty yesterday to federal mail fraud charges in connection to the cattle rustling case that ended with Nicholas and Justin Diemel’s death back in 2019. Nelson pleaded guilty last week to the brothers’ murders, he is serving a life sentence for that crime. Prosecutors say Nelson promised to care for and then sell the Diemel brothers’ cattle, but he didn’t. When

Opening statements will start tomorrow in the Waukesha Christmas Parade trial. They picked a jury yesterday despite another day full of disruptions from Darrell Brooks Jr. He once again spent most of the day in a separate courtroom because of his outbursts and arguments with the judge. Brooks tried to dismiss the entire jury several times yesterday. Brooks is looking at a life sentence for the death of six people during last year’s Christmas Parade. His trial is expected to

A nurse at the jail in Sparta is out of a job and facing charges that she had sex with an inmate. Prosecutors filed charges this week against 52-year-old Teresa Fennigkoh. They say she had sexual contact with an inmate at least four times while she examined the man in the Monroe County Jail. She’s also accused of giving him prescription medication without a proper prescription. The inmate says nothing happened, Fennigkoh says any sexual contact was consensual.

Dunn County voters will see a ballot question on health care next month. The advisory referendum asks if voters think the federal government should create a new national health insurance program. The question carries no weight, no laws will change based on the vote. Supporters say the idea is to let national leaders know what voters in the Chippewa Valley think. Critics say it’s a political ploy to get more people to vote.