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More details have been provided about the child abuse investigation at a Waukesha school.  Investigators say a teacher at The Lawrence School, Heather Miller, slammed a special needs baby into his crib mattress then held him there for about 30 seconds until the boy started to wheeze.  Another teacher saw the abuse and reported it.  Waukesha Police arrested Miller and three other teachers who did not report the abuse on Wednesday.  She is awaiting formal charges.

Wisconsin’s state superintendent wants more money for schools in the next state budget. Superintendent Jill Underly yesterday released her two-point-five billion-dollar budget proposal. It would spend more on per-pupil aid for local schools, spend more on special-ed, spend more on student mental health, and spend more to offer all school kids in the state free school lunches.  Her plan is not likely to become law.  The Republican-led legislature will start writing the new budget early next year.

Wisconsin’s governor says he’ll legalize marijuana if he’s re-elected.  Governor Tony Evers told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel yesterday that he will focus on legalizing and taxing marijuana in his second term.  The governor says it’s time that Wisconsin join the dozens of other states which have either medical marijuana or recreational marijuana programs.  Evers said he will use the millions of dollars from pot sales to pay for schools across the state.  On the other side of the aisle, Republicans say his

The national rail strike looks to be settled, but some of the trains in Wisconsin are still not running.  Amtrak yesterday said there will continue to be disruptions on the train service from Chicago to Minneapolis.  That means stops in Madison and The Dells are on-hold.  Amtrak canceled all of its long distance routes this week ahead of that possible railroad strike.  The trains from Milwaukee to Chicago were running as scheduled yesterday.

Eau Claire is considering a boardwalk for Half Moon Lake.  The city council talked about the plan at Wednesday night’s meeting.  Eau Claire Parks manager Steve Plaza says the boardwalk would have sitting areas, nice views, and possibly informational kiosks.  Plaza said the boardwalk would replace the current path around the lake.  He figures it will cost about one million dollars to build.

There’s another plea from Wisconsin’s public health managers to get another vaccine.  The State’s Department of Public Health yesterday said it is time to get flu shots. DHS says flu shots won’t stop people from getting sick, but will protect people from getting a serious case of the flu.  The flu is most dangerous to the very young and the very old. Flu season starts next month.

Marquette is the latest campus to add delivery robots.  The school yesterday unveiled the robots which carry food from The Brew in the Alumni Memorial Union to other spots on campus.  Many schools across the country use the robots as a way to get students and faculty members their meals.  Marquette’s delivery bots will have to cross streets like Wells and Wisconsin, but they will be chaperoned for the first few weeks.

A conservative legal group in Wisconsin is challenging the legality of a federal elections law as it relates to Wisconsin.  The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty is suing the Wisconsin Elections Commission, claiming the commission is breaking state law by allowing county clerks to accept the National Voter Registration form.  The group claims Wisconsin doesn’t have to accept the form because it has same-day registration.

Wisconsin is getting millions of dollars in federal funding to help prevent suicides.  The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says it’s expecting to get almost 870-thousand dollars a year over the next five years to give to parts of the state with the highest suicide rates.  The department says suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in Wisconsin.

A University of Wisconsin doctor is being tapped to help lead a new national center that will study the impacts of social media on kids.  Dr. Megan Morena will be the co-medical director of the Center of Excellence on Social Media.  Her co-leader will be a doctor from the University of Michigan.