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Wisconsin’s Elections Commission is telling local election managers they can ignore questions about their voter rolls if they’d like. The Commission sent a letter to local election clerks last week saying there is no legal requirement to respond to questions from outside groups about voters who may have moved, voters who claimed to be indefinitely confined, or voters whose addresses don’t line up. The Commission says allegations about improper voting are serious, but the letter said they are just allegations.

The otters are back home, but managers at Baraboo’s Ochsner Park Zoo say two owls are still missing. Police say someone cut some locks on zoo enclosures late Monday night or early yesterday morning. Zookeepers found the damage, and panicked. A pair of kayakers found the otters in the river near the zoo, but the owls remain missing. The zoo’s Ellen Gallagher says whoever cut the locks probably wanted to free the animals, but says since the owls don’t know

Wisconsin is taking in more unneeded and unwanted drugs than any other state in the country.  The Wisconsin Department of Justice says nearly 30 tons of drugs were dropped off during the most recent drug take back day.  The Department of Justice says since drug take back days started in 2010 Wisconsin has taken in over one-million pounds of drugs.

A new study shows Wisconsin is the worst state in the country for racial equality education.  WalletHub says Wisconsin is in the bottom five for gap of adults with at least a high school degree and gap of adults with a bachelor’s degree and last in standardized test scores gap and public high school graduation gap.  WalletHub says the best state for racial equality education is Wyoming.

 Planned Parenthood in Wisconsin is offering ‘Make a Plan’ kits ahead of the possible end of Roe v Wade. The group yesterday said it is making the kits, which come with a dose of Plan B, condoms, a pregnancy test, and information about abortion access, available to women across the state. Wisconsin is one of nearly 25 states where abortion would become illegal if Roe were to be overturned.

The J.M. Smucker Company is offering coupons to replace recalled Jif peanut butter.  Several products, including creamy, crunchy, natural, and reduced fat varieties of the spread have been pulled from shelves over possible salmonella contamination.  The company’s website now has a form with instructions on submitting product codes and UPC numbers for replacement vouchers.  For more information, and to access the form, visit Jif-dot-com WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

A murder trial is beginning in Clark County without a victim’s body. Prosecutors are trying Jesus Perez for the October 2020 death and disappearance of 27-year-old Cassandra Ayon. Investigators say they had a son together and had broken-up just a few weeks before she went missing. Jury selection began yesterday. Perez has never said what happened to his ex.

Investigators are now looking at the social media history of the man who they say killed a former Wisconsin judge. Attorney General Josh kaul yesterday said they continue to look for a full motive in last Friday’s murder of Judge John Roemer. The man accused of killing him, Doug Uhde, remains in critical condition after police say he shot himself. Kaul said he’s not going to talk about Uhde’s hit list or other specifics of the case at this point.

It’s life in prison for the grandfather who beat his 12-year-old grandson to death with a sledgehammer. A Milwaukee County judge sentenced Andrez Martina to life without the possibility of parole for the August 2021 beating death of his grandchild Andre Smith. Investigators say Martina beat the boy because he thought he’d stolen money from him. The judge called Martina a coward for not taking responsibility for his actions in the boy’s death.

People can once again move chickens in parts of Barron County. The state’s Department of Agriculture yesterday ended the movement restrictions on three areas in the county that had seen cases of the bird flu. Barron County has the most confirmed bird flu cases in Wisconsin with seven cases. In all, 14 counties in Wisconsin have seen cases of the bird flu in either commercial flocks or backyard flocks. The state says there continues to be a statewide restriction on the movement of birds.