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Eau Claire leaders say they’re tired of the violence and crime at the Regency Inn. Deputy City Attorney Doug Hoffer yesterday said the city will no longer accept the crime that starts or ends at the motel. Hoffer’s frustration comes after a stabbing Tuesday night in the Regency’s parking lot. Eau Claire is suing the Regency’s owners to try and force a sale. Hoffer says if that doesn’t work, the city will try and shut the motel down.

Chippewa Falls’ library is dropping its fines. Library managers say they are no longer going to charge people who keep books, or movies, or most anything else too long. The library says it has to continue charging late fees for specific kits and things in its ‘Lucky Day collection.’ The change starts next Wednesday. CLICK HERE TO TURN THE PAGE ON MORE INFO.

There’s a predictable party-split in Wisconsin’s reaction to the school shooting in Texas. Republicans in the state want more cops in schools, while Democrats want new gun laws. Republican candidate for governor Rebecca Kleefisch yesterday said she wants to expand the state’s school resource officer program. Candidate Kevin Nicholson said the same thing. Governor Tony Evers, who is a Democrat, yesterday said he wants lawmakers in the state to approve expanded background checks and to do more to keep guns out

One of Wisconsin’s gun rights groups wants to allow teachers to carry guns after the school shooting in Texas.  Wisconsin Gun Owners Incorporated yesterday said that arming teachers and school staff members would be a ‘deterrent and defense against madmen’ who commit school shootings. The group calls itself Wisconsin’s only ‘no-compromise’ gun rights organization.

One of the Republican members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission says he is resigning rather than continue to take abuse from people he says are obsessed with the 2020 election. Commissioner Dean Knudson abruptly resigned yesterday. Knudson, who was a Republican lawmaker and helped create the Elections Commission, said his critics have peddled misinformation and falsehoods about the 2020 vote. Knudson’s resignation comes as fellow Republican Bob Spindell was set to be elected chairman of the Elections Commission. That vote has been

Fewer people in Wisconsin have faith in the United States Supreme Court than just a few months ago. A new Marquette Law School Poll shows a 10 percent drop in support for the high court. Back in March, before the draft opinion that looks to overturn Roe v Wade was leaked, 54 percent of people approved of what the court was doing. Now, that number is down to 44 percent. Pollsters say back in 2020, the court had a 66 percent approval

 One of the men accused of killing an 11-year-old girl in Madison is pleading guilty in the case.  Court records show Perion Carreon has pleaded guilty to being party to a crime of first-degree reckless homicide and party to a crime of attempted first-degree intentional homicide.  He and another man are accused of shooting at someone in a car that 11-year-old Anisa Scott was riding in on Madison’s east side back in 2020.  Scott was hit and died two days

Wisconsin is launching a new statewide sexual assault kit tracking system.   Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul says starting today all sexual assault kits collected by a sexual assault nurse examiner will be tracked so people can see the location of their kit.  Anyone who turns in a kit will get a bar code for tracking purposes so their information remains confidential.  The new system is called Track-Kit.

Madison is one of the top cities in the U.S. for summer jobs.  WalletHub says Madison ranks 22nd for summer jobs out of 182 of the country’s largest cities.  WalletHub says Madison has the lowest unemployment rate among people 16-to-24 years old and the 27th-best youth labor market.  WalletHub says the best city for summer jobs is Orlando, Florida.

The Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office has completed the use of force investigation regarding a recent incident in Altoona. All investigative reports and evidence have been turned over to the Altoona Police Department for administrative review. The Sheriff’s Office has consulted with the District Attorney’s Office and the use of force in this incident was reasonable given the totality of circumstances. Altoona Police Officer Ed Bell, with nine years in law enforcement, responded to an active threat involving an armed