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A museum at Marquette University in Wisconsin is showing off its new exhibit.  Fans of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” can see manuscripts from J.R.R. Tolkien at the Haggerty Museum of Art through December 12th.  The author sold some of his work to the university years ago.  The books inspired several movies and a new show on Amazon Prime Video.

It’s life in prison without parole for the man accused of killing a missing Clark County woman. A judge yesterday sentenced Jesus Perez to life in prison without the possibility of parole for Cassandra Ayon’s death. Investigators say he killed her in October of 2020. She’s never been seen since, and her body hasn’t been found. A jury convicted Perez of her death back in June.

We should learn more about what local election clerks will be able to do with ballots by the end of the day. There is both a court hearing and a Wisconsin Elections Commission hearing on ballot curing today. Ballot curing is what election managers call it when a clerk adds missing information to a ballot. The Wisconsin Elections Commission will meet this afternoon to talk about new guidance for clerks on just what they can and cannot do. A judge in Waukesha has a

Voters will get to see Governor Tony Evers and Republican Tim Michels answer questions just one time this campaign season.  The two candidates yesterday agreed to just one debate.  It will be in mid-October and will be hosted by the Wisconsin Broadcaster Association.  Reporters from across the state will ask the questions during the hour-long debate.  The debate comes a little less than a month before voters head to the polls in November.

Chippewa County leaders are looking to maybe give some county employees a half-day on Fridays. The county board will vote tonight on a plan to close the courthouse at 11:30 on Fridays as a way to make county workers happy. County administrator Randy Scholz says they can’t afford to give workers raises, so a half-day off is the next best idea. If approved, the new schedule will go into effect in January.

The state is not stopping the Cobban Bridge replacement even though it may kill some threatened turtles. The state’s Department of Natural Resources yesterday said the bridge replacement may result in the incidental taking of the threatened wood turtle. WIS-DOT is replacing the Cobban Bridge on the Chippewa River because the old one was too dangerous. DNR says it hopes crews will minimize the damage to the turtle’s habitat during the construction.

The Eau Claire County Humane Association is looking for new homes for more than a dozen kittens. The Humane Association took to Facebook yesterday to say someone dropped-off a box of kittens at their shelter over the weekend. The kittens appear to be just a few weeks old. It will be a month or so before they are available for adoption, until then the Humane Association says any donations of kitten food or kitten supplies would be welcome.

There are flooding concerns today in the Madison area.  The National Weather Service says Madison has already seen anywhere from one to over two inches of rain, and could see several more inches over the next 24 hours.  Further east near Waukesha, flooding has closed part of Interstate-94, as that area could see close to six more inches of rain.

University of Wisconsin is one of the top schools in the Midwest.  That’s according to U.S. News and World Report, which ranks UW-Madison as the 38th-best university in the country.  University of Minnesota is ranked 62nd and Marquette is ranked 83rd.

Madison police say the suspect in a recent murder investigation is dead after walking out in front of a semi truck.  Police are calling it a murder-suicide.  They say the suspect killed his wife at their home in west Madison Sunday afternoon, then walked in front of a semi truck on Interstate-39/90 that evening.