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Wisconsin’s new political map will have Governor Tony Evers’ name on it. The state’s Supreme Court yesterday decided to go with the governor’s design for statehouse and congressional seats. Swing Justice Brian Hagedorn said the governor’s map moved the fewest number of people around. The governor’s map also gives Democrats in the state a better chance in a handful of races, including two races for Congress. The conservative justices on the court say choosing the governor’s map, as opposed to

There are now fewer than 500 people in the hospital with the coronavirus in Wisconsin. The state’s Hospital Association says hospitalizations dropped again yesterday. There are now just 474 people in the hospital with the virus, that includes just 83 in the ICU.

Another shipwreck has been found at the bottom of Lake Superior. Crews say they found what’s left of the Atlanta, a ship that went down in 1891. The wreck is off the coast of the UP, and isn’t far from Deer Park, Michigan. The Atlanta sank in a storm back in 1891, only two of its crew members survived.

 The governor’s mansion is lit-up in blue and yellow in the latest show of unity with Ukraine. Governor Tony Evers ordered the new lights yesterday.  Governor Evers says he is keeping the people of Ukraine in his thoughts and prayers. The mansion will stay lit in Ukraine’s national colors “for the foreseeable future.”

They are starting the work on a new, permanent memorial for the Waukesha Christmas Parade victims. Waukesha Mayor Shawn Reilly yesterday said the commission in charge of the memorial is looking for design ideas. No one is sure just what the memorial will look like, though planners say they want to have small markers along the parade route to remember the six people killed in the attack. Waukesha is hoping to finish the memorial by the two-year anniversary of the

There is a new request to get Brendan Dassey out of prison. Steven Avery’s former lawyers, Dean Strang and Jerry Buting, wrote Governor Tony Evers this week asking that he shorten Dassey’s sentence. Dassey is serving life in prison for the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach. He’s said he was coerced into confessing to playing a role in the crime. Dassey tried for a pardon from the governor, but that was rejected. He was almost freed by a federal judge

The UW System is looking at all of its dorms after a carbon monoxide leak at UW-Milwaukee. The leak on Monday night sent 17 students to the hospital, and put nearly 400 others on the street for the night. UW-Milwaukee leaders say building codes in Milwaukee don’t require carbon monoxide detectors in dorms. UW System leaders, however, say state building codes do require the detectors. The university says crews are now checking dorms on every campus to make sure they

Wisconsin is benefiting from millions of dollars in federal funding for the dairy industry.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Wisconsin, California, Tennessee, and Vermont are all each getting a share of 80-million dollars in Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives money.  University of Wisconsin is getting 18-point-four-million dollars.  Wisconsin can apply for up to 20-million dollars total.

Wisconsin State Representative Gordon Hintz will not seek reelection this fall.  The Oshkosh Democrat announced his decision on Twitter this morning.  Hintz has served in the Wisconsin Assembly for 15 years, serving as Minority Leader from 2017 to this past January.

ABOVE PHOTO: On Wednesday, Gov. Tony Evers (left) presented a check for $1,433,093 to fund construction of a new 20-bed homeless shelter on Stout Road to Padraig Gallagher, executive director of SteppingStones of Dunn County, and Menomonie Mayor Randy Knaack (right). Menomonie is among four Western Wisconsin cities to be awarded a grant from the state’sNeighborhood Investment Fund program. On Wednesday, Gov. Tony Evers presented aceremonial check to Mayor Randy Knaack and Padraig Gallagher, executive director of SteppingStones of Dunn