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The Milwaukee Brewing Company says there will be beer at its Fiserv Forum-area taproom, but it’s not clear if it will be their beer. The company yesterday said another brewer will take over after it closes the taproom at the end of the month. The Milwaukee Brewing Company isn’t saying why it is closing the taproom, or who will take over. The taproom’s closure comes as the Milwaukee Ale House is set to close its Third Ward location next month.

Some Brewer legends will be tending bar at American Family Field this weekend. The team yesterday said Robin Yount and pitcher Trevor Gott will be serving drinks at this weekend’s game. Gott will work Friday night’s game, and Yount will work on Saturday. They will also be joined by Brewer broadcasters and Brewer executives. You can find out when and where at the Brewers’ website.

All decorations, containers, shepherd hooks, solar lights and other adornments at Hillside Cemetery must be removed by October 1st for fall clean-up. Items affixed to headstones may stay, (i.e. grave saddles, monument-mounted vases), but any loose trinkets or items stuck in the ground around the stone must be removed. Staff will discard any remaining items beginning October 1st. It is strongly encouraged that any items/decorations of great monetary or emotional value be protected in a safe place outside of the

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers  wants to make more tax cuts with the state’s budget surplus.  However Evers likely won’t be able to do anything about it until the next legislative session.  Evers says the state’s expected to have a budget surplus of over five-billion dollars and a rainy day fund of around one-point-seven-billion dollars.

It’s a little more than four years in prison for an Ohio man who admitted to stealing four million-dollars in jewels from a suburban Milwaukee shop. A judge sentenced James Quinn of Youngstown, Ohio to 57 months in federal prison for the robbery at Treiber & Straub Jewelers in Brookfield back in July of 2016.  Prosecutors say Quinn and at least two others broke into the store by cutting a hole in the wall, breaching the safe, and making off

There’s now a case of the monkeypox in Dunn County. Public health managers confirmed the case yesterday. It is the county’s first case. No one is saying who has the virus, or how they got it. The CDC yesterday said there are 43 monkeypox cases in the state.

They are looking to hire at Chippewa Falls’ police department. The city yesterday said there is an opening to hire another officer. There are currently 20 cops in Chippewa Falls. Police Chief Matt Kelm says back in 2012 they saw nearly 100 applications for their one open position. That was down to five the last time Chippewa Falls went looking for a new officer. Starting pay as a new officer is just under 54 thousand-dollars a year, and the city

La Crosse’s proposed ban on conversion therapy may end with a lawsuit. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty yesterday sent a letter to La Crosse’s city council promising a suit if the ordinance is not repealed. In June, La Crosse banned conversion therapy, which is talking to people about their sexuality, because many LGBTQ groups say its harmful.  WILL says the ban violates the First Amendment, and puts the city in the position of deciding who can say what on one

UW-Eau Claire is the latest UW campus to see food robots this fall. The school yesterday said robot delivery vehicles will bring students and faculty members meals this year. Fifteen of the so-called Kiwibots will be joining the UW-Eau Claire campus. They will deliver food from the campus dining halls to anywhere on campus. UW-Madison has been using food delivery bots for a while, and they are said to be very popular with students.

Wisconsin’s August election will become official later today. The state’s Elections Commission is set to certify the canvass from the August 9th Primary. The votes have all been counted, and in some cases recounted. Election managers expect the final vote count to show a record turnout for a primary election.