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Nearly one in 10 senior citizens in the United States is abused or neglected each year, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. However, only one in every 14 cases is brought to the attention of authorities. The agency also reports that most elder abuse victims are female, and often have physical disabilities, memory lapses or dementia, however all senior citizens are at risk. “Sometimes the abuse may not be as obvious as a bruise or broken

The Xcel Energy Foundation has awarded $305,000 to 58 nonprofits in Wisconsin and Michigan to help provide funding for critical programs in their communities. “Our mission is to provide our customers safe, clean, reliable energy services, but we also know that the quality of life in our communities is equally important to their continued success.” “At Xcel Energy we’re doing our part to support our customers and communities,” said Mark Stoering, president of Xcel Energy, Wisconsin and Michigan. “Our mission

There’s a wrongful death lawsuit from a 2019 officer-involved shooting in Eau Claire County. Tyler Meier’s family filed the lawsuit this month. They want police in Augusta and the sheriff’s office in Eau Claire County to pay for his death. An Eau Claire County deputy shot and killed Meir after he attacked the deputy. An investigation at the time said Meier shrugged-off a taser and pepper spray before being shot. Meier was no stranger to authorities, he served five years

Police in Baraboo have identified one of the suspects in this month’s zoo break-in. Officers yesterday said 34-year-old Aaron Hovis broke into the Ochsner Park Zoo on June 7th and freed some animals. He let a pair of otters and a pair of owls go. The otters and one of the owls have been returned to the zoo, one owl is still not back in captivity. Hovis is facing charges of causing damage to animal enclosures, though prosecutors could add

The superintendent in Sparta schools is on leave after an outside investigation found complaints of threats, intimidation, and aggressive behavior. Superintendent Amy Van Deuren says all of the teachers and school administrators who spoke to investigators told one side of the story, she’s denying all of the claims against her. Investigators say they spoke with more than a dozen Sparta teachers and staffers who said Van Deuren easily became angry, pounded on tables, pushed into people’s personal space, and even

The first legal challenge to Wisconsin’s abortion law could be filed this week. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin’s Michelle Velasquez said on Sunday that they are finalizing their legal strategy in the state. Abortion became illegal in Wisconsin when the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade last week. Wisconsin’s governor yesterday said he is looking for ways to fight the abortion law that is on the state’s books.

Wausau schools could be bringing-in an outside expert to help boost security. Wausau Superintendent Keith Hilts says they are looking at a school safety audit. The move comes after last month’s school shooting in Texas. Hilts says they would first take a look at the access points of schools and the district’s emergency plans. There’s no word what the audit would cost.

One of Wisconsin’s largest dairy groups wants to change how farmers are paid for milk in this country. The Edge Dairy Cooperative yesterday unveiled its plan to help dairy farmers in Wisconsin exist under the government’s milk-pricing system. The biggest proposed change would be more transparent pricing and timely payments. Edge wants farmers to know not only how much they are being paid, but how milk processors decided on that price. The group also wants to end exclusive contracts and volume limits, and

Republican voters got a look at three of the four candidates running for governor in Wisconsin at the first debate last night in Green Bay. Frontrunner Tim Michels skipped the debate, and his opponents made sure to make it an issue. Republicans Rebecca Kleefisch, Kevin Nicholson, and Tim Ramthun all criticized Michels for not showing-up. They all also criticized Michels’ out of state homes, and whether he is committed to the state. As for the issues, all three agreed on election integrity,

One Wisconsin Congressman wants Congress to stop the Biden Administration from using school lunch money to push schools to accept new transgender policies. Republican Congressman Glenn Grothman yesterday filed what he’s calling the Stop WOKE Meals Act. It’s a plan that would have Congress stop the Department of Agriculture from withholding school lunch money from schools that keep distinctions between biological boys and biological girls. Grothman says no one would have dreamed that money for school meals would be used as leverage