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 A woman who was headed to Wisconsin from Minneapolis is being reported missing.  The family of Christine Bison says she hasn’t been heard from since December 1st.  Police say she was traveling for a visit ahead of a flight set for December 12th but never reached her destination.  Minneapolis Police are investigating.

A brewery in Wisconsin is using something festive to brew beer and bring holiday CHEERS.  The Black Husky Brewery announced its new beer Tree Sproose and it’s made using spruce from Milwaukee’s official Christmas Tree.  The couple who donated the city’s tree, Kaite Major and Mike Conell, also participated in the bottling of Tree Sproose.  Co-owner of Black Husky Brewery Tim Eichinger said a portion of the beer’s sales will go to the Milwaukee Urban Forestry Fund.

The latest piece of Wisconsin’s coronavirus stimulus money is going to minor league baseball teams, theaters, and summer camps across the state. Governor Tony Evers yesterday announced 14 million-dollars in grants to 17 minor league baseball, hockey, soccer, or football teams, 37 summer camps, and 49 different theater companies in the state. Most of the money is going to movie theaters. The governor says the money will pay dividends when more people in the state take advantage of the entertainment options.

The man accused of killing his child’s mother and plotting to kill her family is heading for trial in Oneida County. A judge in Rhinelander yesterday said there is enough evidence to take Christopher Anderson to trial for the June murder of Hannah Miller. Investigators say Anderson killed her, and wanted to kill her parents, so he could take their child. Police in Illinois arrested Anderson in September. He’s in custody in Rhinelander, and is due back in court at

The new county board member from Altoona has taken his oath of office. Nathan Otto took his oath of office for the 11th District seat last night. He will serve out the rest of Ray Henning’s term. Henning, who represented the area for almost two decades, passed away back in October.

School kids in Onalaska will be back in class today following an online threat on Monday. The school district canceled classes yesterday because of the threat. But in a letter to parents late yesterday, the district said the threat has been ‘resolved,’ and students will be back in class today. No one is saying just what Monday’s threat was, or how the situation was resolved. Onalaska schools say there will be support for students who need it while at school.

Wisconsin’s coronavirus booster shot numbers continue to out-pace first and second doses. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said the first and second dose numbers from the last full week of November show just 19 thousand doses handed-out. That compares to the state’s average of over 16 thousand booster shots per-day. DHS says nearly one-point-one million people in the state have gotten a booster shot so far. IN all, DHS says just over three-point-four million people have gotten at

Some horses and buggies in Wisconsin could soon have license plates. Green Lake Republican state Rep. Alex Dallman has a plan that would allow a county to set-up its own registration process for animal-drawn vehicles. There would also be a maximum 100 dollar fee. Dallman says there are plenty of horse-drawn buggies or carts in rural parts of the state. He says registering them would make it easier for law enforcement to help when there is an accident. A plan for a

It’s not quite an ‘I told you so,’ but it’s close. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos yesterday said the election review from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty clearly shows there are problems with the state’s election laws that need to be fixed. Vos says the review, which found the opportunity for fraud but not any actual fraud that changed the outcome of last November’s vote, confirms the legislature is right to push for reforms. Vos said the issues raised by the

Wisconsin is focusing on its Connecticut warbler population in northwest Wisconsin. The state’s Department of Natural Resources yesterday said it is launching an effort to boost the birds’ numbers. DNR says the Connecticut warbler population has fallen by nearly 80 percent in the last 50 years. DNR is blaming habitat loss for most of the decline. Most of the new effort will involve saving pine forests in eastern Douglas and western Bayfield counties.