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An old farm house in Pepin County is no more after a fire last night.  There are no reports of any injuries.  Fire crews from a number of communities responded to the fire.  No one is saying just how the fire started.

There is a warning to be careful where you get your next coronavirus test.  The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said as more people get tested for the virus, more scammers and shady operators are popping-up.  DHS is warning people never to pay cash for a test, double check to make sure the test is reputable, and make sure that the testing company will report your results to state and federal public health managers. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM

Wisconsin’s wolf hunting policy may no longer include a specific number of wolves.  Department of Natural Resources board member Greg Kazmierzski said yesterday the state should drop the idea of a population count, and focus instead on whether the wolf population in Wisconsin should be allowed to grow or shrink.  Wisconsin’s original hunting policy set a goal of just 350 wolves in the state.  The latest wolf estimate says there are over a thousand wolves in Wisconsin.  Advocates say the 350 wolf number is

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is being asked, once again, to decide about ballot drop boxes in the state.  The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty yesterday asked the court to rule after an appeals court in Madison reinstated the drop boxes for next month’s primary election.  Election law in Wisconsin allows just two ways to vote, in-person or absentee through the mail.  The Supreme Court rejected a ballot drop box case last summer because the lower courts had not heard the case yet.  Republican candidate for

Wisconsin’s law allowing people to have and use EpiPens is headed for an expansion.  Lawmakers this week approved what’s being called Dillion’s law 2.0.  The original law allows schools and businesses to keep epinephrine auto injectors on hand.  The expansion allows anyone who is trained to get one and keep it with them.  The law came to be after Dillion Mueller died back in 2014 after being stung by a bee.  No one had an EpiPen to help.  His parents

The latest plan to legalize marijuana in Wisconsin is coming from  Republicans.  State Senator Mary Felzkowski and state Rep. Patrick Snyder yesterday introduced legislation to create a medical marijuana program in the state.  Felzkowski says her plan focuses on wellness and patients, while also keeping public safety in mind.  Felzkowski is promising “tight regulations” on the new program.  She says 36 other states currently have medical marijuana programs, including Illinois, Minnesota, and Michigan.

Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol are looking to adopt tougher penalties for anyone who’s part of a smash-and-grab ring.  The Assembly on Tuesday approved a plan that would punish organized shoplifters.  State Senator Duey Stroebel says the idea is to make sure Wisconsin doesn’t see the kind of brazen, organized theft that has hit several other states.  Under his plan, prosecutors could charge the group of thieves for the total amount of things stolen, not just each individual.

It’s being called the largest gift in UW-La Crosse history.  The school yesterday said it received two-point-two-million-dollars from the estate of former faculty members Bill and Yvonne Hyde.  Bill taught in the English department, and Yvonne worked at the school’s library.  He died in 2015, she passed away last year.  The university says the gift will be split between the English department and the library equally.

The person accused of shooting a Milwaukee County sheriff’s deputy after an early morning traffic stop is dead.  The sheriff’s office says the deputy stopped a car near West Adler and South 68th Streets around 3:30 a.m. and a passenger ran off.  The sheriff’s office says the suspect shot the deputy multiple times during the foot chase, leaving him with non-life threatening injuries.  The sheriff’s office says deputies later found the suspect hiding behind a car near South 67th and

Police say suspicious objects found near an Amtrak station in Tomah were fireworks.  Police say the Tomah Amtrak Station was closed off for several hours Monday after possible sticks of dynamite were found nearby.  Upon further investigation police determined the objects were aerial fireworks.  Tomah police continue to investigate the case with the Monroe County District Attorney.