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The University of Wisconsin-Stout Veterans Club and the Veteran Services Office are planning a week of events to celebrate Veterans Day from Monday, Nov. 8, to Friday, Nov. 12. Veterans Day is Thursday, Nov. 11. Starting Nov. 8, club members will place U.S. flags in the east-side amphitheater of the Memorial Student Center to honor members of the U.S. military affiliated with UW-Stout students or staff members who died, went missing in action or were prisoners of war while serving

The Wisconsin Historical Society says a centuries-old canoe pulled out of Lake Mendota is a window to the past. Divers brought the 12-hundred-year-old canoe out of the lake yesterday. Researchers say the canoe has been in the water since about the year 800, that’s hundreds of years before Europeans arrived in America. The plan is to preserve the canoe, then put it on display.

No one is leaving the school board in Mequon. Voters in the city’s school district yesterday voted to keep four school board members who were facing a recall effort. Each of the four got at least 58 percent of the vote. Parents in Mequon-Thiensville schools launched the recall after they say the school board ignored them during the coronavirus outbreak, and allowed the school’s standards to fall. Recall organizer Amber Schroeder last night said she’s proud of the fight that

The latest proposal for Wisconsin’s political map would continue to leave Republicans in charge of the state legislature. The People’s Map Commission released its map recommendations yesterday. The map would shift 12 Assembly seats from Republican to Democrat, and would shift one Senate seat as well. The result would still be a Republican majority in Madison, but it would be a smaller majority. Governor Evers likes the People’s Map, but it’s just a proposal.  Republican lawmakers have approved a map of

More votes are being counted today hours after polls closed across the nation.  At least two mayoral races are proving to be historic.  New York City elected Eric Adams as its second Black mayor while Boston appears to have chosen the first woman and first person of color.  Michelle Wu gave a victory speech after her challenger conceded.  And in the two races for governor held yesterday, Virginia’s Glenn Youngkin is celebrating after defeating Democrat Terry McAuliffe but there’s still

The jury will likely hear from Kyle Rittenhouse before his trial is over. Rittenhouse’s lawyers say he plans to testify in his homicide case in Kenosha. Yesterday saw opening statements. Prosecutors say Rittenhouse instigated the situation that ended when he shot and killed two people and wounded a third back in August of 2020. Rittenhouse’s lawyers say the crowd was the instigator, and said one of the men Rittenhouse killed had threatened to kill him just a few minutes before

One of the three missing teenagers from Juneau County has been found and is safe. The sheriff in Mauston yesterday said Alessandra Roose has been located. Investigators are not saying where she went, or where she was found. Roose went missing last week, as did Angelina Starkey and Mariah Davis. All of them are 16. The sheriff’s office does not believe their disappearances are connected. 

Eau Claire County’s Department of Human Services looks to be growing after all. The full county board last night rejected the proposal to hire just six new employees at DHS.  That means DHS will likely see 12 new staffers during the next budget. Some county commissioners wanted to limit the new hires, and save some money.

School leaders in La Crosse are looking to help students with their mental health. The school district yesterday said it’s teaming-up with Gundersen Health System to connect students with mental health professionals. Student Services director Aimee Zabrowski says they are seeing more kids dealing with more anxiety and stress since they’ve come back to school after the coronavirus outbreak.

Wisconsin’s coronavirus vaccine count last week is not as flat as first thought. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said just over 27 thousand people got a dose of the vaccine last week. That’s about where the state was the week before. Initially, DHS reported just 17 thousand doses last week. Wisconsin has seen its dose-count fall steadily since its peak back in April. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.