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There are not a lot of answers about the shooting in Kenosha that left three people dead and two others fighting for their lives. Police say it happened late last night near the 600 block of 40th Place. There’s no word on who was shot, or who did the shooting. Kenosha Police said on Twitter that they believe it was an isolated incident and there is no threat to the community. Police say they are not looking for suspects in

 An Eau Claire man is the latest to plead guilty to being inside the Capitol on January 6th. Kevin Loftus agreed to a plea deal yesterday. Federal prosecutors say they linked Loftus to the Capitol riot through pictures on Facebook. There is no evidence that he did any damage or threatened anyone, he was simply inside the building. He could get as many as six months in jail as part of his plea bargain. He’s due to be sentenced in

 There are new questions in the search for Major Harris. Milwaukee Police yesterday said the little boy hasn’t been seen since October 9th, that’s a week longer than police had originally said. Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffery Norman yesterday asked for the public’s help in finding him. Police found Major’s mother dead last week, and the man who they believe killed her later killed himself. Major’s father, Carlton Harris Jr., says he simply wants his son back. Investigators say they found

A jury is finding Kerida O’Reilly not guilty on all charges related to state Senator Tim Carpenter’s beatdown at the State Capitol last summer. Police say she led the crowd that beat and kicked Carpenter after he took a picture of the riot at the statehouse.  He caught her with his phone camera before he was knocked down and stomped. The jury deliberated for about three hours before reaching their verdict.

The wish list for Eau Claire’s coronavirus stimulus money is long. The city yesterday said its survey about how to spend the 13 million-dollars shows a lot of different priorities. Broadband internet investment is near the top of the list, as are helping small businesses, investing in mental health care, and spending more on affordable housing. No one is saying what will make the final spending cut. Eau Claire has three years to spend the money.

Barron County is the only county in western Wisconsin not at a high risk for wildfires. The state’s Department of Natural Resources this week updated its fire risk map. Nearly every county in the northern two-thirds of the state is in the high risk category, that includes Eau Claire and Chippewa County. Only Barron and Douglas counties are at a lower risk.

 Wisconsin lawmakers want to ship 25 percent of the state’s milk, cheese, meat, and crops out of the country.  The state’s Joint Finance Committee yesterday ordered the state’s agricultural department to come up with a plan to increase agricultural exports by 2025. Right now, state Representative Tony Kurtz says Wisconsin only exports about three percent of its 105 billion dollars worth of agricultural products. Dairy groups in the state are most excited about the new export push.

You can continue to drink in public in Stevens Point. The city council yesterday agreed to make Stevens Point’s public drinking exemption permanent. The law allows people to take a drink down Main Street and in city parks. Mayor Mike Wiza says the idea started as a way to allow bars and restaurants to serve people during the coronavirus lockdowns that limited seating and service inside. Wiza says Main Street businesses like that customers can take their drinks to go.

The latest challenge to Wisconsin’s minimum mark-up law would save people in the state on everything from prescriptions to vaccines. A State Assembly panel yesterday approved a plan that would exempt anything eligible under a health savings account from minimum mark-up. State Senator Duey Stroebel said it’s a common sense step that would help the people of Wisconsin. The minimum mark-up law stops stores in Wisconsin from selling many things under cost. Stroebel hopes this plan is the first to start to roll minimum

The number of people in the hospital with the coronavirus in Wisconsin is falling. The state’s Hospital Association yesterday said just over one thousand people are in the hospital with the virus. That’s down by 100 from just last week. The Hospital Association says a little over 300 people are in the ICU with the virus. The Hospital Association doesn’t track how many people are hospitalized because of the virus, as opposed to people who are hospitalized with it.