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University of Wisconsin-Madison leaders say they plan to name the school’s new chancellor in May.  The committee that’s heading up the search announced Tuesday the application deadline will be March and semifinalist interviews will begin in April.  Final campus visits will be the first week of May and a recommendation will be made to the board of regents in mid-May.

Hundreds of salad products that were sold in over a dozen states including Wisconsin are being recalled.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says over 200 Fresh Express, Bowl and Basket, and Marketside items are being recalled because of listeria concerns.  The FDA says customers who have those items should throw them away and contact Fresh Express for a refund.  A full list of affected items is available online WITH A CLICK HERE.

Tonight’s Powerball drawing could result in a whole lot of extra holiday cheer for someone out there. The jackpot stands at a whopping 378-million dollars.  The cash option works out to just shy of 276-million bucks.  Of course, it’s never easy to strike it rich.  Odds of matching all five numbers plus the Powerball are about one in 292 million.

A Taylor County mom is out of jail as prosecutors move ahead with charges for her child’s death. A judge yesterday gave Natasha Bratland a signature bond in the case. Prosecutors say Bratland allowed her two-year-old to play on the train tracks near their home in Lublin. Neighbors say the toddler was wandering the streets in just a diaper before she walked onto the tracks and was hit by a train earlier this year. Prosecutors are charging her with negligence.

Xcel Energy says a worker hurt in an accident at the Wissota Dam has died. The company yesterday said 48-year-old Jon Grunseth of Gilman died Sunday. He was seriously hurt back on December 8th. Xcel says he was unloading equipment at the dam at the time. Grunseth was rushed to the hospital, and flown to the Twin Cities for treatment. Inspectors are still investigating the accident.

Wisconsin’s financial picture continues to improve. Governor Evers yesterday said the state is ending the years with a one-point-eight billion-dollar surplus. That’s in addition to the nearly one-point-eight billion in the state’s rainy day fund. Conservatives at the Capitol say Republican lawmakers, and their fight against raising taxes, are the ones who should get the credit

The latest snapshot from Eau Claire schools is not a good one. The city’s school district said this week that reading scores on the latest state tests are down dramatically from four years ago. In 2016, about half of elementary and middle school kids were reading at grade level. Last year, that number fell to just 38 percent. It’s a similar drop for kids in the first two years of high school. Eau Claire’s ACT reading grades fell a bit

Last week Dane County had three omicron cases, yesterday that number stood at 150. Public Health Madison & Dane County yesterday announced an explosion in confirmed cases. Director Janel Heinrich is not saying just who has tested positive for the omicron, or whether the new cases are mild or severe. Doctors across the country say it appears that while omicron is more transmissible, it is not as deadly as the original coronavirus strain. Heinrich is again asking people to get

The next step in Wisconsin’s election investigation comes tomorrow. A judge in Madison is set to hear arguments from Attorney General Josh Kaul’s office into whether the state can stop former Supreme Court Justice Mike Gableman from forcing the mayors of Green Bay and Madison to sit down for interviews. Gableman has issued subpoenas in his investigation, Kaul wants the judge to toss them. This will be the first time a judge has ruled on the review of last year’s election

Just about everyone who gets a paycheck from the state of Wisconsin is going to be getting a little more on that paycheck. Lawmakers in Madison yesterday approved a two percent pay bump for state workers. But lawmakers made sure to cancel the scheduled pay raise for Milwaukee County’s district attorney. Republican lawmakers at the Capitol say Milwaukee County D.A. John Chisholm should be fired, not rewarded with a bigger paycheck. They want him removed from office for allowing the Waukesha Christmas