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It’s official, some of the top leaders at the University of Wisconsin are getting a lot more money. University Regents approved pay hikes of up to 32 percent for chancellors and the university president. The pay bump means UW-Madison’s next chancellor could make nearly a million-dollars a year. Regents say they have to pay that much in order to attract top talent. Top leaders are not the only ones who are getting a raise. Regents are looking at a two percent raise

Milwaukee County is in-line for 71 million-dollars in opioid settlement money. The county’s lawyer said the county’s share is about half of all of the opioid settlement dollars coming to southeast Wisconsin. The state agreed to the settlement at the end of last month. Wisconsin will be getting just over 400 million-dollars from opioid makers and some of the companies that distributed the pills. Most of that 400 million is being sent directly to local communities to offset their costs for dealing with

We will soon know when Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s last day will be. The mayor is set to provide an update on his resignation later today. Barrett is leaving the mayor’s office to become the ambassador to Luxembourg. Once he resigns, a temporary mayor will take over until voters choose a new mayor. That election will likely come in the spring.

Law enforcement in southern Wisconsin is re-opening a decades-old death investigation.  Cheryl Cady and her two children were found dead inside a home in Lodi back in 1998.  The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office says all three victims died of carbon monoxide poisoning, but now investigators say they believe foul play could have been involved.  Anyone with information about the family is asked to contact the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.

The State of Wisconsin unveils a new alert system for missing people who are 60 or older or have cognitive impairment.  The state says it will send out wireless emergency alerts to mobile phones for Silver Alert missing people who are on foot and have been missing for less than 24 hours.  The alerts will go out to phones within a five-mile radius between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.

Several communities in central Wisconsin are raising awareness to prevent house fires.  Cities such as Wausau and Stevens Point are promoting the Keep the Wreath Green Campaign, where local residents put up wreaths with green light bulbs.  Every time a house in the community catches on fire a green bulb gets swapped out for a red one.  The goal is to keep the wreaths as green as possible.  The campaign runs through New Year’s Day.

As local communities continue to clean up and rebuild many are eager to help. There are options with United Way. Donations can be mailed or dropped off at any Forward Bank location, physical donations (clothing, food, etc.) can be dropped off at the Stanley Community Building in Chapman Park. The Community Foundation of Chippewa County will be granting from their Response-Recovery-Rebuild Fund to assist nonprofits/charitable organizations that are serving the Stanley area to help them address the needs they are experiencing due to the

It’s official, 2021 is the deadliest year on record in the city of Milwaukee. Police say two homicides over the weekend pushed the city’s homicide total to 192. That’s two more than last year’s record setting year. Police acknowledge the spike in homicides and shootings, but don’t have any answers. Milwaukee’s new record comes about a week after Milwaukee County reported a new homicide record as well. Several cities across the country have also set new homicide or murder records

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court is taking-up another challenge to the power of Dane County’s public health managers. The high court yesterday agreed to hear a case that questions whether Dane County’s public health director can issue a mask mandate on her own. The challenge is coming from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty. WILL’s lawyer says the county board ‘cannot pass the buck’ to an unelected bureaucrat to make those kinds of decisions. The Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that Dane

Farmers across Wisconsin are getting another round of coronavirus relief. Governor Tony Evers yesterday said more than 20-thousand farmers in the state will share 50 million-dollars in federal money. This is the third round of direct aid to farmers in Wisconsin, the first two sent 50-million to about 15-thousand farmers in the state.