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Democratic lawmakers in Madison are trying again to undo the state’s changes to teacher contract negotiations. Milwaukee Democratic state Senator Chris Larson yesterday led a group of lawmakers in introducing a plan to rollback Act 10, and allow teachers to once again include provisions for pay, benefits, and working conditions in their contracts. Act 10 only allows teachers and their unions to negotiate pay raises in their contracts. Larson says teachers need to be protected now more than ever. Act

Waukesha schools are the first in the state to face a lawsuit for not requiring kids to wear masks in school. A group of parents filed the lawsuit yesterday, but the effort is being paid for by progressive candidate and Minocqua Brewing Company owner Kirk Bangstad. He is trying to force all schools in Wisconsin to order all kids and teachers to mask-up. He says kids are ‘basically vectors for COVID bombs.’ Bangstad has a political action committee that’s funding the effort.

Advocates in Milwaukee say it’s up to people in the neighborhoods to help stop violence in the city. A number of advocates gathered at Sherman Park yesterday to say someone has to do something to stop the wave of shootings and murders in Milwaukee. It all comes after an 11-year-old girl died in a drive-by shooting last Saturday. Reggie Moore, the director of violence prevention policy at the Medical College of Wisconsin, says it’s ‘on us’ to help stop the violence.

We now know the name of the man involved in a deadly drowning. The 37-year-old who drowned on Friday, October 1, 2021 near the CTH K bridge/Big Falls County Park entrance is Michael E. Lisowski, a resident of the City of Eau Claire. Lisowski was reportedly not a proficient swimmer, and the incident has been labeled an accidental drowning. No further information will be released.

Opening up the 40 th Anniversary at The Grand is the entertaining comedy, Arsenic and old lace. In the hilarious American Comedy Classic Arsenic and Old Lace, we meet two charming but not so innocent spinsters who have been poisoning lonely old men. Their brother thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt, their murderous nephew looks a bit like Boris Karloff and poor Mortimer is doing his very best to control his family’s antics just long enough to announce his engagement to

 A federal agent is hospitalized in stable condition following a shooting during an operation in Racine.  It’s believed the agent was serving a search warrant.  Area residents had been told to stay in their houses until notified it was okay to leave.  As of early this afternoon, the Racine Police were saying the investigation scene remained active. 

In collaboration with The Oxbow Hotel’s Artist in Residence Program, Pablo Group is pleased to announce that within the month, a new mural will be installed on the Graham Avenue side of the Fire House bar in downtown Eau Claire. The landscape design created by Wisconsin artist Sylvia Annelise Hecht is titled Sanctuary, and was directly inspired by the city, says Hecht: “The Chippewa River and its ecology as well as the design motifs and colors found in downtown Eau Claire

Marshfield Clinic Health System is now offering influenza (flu) vaccinations at all primary care locations throughout Wisconsin. Influenza, commonly referred to as “flu,” is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and sometimes the lungs. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. While influenza viruses circulate year-round, most of the time flu activity peaks between December and March, but activity can last as late as May. CLICK HERE FOR

Restaurants in Madison lost twice as many workers during the worst of the coronavirus outbreak than restaurants across the rest of the state. The Wisconsin Restaurant Association’s Kristine Hillmer says Madison imposed strict limits on bars and restaurants, they were limited to just 25 percent of their capacity. As a result, Hillmer says Madison lost 44 percent of its restaurant staff. Statewide that number was just 22 percent. Hillmer says some of those people have gone back to work, but not all.