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Wisconsin’s state superintendent is blaming lawmakers for shortcomings in the state’s schools. Superintendent Jill Underly delivered her State of Education speech yesterday and scolded lawmakers for what she said was too little school funding and too much meddling. Underly said a generation of school kids has known nothing but austerity. She also dinged lawmakers for trying to require new civics lessons. The Republicans who control the legislature say Wisconsin schools have more money than ever before. They say Underly wants more to

They are calling it a ‘medical event.’ Harry Potter star Tom Felton fell to the ground after yesterday’s celebrity golf outing at the Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Sheboygan. He was able to stand afterwards but was later carted-off the course. No one is saying anything about just what happened. Fans watched the whole thing, and some were very emotional. Felton, of course, is best known for his role as Draco Malfoy in the Potter movies.

President Biden’s handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan is not polling well with most Americans.  A Marquette Law School Poll of adults nationwide show the president received a 36-percent approval rating and a 63-percent disapproval rating for the handling of the withdrawal.  However 74-percent of the same respondents supported the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from that country.  In regards to the Afghan refugees 58-percent support admitting as many to the United States as possible while 42-percent are opposed to

Health officials are urging people to get their flu shot as soon as possible. Officials at UW Health remind Wisconsinites today that COVID-19 isn’t the only virus of concern with the coming of winter.  Doctors say getting a flu vaccine is never just about you it’s about protecting the people around you.  There’s also some concern that levels of both the flu and COVID could run high at the same time.

A Saumica woman is facing new theft charges for allegedly stealing over 600-thousand-dollars.  Theresa Lasee had three additional felonies filed against her yesterday for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from her former boss, his brother and mother who were all over the age of 65.  She had been employed by the family as a licensed agent to sell insurance and policies. Brown County officials say she took at least 415-thousand-dollars from the family and over 220-thousand-dollars from three victims

The All-American Music Show is taking center stage at the Grand Theater in Wausau.  Centerstage Band and Show Choir will perform its one show a year beginning tonight.  Covid-19 canceled the show last year and performers are eager to be back in front of an audience.  The All-American Music Show opens tonight at 7:30 at Grand Theater with performances tomorrow and Saturday night.

523 million dollars and counting!  After 36 draws, the estimated Powerball Jackpot for the Saturday, September 25, drawing has surpassed a half a billion dollars. If won this weekend, it would be the 10th largest jackpot in the history of the Powerball game. The jackpot is the largest since January 20, when a $731.1 million jackpot was won on a ticket sold in Maryland. The odds of winning a Powerball Jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338.  Nationwide, the Powerball Jackpot has been hit five times in 2021: January 20 –

The Eau Claire County Parks & Forest Department announces that all trails at Lowes Creek County Park will be closed to the public on September 25th and 26th. The Wisconsin High School Cycling League will be hosting race events both days. Trails will re-open for all public use again on Monday, September 27th.

On September 22, 2021 at approximately 5:09PM, the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office took a report of a single motorcycle crash on Highway 35 a short distance north of Highway 25 in the Town of Nelson.  It was reported that the driver of the 2022 Ducati Monster, 49 year old Melinda Peasha of Plymouth, MN, was traveling northbound on Highway 35 when she went over a bridge and lost control causing her to crash. The driver was wearing a helmet and

Weekly jobless numbers are taking a surprising jump.  The Labor Department reports 351-thousand Americans filed first-time claims for unemployment benefits last week.  That’s 16-thousand more than the previous week’s revised total.  Most analysts were expecting today’s number to come in at right around 325-thousand.