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Wisconsin will get a share of 22-thousand Afghan refugees, but no one is saying just how many people that will be. The Pentagon yesterday said the 22-thousand people will be split between Fort McCoy in Wisconsin and military bases in Texas and Virginia. Commanders at Fort McCoy say they are preparing to receive the refugees at any moment. Resettlement agencies in Wisconsin will then help place them in permanent homes.

The family of a Wisconsin protester allegedly shot and killed by Kyle Rittenhouse is blaming local law enforcement officials for his death.  Anthony Huber was killed during last summer’s protests following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.  Rittenhouse has been charged with several felonies and is awaiting trial.  Yesterday, Huber’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit that claims Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth and former Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis gave armed citizens free reign to ‘wreak havoc and inflict injury’ during

In advance of National Dog Day (August 26), Trupanion has released its anticipated list of most popular dog names and breeds for 2021.   Surveying its database of more than 600,000 insured pets, Trupanion has compiled a tail-wagger of a top 10 list. After ranking third in 2020, dogs named “Bella” put their zoomies to good work over the past year, bursting to the top with the most popular name in 2021. New names to the list this year include Molly and

The latest piece for Eau Claire’s new Hy-Vee is in place. The city council last night changed the rules for liquor sales to allow the new store to sell alcohol in the store and in its restaurant. It was not unanimous however, councilwoman Jill Christopherson voted against the idea. She said her opinion is that Wisconsin drinks too much as a state, and she can’t support making it easier to buy alcohol in Eau Claire.

Eau Claire is pushing-back its citywide clean-up until October. Organizers said they need to move the Eau Claire Clean Sweep because of delays in the hazardous waste industry. Clean Sweep is the time for people to get rid of all manner of things that can’t be easily thrown away. That includes batteries, gas, oil, antifreeze and all sorts of other chemicals and household waste.

Fans at UW-Eau Claire football games will be out in the air under the skies. The university yesterday said there’s no mask requirement for Blugold football games this year. At least not yet. There’s also no limit on fans for the games at Carson Park. Fans who go to indoor sports at the school will have to wear masks, but the university said all of those rules have not yet been hashed-out.

Wisconsin’s latest coronavirus count shows the number of people testing positive is dipping. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said 415 people tested positive on Monday, that’s down from 14-hundred positives in one day two weeks ago. The seven-day average in Wisconsin continues to be above seven-percent. DHS’s numbers show that a little over 98-percent of the 640-thousand people who’ve tested positive for the virus have fully recovered. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

A new poll shows a lot of Democratic voters support the idea of school choice. The Wisconsin Federation for Children released the report yesterday. It says about 30-percent of Democratic primary voters in Milwaukee support both vouchers and charter schools. More than 40-percent oppose the ideas, but about 25-percent of voters also say they don’t have an opinion about charters and vouchers. The Federation’s Justin Moralez says that means opposition to giving kids a choice in their education is not as large

Parents in Burlington will decide if their kids will wear a mask to school this year. The city’s school board last night voted to make masks optional. Superintendent Steve Plank says anyone who wants to wear a mask can, but he said enforcing a mandatory mask requirement could be difficult. Burlington schools postponed a decision on masks after parents turned-out last week to shout-down the idea. The school board didn’t ask for public comments last night, but a number of

Nearly one year after Kenosha’s nights of violence, there is a new political TV ad that questions why Governor Evers didn’t do more. The ad is from Empower Wisconsin, and it features business owners who say the governor watched as Kenosha burned. The ad is the first of what could be a long race for governor in the state. Governor Evers’ campaign is dismissing the ad as an attack ad. Monday mark one year since Jacob Blake was shot while resisting