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 Molson Coors this week said it is eliminating 11 budget beer lines as part of a ‘refocusing.’ High Life Light, as well as Keystone Ice, Mickey’s Ice, Milwaukee’s Best Premium, Steel Reserve Triple Export, and Olde English HG 800 among others, are being retired. Molson Coors says they’ve been planning to drop the ‘underperforming’ beers for a while. The brewery says it wants to shift its focus to the growing hard seltzer market instead.

Chippewa Falls Police say a quick-thinking Kwik Trip cashier saved a local woman from a scam. Police say store leader Jenn Engaldo knew something was wrong when an older woman tried to buy two-thousand-dollars in Apple gift cards from the store on Woodward Avenue. Eventually, Engaldo and the police helped the woman realize she was falling for a fake arrest-warrant scam. Officers say Engaldo’s quick thinking helped save the woman’s bank account. Police are also reminding people that the court

Wisconsin’s governor wants the state to get into the prescription drug business. Governor Tony Evers yesterday proposed a ‘Less for Rx’ prescription drug plan. The idea is to have the state create a drug affordability review board and a drug importation program that the governor says can lower drug costs. The plan also includes a study to see if it would be cheaper for the state to buy certain drugs. The governor is also proposing a 50-dollar out-of-pocket cap in

Some Republican lawmakers want to know why Governor Evers has only spent a fraction of the state’s three-billion-dollars in stimulus money. STIMA new report from the Department of Education shows Wisconsin has spent just 17-percent of its education stimulus dollars. Suburban Milwaukee Republican Dale Kooyenga says that means 83-percent of the money is still sitting in the bank. Republican Senator Duey Stroebel says it’s par-for-the-course for the governor, who Stroebel says has been ‘disorganized and inefficient’ in spending all of Wisconsin’s stimulus haul.

Add Olympic silver medalist to Kenny Bednarek’s resume. The Rice Lake native captured the silver in the men’s 200 meter sprint. He finished just a fraction of a second behind the Canadian runner in the race. Bednarek had run the fastest qualifying time in the 200, only to lose by less than a step in the medal race. CLICK HERE TO HEAR MORE WITH OUR OWN SPORTS TALK 105.1

Governor Tony Evers yesterday said anyone who gets their coronavirus shot at the Wisconsin State Fair will get a free cream puff. There will be a vaccine clinic at the fair each day between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.. The governor says he hopes the chance at a free sweet treat will be enough to convince some fairgoers to get their shot. The State Fair opens today CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

Prevea Health notified staff in all locations that they are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or complete an exemption process by Oct. 5, 2021.  “Scientific data shows us the current COVID-19 vaccines are not only safe, but effective in protecting individuals from contracting COVID-19 or becoming hospitalized with the virus,” said Dr. Ashok Rai. “Data also shows us positive cases of this virus and its highly contagious Delta variant continue to rise to very concerning levels, with an

An attempt to tie border wall funding to the infrastructure bill under consideration in the Senate is being rejected.   Wisconsin Republican Ron Johnson tried to get the proposal adopted by the Senate, but his colleagues disagreed.  It would’ve prohibited border wall contracts from being canceled, but didn’t get the 60 votes it needed.  Johnson insisted more of the border wall needs to be completed.  The only Democrat to vote for it was Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

State health officials say there have been nearly 500 COVID-19 cases  linked to the Milwaukee Bucks championship celebration in the Deer District.  The Department of Health Services says most people infected had either attended the Bucks game or the celebration in the Deer District.  However officials stopped short of saying where they caught the virus.  UW Health is requiring providers and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19.   UW Health Chief Quality Officer Doctor Jeffrey Pothof said today vaccines are the

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