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Each year, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) and Johnson Financial Group partner to determine the Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin. The competition aims to highlight the state’smanufacturing industry. Voting for the Top 4 closes TODAY AT 5:00PM!  The Top 4 products from this round of over 130 nominees will continue on to compete in a popular vote ending Thursday, October 17, at 12:00pm. The winner will be announced during WMC’s Business Day in Madison. CLICK HERE TO VOTE AND SEE THE PRODUCTS.

Dunn County officials are hoping to increase the number of county highway miles that are repaired by about a third in 2025 to bring down the average age of all county roads.   “Historically, we have done approximately 10 miles of roadways each year,” said Dustin Binder, county Highway Commissioner.  “We want to increase that to 18 miles in 2025.”  The reason for proposing the increase, Binder said, is “we want to try to get all roads within the projected lifespan

It’s nine years in prison for a St. Croix County man from a Fourth of July road rage incident last year.  A judge yesterday sentenced Thaddeus Smith to prison after he rammed a car, then ran over two women at the boat launch in Hudson on July 2nd of last year.  Prosecutors say he was angry after a fight at the boat launch. Smith pleaded guilty to being drunk and hitting the two women. After his prison term, he’ll spend

Dozens of people in Wisconsin have gotten sick from eating bad eggs in the state. The CDC yesterday said the egg recall based at a farm in Bonduel has sickened 42 people in Wisconsin, and another 23 across the rest of the country. The CDC has upgraded the recall to a Class One, which means people can get seriously ill and even die from eating the bad eggs. No one has died yet, but public health managers say two dozen

Eau Claire’s new budget looks to spend more on city workers. The city unveiled its proposed 2025 budget last night. The spending plan tops 190-million-dollars and would about a six percent increase from the current budget. A large focus for the money is for city workers’ paychecks and benefits, the rest is for everything from fire trucks to new roads. City Manager Stephanie Hirsch says Eau Claire is looking to invest in core city services. CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE

Wisconsin’s election managers say they are ready for the November election. The Wisconsin Elections Commission yesterday said their preparations are in place for next month’s Election Day. That includes a new round of training for local election clerks, updates to the state’s voter registration database, and new security measures. WEC says they want to make sure voters know how much work they’ve put into this year’s presidential race. WEC Administrator Meagan Wolfe says they started getting ready after the 2020

Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz’s wife and Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz will be in Wisconsin for campaign stops this week. She’ll be in both Madison and Beloit on Wednesday, and recently made appearances in La Crosse, Superior and Milwaukee.  Former President Donald Trump was in Dodge County for a campaign stop yesterday and President Joe Biden will be in Milwaukee tomorrow.  

Wisconsin is getting 115-million dollars to bring internet access to public libraries and community centers. The state Department of Administration says 35 communities will benefit from the federal funding.  Both Madison’s new Imagination Center at Reindahl Park and the Clinton and Bernice Rose Senior Center in Milwaukee will get about four-million dollars each.

A six-point-five-acre wildfire at a Wisconsin state park is under control.  The Department of Natural Resources says a fire started at the top of the Roche-A-Cri stairway 3:30 p.m. yesterday.  Ten local fire departments are helping the DNR contain the fire.  The department and local crews will continue to check for additional smoke and flames.  Lack of precipitation and gusty winds have increased fire danger in Wisconsin, which the DNR says will continue this week.

It’s not surprising that Lydia Nelson chose a profession where she could work with her hands. However, friends in her hometown of Kenosha might have guessed she would be elbow-deep in technology, not dirt, worms and turf. “I learned a lot about turf and what it needs, which is really funny because I hated turf when I first came to CVTC. I thought, ‘I’m not going to go into that,’ but now I love it, and I’ve learned so much