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Beginning this Thursday, July 1st Wisconsin residents will have a new, gender-neutral option for identifying the parents of a child.   Wendy Wilde reports. Birth forms will be updated to include an option for parent-parent in addition to mother-father.  Governor Tony Evers says the change reflects his administration’s commitment to gender-neutral terminology and recognizing that families are diverse and should be recognized and valued in state systems.

She is ranked 44th by Major League Eating and that inspires Kathryn Tesch to compete in the biggest hot dog eating contest of the year.  The Dorchester, Wisconsin native has twice competed in Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July contest.  Her best performance was eating ten-and-a-half hot dogs to finish in tenth place in 2019.  Tesch will try for a personal-best once again at this year’s contest at Coney Island.

A free self-care event is taking a break. Power of Perception canceled its event Saturday. They planned to offer free food, hair cuts, and COVID vaccine shots. It’s been rescheduled to July 18th at Carson Park in Eau Claire. 

The free, mass COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Zorn Arena is closing this week. The Eau Claire City-County Health Department posted to Facebook saying vaccines will be given at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in the Water Street parking lot and the health department. The final clinic will be open from 3-to-7 p.m.

The YMCA’s free three-week Summer Out Loud Challenge launches July 12. The challenge is designed to help families have fun and be physically active, and is free and open to everyone. You do not need to be a YMCA member to participate. Those interested in participating can register by texting SUMMER to 844-889-6222. All participants will be entered to win a one-year family membership to the YMCA of the Chippewa Valley and the national grand prize of a family vacation

 The Supreme Court is upholding a ruling that said transgender students can use the bathroom that matches their gender identity in schools.  The high court refused to hear an appeal to a lower court ruling that said treating transgender students differently violates Title IX, a federal law that bans sex discrimination in schools.  Gavin Grimm, who was born female but identifies as male, has waged a years-long legal battle with the school board in Gloucester County, Virginia.  At first, the

At approximately 8:33 PM on Sunday night, a Wisconsin State Trooper stopped a vehicle on STH40 for a speeding violation. The driver was identified as 47 year old Carlos J. Rendon of Cape Coral, FL. Mr. Rendon showed signs of impairment. A subsequent investigation, including standardized field sobriety testing, showed that Mr. Rendon was operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Mr. Rendon was arrested and transported to a local hospital for an evidentiary test of his

The owner of Tugger’s Cafe & Catering in Augusta says she doesn’t know what to do after a fire gutted her restaurant yesterday saying, she is ‘numb.’ Firefighters are not saying what caused the fire, and the restaurant was closed yesterday. As far as next steps, there are still a lot of questions in the aftermath. Now, the building’s owner will have to decide whether to rebuild or not. No one was hurt in the fire, but the café is

Door County’s sheriff is looking into how a young man from Madison drowned over the weekend. The 24-year-old was pulled from Clark Lake in the town of Sevastopol about 8:30 Saturday night. The sheriff’s office is not naming the man as they are waiting to speak to his family. Rescuers from the Sturgeon Bay Fire Department, Jacksonport Fire Department, Door County Emergency Services Department, the Door County Sheriff’s Office, and the Door County Dive Team all helped in the search.

We’re getting the rest of the story about that search for two armed and dangerous men in Bayside earlier this month. Federal prosecutors say Richard Chavez and Daniel Rodriguez-Lara, both from California, were trying to smuggle 16 kilos of fentanyl into the Milwaukee area. Federal agents got a tip about the drugs after a bust in Kansas. They were following Chavez and Rodriguez-Lara back on June 17th when the two bolted. That led to the shelter in place order. Agents