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Smaller communities across Wisconsin can now apply for their share of the state’s coronavirus stimulus. The state’s Department of Revenue yesterday said communities with fewer than 50 thousand people have until next Friday to apply for their share of the American Rescue Plan. There’s no word on just how much is available. The money is earmarked for coronavirus relief, road and sewer work, pay increases for essential workers, or to make-up for any money the smaller communities have lost over

It is the latest sign of just how few people are getting the coronavirus vaccine in Wisconsin. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said as many as 40-thousand vaccine doses in the state will expire by the end of the month. Many of them are Johnson & Johnson doses. In Milwaukee, the city’s health department says 24-hundred doses are about to go bad. Doctors say interest in the Johnson & Johnson vaccine dried-up when the federal government put a

Democrats at the Wisconsin Capitol say the move to take money away from cities that defund their police departments is a direct shot at Milwaukee. The Wisconsin Senate yesterday approved a plan that would take away, dollar-for-dollar, state money from any city or county that cuts its police department. Republicans Senator Van Wanggaard, who wrote the plan, says the idea is to encourage cities to invest in public safety. Milwaukee Democratic Senator Chris Larson says the plan means it is

Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly are on the record as wanting to declare the state a Second Amendment sanctuary. The Assembly approved a plan yesterday that would stop local police departments and sheriffs from enforcing federal gun bans or gun registries. The proposal also would stop limits on gun and ammunition purchases. Democrats say the plan is unconstitutional and unnecessary. The sanctuary plan next heads to the State Senate, where it will likely pass. Governor Tony Evers, however, almost certainly

Effective immediately, the Chippewa County Public Firearms Range located at 10495 130th Avenue, Chippewa Falls, WI is closed for all firearm usage until further notice. The classroom will remain open for non-firearm usage, such as Hunter Safety classes. Out of an abundance of caution, the range will remain closed until the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department is able to complete its investigation of a report of bullet holes in a pole shed of a neighboring property.

The Wisconsin football team is announcing a rescheduled date for its game against Notre Dame at Lambeau. Julia Bertino reports.

The seven-day average for COVID-19 infections has dropped to 134 cases a day.  That is also the number of cases reported today by Department of Health Services.  The total number of confirmed cases statewide now stands at more than  611-thousand-200.  There was one new death confirmed, which raises the death toll to nearly seven-thousand-200.

The Wisconsin Senate is approving a bill that would prohibit police from using chokeholds in most situations.  The Senate today voted to ban chokeholds except when police are defending themselves or are in a life-threatening situation.  Other Wisconsin departments have enacted similar policies.  Supporters of the bill say it’s a step towards having a consistent policy statewide, while opponents say there should be a total ban.

June is National Candy Month and it’s no surprise that Americans think chocolate and other candy are an important part of emotional well-being.  The National Confectioners Association says 75-percent of Americans report feeling that a little sugar goes a long way in boosting spirits.  In Wisconsin the confectionery industry employs 58-hundred people who earn 317-million-dollars in wages.  The economic impact of candy sales in Wisconsin is two-billion-dollars.   

On Sunday June 6, 2021, at 11:58 PM the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a crash with possible ejection on Bechly Road in the Township of Milton.  On arrival it was determined that Jeffrey Jandl was operating a 2000 Chevrolet Express Van tan in color, and he collided head on with the concrete bridge abutment on Bechly Road near Kamrowski Road. Jacob Jandl was a passenger in the vehicle and was complaining of hip and leg