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Prosecutors in Oconto are expected to file murder charges in what’s being called a drug-debt killing. The Oconto County Sheriff’s Office asked for the charges yesterday against 32-year-old Manuel Antonio Herrera-Hernandez. Investigators say Herrera-Hernandez shot and killed a man last February in the parking lot of the Green Bay Shores State Wildlife Area. The sheriff’s office says Herrera-Hernandez last month admitted that he killed the man over a drug debt. Investigators think the dead man was a drug dealer in

The ACLU of Wisconsin says Chippewa Falls schools didn’t do enough to stop the bullying of LGBT students. The ACLU yesterday announced an administrative complaint against the school district for ‘pervasive discrimination.’ The ACLU says it’s working with the Cultivative Coalition, which is a group of current and former Chippewa Falls students who want the school to do more about ‘discrimination and harassment of students of color and LGBTQ+ students.’ The ACLU says it wants Chippewa Falls schools to develop new policies.

Inmates in Wisconsin’s prisons can soon have visitors once again. The Department of Corrections yesterday said the coronavirus restrictions on inmates are being lifted. In-person visits will resume on July 6th. The DOC and the state’s Department of Health Services stopped in-person visits at Wisconsin’s prisons last year out of fear of spreading the coronavirus. More than half of Wisconsin’s inmates are now fully vaccinated against the virus.

Wisconsin’s new political map could be years away. Lawmakers in Madison yesterday listened to a plan to delay the state’s redistricting process til February of next year. That means the new map would not be in place until the election of 2023. Democrats and liberal groups say the delay will dilute the votes of people in growing communities. Republican lawmakers and many county leaders say delaying the new map is the ‘least-worst’ option, and it may avoid more lawsuits down

Wisconsin’s coronavirus vaccination numbers saw another sharp drop last week. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said doctors and nurses handed-out just over 86 thousand doses last week. That’s the lowest number since the first week of January, and it’s the first time Wisconsin has dipped below 100 thousand weekly-doses in five months. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

Add Marquette University to the list of schools requiring coronavirus vaccinations for the fall.  University president Michael Lovell sent a note to students yesterday telling them that mandatory vaccinations will allow the school to have ‘a richer in-person experience’ on campus. Lovell said the science shows vaccines are safe and effective. Students who are not vaccinated will not be allowed on campus and will be dropped from their classes. Marquette is the largest college in the state to require vaccines.

The University of Wisconsin is recommending students and faculty members get their coronavirus shot before heading back to school in the fall, but the university’s president says there are no plans to require them. UW President Tommy Thompson last week told university regents there will be no vaccine mandate. His office reiterated that message yesterday. Wisconsin lawmakers are considering a plan to ban vaccine requirements in the UW System. Thompson says the university will have an ‘aggressive campaign’ to encourage students to get their

Madison schools will allow some students to continue to learn from home next fall. The city’s school board last night agreed to open a virtual academy for up to 250 kids in middle school and high school. Madison Superintendent Carlton Jenkins says some students were very successful learning from home this year. About 40 percent of Madison school kids never returned to school this year, opting instead to learn from home. Some of that may be because Madison schools were

Wisconsin’s largest business group has a new ad it hopes will get people back to work.  Wisconsin Manufacturing & Commerce says its new digital ad tried to push Governor Evers to end the enhanced unemployment benefits that WMC says are keeping people from returning to work. WMC’s Scott Manley says if people don’t return to work soon, some businesses in the state will close forever.

An Eau Claire police officer is being called a hero for pulling a local woman from the river. It happened just before 1 a.m. Sunday at Phoenix Park. Officer Zac Becker responded to a man who said his girlfriend had gone missing, moments later he heard a splash and saw the woman in the river. Officer Becker jumped-in, grabbed the unconscious woman, and swam her back to shore. Becker helped provide CPR until paramedics could arrive.