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Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers is going to spend the state’s three-point-two-billion-dollars in stimulus money on his own. The governor yesterday vetoed the Republican plan that would have given lawmakers some say over the stimulus haul. The governor said Republicans didn’t want to spend enough on small businesses. Evers then announced his own, 420-million-dollar small business grant program. The details have yet to be worked-out, but the governor said the hope is to provide five- thousand-dollar grants to businesses hurt by the

Wisconsin’s attorney general is going to look into each of Wisconsin’s Catholic churches as part of a statewide sex abuse investigation. A-G Josh Kaul announced the investigation this week. Kaul said the point of the review into clergy sex abuse claims is to ”provide accountability and, ultimately, healing.’ Kaul wrote church leaders in Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, La Crosse, and Superior and said he hopes they ‘welcome the review.’

Eau Claire’s health director says the choice is up to the people, either get the coronavirus vaccine or wait longer for things to reopen. Health Director Lieske Giese yesterday said things in the Chippewa Valley will be slow to open as long as the community spread is where it is. She’s urging people to get vaccinated. The state says almost 44-percent of people in Eau Claire County have gotten a shot. Giese said the goal is 80-percent. CLICK HERE FOR

Students at the University of Wisconsin’s two largest campuses won’t need a coronavirus shot to return to class in the fall. UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank and UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone yesterday both said vaccinations will not be mandatory. Blank says students at UW-Madison who don’t get the shot will be required to get coronavirus tests. Mone says about 75-percent of UW-Milwaukee faculty members and 20-percent of students are already vaccinated.

It could be another weekend full of wildfires across Wisconsin. The state’s Department of Natural Resources yesterday said fire danger in the state is high or very high in most counties. The state continues to remain a bit dry, and weekend winds could spread fires quickly. DNR says over 440 fires this spring have already burned 16-hundred acres in the state.

The latest plan at the Wisconsin Capitol would make sure mom and dad get to see their kids walk across the stage at UW’s in-person graduations. State Senator Andre Jacque’s plan would require UW campuses to allow parents and guardians to attend any in-person graduations this year. Fifteen other lawmakers have signed-on to the plan. A UW spokesperson yesterday said they’d love to have families back in the crowd for graduation, but social distance requirements and coronavirus safety means that cannot happen

The Badgers’ women’s volleyball team will be haunted by another NCAA tournament sweep. Fourth-ranked Texas swept the lady Badgers last night in the women’s volleyball final four. UW was the topped ranked team in the nation. This year’s sweep comes after a gut-punch of a sweep for the Badgers in the 2019 tournament as well. The Badgers finished the season at 16-1.

Today is the 51st anniversary of Earth Day.  Whether you are planning to pick up litter, revamp your own personal consumer habits, or simply eat cake for the occasion, many events are designed to showcase efforts to save our planet. There are events planned across Wisconsin over the next few days.  Oshkosh is hosting a virtual scavenger hunt starting today and running to Sunday.  More information is on visit Oshkosh-dot-com.  And there is Chalk the Walk for Earth Day until 5:00 this

There are 732 new COVID-19 cases being confirmed by health department officials today.  The department says those cases push the total number of coronavirus cases to just shy of 593-thousand.  There were four additional deaths reported today, raising the death toll to more than six-thousand-700. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS. When it comes to cases and strains, health officials in Rock County say they have identified two COVID-19 variants in recent tests.  The variants, which originated in South

Governor Tony Evers vetoes several bills that would have controlled how the state could use funding from the American Rescue Plan.  The governor says the Republican legislature is committed to spending just 200-million-dollars to help small businesses, while he has allocated 600-million-dollars to help small businesses recover from the pandemic.  Evers today announced the state will award up to 420-million-dollars to small businesses affected by the pandemic, which will help about 84-thousand small businesses.  Each will be eligible for grant