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Cheers Pablo is closing for a while beginning tomorrow. The art center is moving to a different location. They say they’re only moving two doors down. They plan to reopen February 20th. 

The man who ran down three Girl Scouts in Lake Hallie wants to change his guilty plea. Colten Treu is asking a judge to withdraw his plea. Treu’s lawyers say he didn’t understand that he was giving-up a chance to appeal his sentence by pleading guilty. Treu pleaded guilty to running down the three girls in 2018, and he also killed one of their mothers. Police say Treu was high at the time. He is serving a 54-year sentence for

A teenager is not going to prison for attacking her brother’s girlfriend back in 2016. A judge in St. Croix County yesterday sentenced Kali Bookey to probation in the attack. Bookey was 14 at the time she rode her bike to the 16-year-old victim’s home, placed a pillow over her head and beat her up. The victim says Bookey slashed at her throat with a broken bowl. The judge said if Bookey can stay out of trouble for her five

You are going to have to keep wearing your mask in Wisconsin, at least for a little while. Republicans in the state Assembly yesterday paused their effort to override Governor Evers’ emergency order and that includes the state’s mask mandate. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said lawmakers are trying to figure out the ramifications of an override, specifically what that will mean for 50-million dollars-a-month in enhanced food stamp money that would be lost without an emergency order. Democrats said the pause

It’s not surprising that a lot of people in Wisconsin want the coronavirus vaccine. With 715 Newsroom coverage Jon DeMaster looks into the reaction on a state level from Wisconsin lawmakers: But local health department managers say it is overwhelming the number of people who are being turned away. Greenfield Health Department director Darren Rausch yesterday said demand for the vaccine is about four-times the state’s supply. Rausch says people are learning that just because they are eligible for the shot, that

Eau Claire’s superintendent isn’t sure when kids will return to full time in-person classes. Superintendent Michael Johnson last night said they are unsure about so many things dealing with a return to school and are working through the details of those questions. Most kids in Eau Claire schools are in class two days a week, and learning from home the other three. Johnson says one of the biggest challenges to returning to class is space. He says there’s simply not

Two of the officers involved in Jacob Blake’s shooting are back on the job. Kenosha’s police chief yesterday said the two officers who did not fire at Blake were returned from paid administrative leave. The officer who shot and wounded Blake is still on leave, and an internal investigation is still on-going. State and local prosecutors cleared all of the officers involved in Blake’s shooting, saying Blake escalated his arrest, fought with officers, and tried to stab one before being

More schools across Wisconsin are taking part in the state’s choice programs. The Department of Public Instruction yesterday said more schools have enrolled to be a part of the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program. That’s the statewide choice program, DPI says 307 private schools and school systems are registered for the 2021-22 school year. That’s up 27 from the year before. DPI says Racine’s school choice program also grew this year. Milwaukee’s school choice program did not.

The Assembly is taking a step back from a move to end the statewide mask mandate.  Speaker Robin VOS told reporters today that a memo from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau indicated such a move would jeopardize more than 49-million-dollars in federal food assistance.  States receive additional funding for SNAP benefits if they have emergency health orders in place.  Speaker Vos says he wants to make sure any resolution the Assembly passes doesn’t hurt the state financially.