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Mike Pence’s latest campaign stop in Wisconsin will be in western Wisconsin. The vice president is due in La Crosse later today. It is Pence’s latest visit to Wisconsin. While the VP will be in La Crosse, Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris will be in Milwaukee. She’s set to meet with union workers there. Kamala Harris will spend part of her Labor Day in Milwaukee. Harris is due to tour an IBEW training facility and speak with union workers later today. While Harris

Kyle Rittenhouse’s lawyer is still on the case but is no longer in charge of a growing legal defense fund. Attorney John Pierce on Friday stepped away from the hashtag-FightBack Foundation fund to avoid any appearance of impropriety. Pierce is accused of not paying donors at his firm. The fund has raised over 700-thousand-dollars so far. Pierce will continue to represent Rittenhouse against charges that he shot and killed two people during Kenosha’s nights of violence that followed Jacob Blake’s

The latest day of protests in Kenosha saw Jacob Blake’s family back out in the streets. Blake’s uncle, Justin, spoke with members of the Legislative Black Caucus, and demanded that lawmakers in Madison do something. Blake said lawmakers need to “get out here and serve” and need to “feed the people,” but he didn’t have any thoughts as to what new laws could have prevented his nephew’s shooting.

Western Wisconsin’s second human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis has become deadly. Public health managers in Chippewa Falls say a Chippewa County woman in her 60s passed away from the virus. She is the second person this year to be confirmed with EEE as a young woman from Eau Claire County was the first. EEE is spread to humans from horses by mosquitoes, and it is a rare disease. This year’s cases are the first since 2017, and only the third

The coronavirus quarantine dorm at UW-Eau Claire is filling-up, but not everyone who’s being quarantined has tested positive. The university yesterday said 69 students have tested positive for the virus since arriving on campus last week. Positive students are being sent to Putnam Hall for a two-week quarantine. But UW-Eau Claire says over 150 students have been quarantined in all. Many of them were exposed to people who tested positive. Those students quarantined in their dorms. The return of students

The Columbus statue in Columbus, Wisconsin will soon have a new home. City leaders say they are sifting through proposals for the future of the nine-foot fiberglass statue. Columbus moved the statue back in July, so the city is now looking to find a new owner and a new home. A decision on who gets the statue could come later this week, with another move for the statue in late November.

Nate Stanley’s football dream is not over. The former Menomonie High School star made the Minnesota Vikings’ practice squad. The Vikings over the weekend released Stanely on waivers, then re-signed him almost immediately.

Kamala Harris will travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for Labor Day.  Senator Harris will tour an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Training Facility and speak with IBEW members and Wisconsin labor leadership. Following the tour, Senator Harris will attend a roundtable with Black Milwaukee business owners entitled “Build Back Better.”  At the roundtable, Senator Harris will discuss how a Biden-Harris administration would advance racial equity as part of our nation’s economic recovery. 

The University of Wisconsin Madison’s student government wants learning to be online from home.  News Three Now reported yesterday that the Associated Students of Madison group is calling on school officials not to open up campus for classroom instruction due to COVID-19 concerns.  The students want all classes to revert to online instruction only.  They want dorms to have a reduced population and mandatory COVID-19 tests for everyone prior to attending events. ASM spokesperson Katie McGlasson says students weren’t consulted before UW

Hello, and welcome to your Labor Day weekend. Usually we consider this the “last gasp of Summer.” Every Saturday we take a peek into the calendar pages before us and a little scroll down memory lane to see what this day has brought in the past. So, sit, sip, scroll, and get your new day started with some moments from time. Today is Saturday, September 5th, the 249th day of the year.  There are 118 days until the end of