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Getting into the University of Wisconsin-Madison just got easier for high school juniors and seniors. UW Regents yesterday agreed to not require an SAT or ACT test for two more years. That means students applying until the 2023 school year don’t have to take a standardized test. Regents say the coronavirus’ disruption to high schools is leaving many students without a chance to take the test. UW-Madison has said for years it wants to move away from test scores, and instead

Kayne West’s bid to be on the Wisconsin ballot this November is over. The state’s Election Commission yesterday voted not to put West on the ballot because he missed the state’s filing deadline by several minutes. West’s lawyers said they were 14 seconds late last week. The Election Commission says the campaign was actually several minutes past the 5 p.m. deadline. Republicans in Wisconsin are not happy with the decision, Democrats in the state say they are glad to see that West cannot potentially

Wisconsin Health officials say 740 new coronavirus cases and seven deaths are confirmed in the last 24 hours.  There have been 39 people hospitalized in that time and the positivity rate has risen slightly to seven-point-five-percent.  The seven-day average is 718 new cases per day.  The seven additional deaths brings the total number of lives lost to the virus to one-thousand-and-67.

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development says the state’s unemployment rate dropped from eight-point-six-percent in June to seven-percent in July.  The national unemployment rate released today is ten-point-two-percent.  Despite the decrease, Wisconsin’s jobless rate is more than double what it was this time last year.

A third suspect is in custody in connection to the shooting death of an eleven-year-old girl.  Madison police say 17-year-old Jerry Ward is booked into the Dane County Jail on a looting charge related to protests on State Street.  But police are referring charges of first-degree murder and attempted murder to the Dane County District Attorney in relation to Anisa Scott’s death.

UW System President Tommy Thompson is proposing an expansion of the free tuition program.  The program is currently in place for low-income students at UW-Madison.  If approved by the Board of Regents, the governor’s office and State Legislature, all the University of Wisconsin schools would be able to adopt the program.  The program covers four years of tuition for incoming freshmen whose family’s adjusted gross income is less than 60-thousand-dollars. 

La Crosse County is receiving a $250,000 state grant to help fund the second phase of a renovation project for a new Boys & Girls Club and community center in Holmen. The Community Development Investment Grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) will support a collaborative effort between the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater La Crosse, Holmen Area Community Center, and the School District of Holmen to renovate the 35,000-square-foot former home of Festival Foods into a new

In a time where people are getting creative, a local gym is combining the forces of brain and brawn! Gold’s Gym/Days Gone By announced the launch of a School Age Daycare Program. In lieu of the recent changes to the traditional school week, they will be providing daycare for school age children ages 5k – 12 years old, Monday-Friday 6AM-6PM. Bus transportation will be provided to and from school. During time at the program they will provide virtual learning assistance,

An accident on the interstate resulted in a lane closure today. It was just before 6:30 on Thursday morning when a crash occurred on I-94 WB at I-94 westbound at mile marker 53, east of STH 29 in Dunn County near Elk Mound. A report came in of a straight truck that rolled over in the lane of traffic on I-94 just east of exit 52. When Troopers arrived on scene the truck; which was hauling bulk item canned goods,