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Managers at the Wisconsin State Laboratory hope to soon be able to get coronavirus test results in as little as 48 hours. The lab at the University of Wisconsin Madison is gearing-up to handle their tests in-house. Right now, the CDC is the only lab doing coronavirus testing. There is one confirmed case of coronavirus in Wisconsin, and six other cases that are waiting for test results.

The cost of an education at some UW campuses is going-up for students not from Wisconsin. Regents yesterday approved a tuition increase for out-of-state students at the campuses in Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point and Whitewater starting this fall. Some of the tuition hikes could be as much as 25-percent. Out-of-state students are not covered by Wisconsin’s UW tuition freeze.

The biggest consumer complaint in Wisconsin is, once again, unwanted phone calls. The state’s Department of Agriculture yesterday released its Top Ten list of complaints for 2019. Telemarketers and robocalls once again topped the list. Landlord/tenant complaints and phone bill complaints rounded out the top three. The Department of Ag says it is here to help with all sorts of consumer complaints, and says there is plenty of information on their website that can help people figure out where to go if

Tony Evers signed an executive order calling for a special legislative session to address funding for education.  Evers says it’s time to recommit to two-thirds state funding to invest in schools, close achievement gaps and have the resources to retain and recruit talented educators.  The special session is scheduled for February 11th and the governor wants to see some of the 250-million-dollars in projected revenue surplus re-directed for K through 12 education.

A Baraboo man is under arrest for a pair of burglaries and fires that destroyed the Barn Restaurant and Bar in Baraboo.  Devin Schroeder is accused of setting fires in December of 2018 that destroyed the restaurant.  Schroeder was taken into custody yesterday.  His next court appearance is set for next month at the Sauk County Courthouse.

An Eau Claire sculpture has 25-hundred-dollars worth of damage after being vandalized.  Julie Pangallio is the executive director of the Eau Claire Sculpture Tour and says someone pulled the World Sound sculpture off its pedestal sometime on Sunday.  Police later found the sculpture in the street.  The Sculpture Tour is offering 500 dollars for information leading to an arrest in the case.

A 30-year-old man is going to prison in Eau Claire County on child pornography charges.  The District Attorney’s office says Erio Oliver was convicted of eight child porn counts and one count of intimidating a witness earlier this week.  A criminal complaint says police found over 240 pictures of child porn of Oliver’s computer in 2015.  He’ll be sentenced in April.

A Saint Croix County man is having his rape charges dismissed.  The charges against Michael Vennie were dismissed Wednesday because the District Attorney’s office said they didn’t meet the burden of proof.  Vennie was accused of assaulting a 15-year-old girl last Easter weekend.

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is celebrating Martin Luther King Junior.  UW-Eau Claire’s division of equity, diversity, and inclusion held a speaking event with its vice chancellor Doctor Warren Anderson Wednesday night.  Warren talked about MLK and Black History Month.

Wisconsin has a case of the coronavirus. The state’s Department of Health Services confirmed the case yesterday. Doctors say a man who returned from China at the end of January felt sick and almost immediately went to the hospital in Madison. The workers at UW Hospital who came into contact with the man are now being monitored for the virus as well. Public health managers in Dane County say they are working to contact the people who were on the flight