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In-person classes at UW Madison lasted one week. Chancellor Rebecca Blank yesterday said the school is moving all classes online, starting next week. Blank on Monday told undergraduate students they could only leave their dorms or apartments for class, or work, or to get food. Now she is saying in-person classes are too much of a risk. Blank is asking students not to go home this weekend or during the two-weeks of online classes. UW-Madison yesterday said just over one

More than a half-million people in Wisconsin are waiting on the state’s jobless office. The Department of Workforce Development yesterday said 693-thousand jobless claims are still being processed. Some of those claims date all the way back to March. Lawmakers in Madison say no one in the state should have to wait months for their unemployment benefits. DWD is not offering an explanation for the delay, but has in the past blamed the backlog on outdated computers and a flood of jobless

The Brewers have new uniforms, so the state of Wisconsin is getting new Brewers license plates. The state’s Department of Transportation debuted the plates yesterday. They include a new iconic ball and glove plate, and a cream colored plate with a state of Wisconsin design on it. The specialty plates cost an extra 40 dollars, and can be personalized for 15 dollars more. You can order the plates online.

The presidential race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump is tightening in Wisconsin.  The latest Marquette University Law School Poll released today shows Vice President Biden with 47-percent support among likely voters in Wisconsin compared to 43-percent for Donald Trump.  That difference is within the four-point-three margin of error.  For the first time the Marquette Poll included Libertarian candidate Jay Jorgensen who garnered four-percent support.

A Hayward man is enjoying a boost to his bank account. Bradley Madison of Hayward’s recent housecleaning really paid off. After selling a canoe he no longer used, Madison used the cash from the sale to try his luck on some Wisconsin Lottery scratch tickets and Madison’s Supreme ticket happened to be one of the lucky top prize winners worth $1 Million.   Holiday Station Store (10478 State Rd. 27) in Hayward sold the winning ticket.

The Dunn County Family Treatment Court Program is celebrating its one year anniversary.  The mission of the Dunn County Family Treatment Court is to improve child welfare system outcomes for families impacted by parental substance use through evidence-based wrap-around programming, collaborative case management, and intensive judicial monitoring. The program was started with a pilot grant from the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families to develop and implement the evidence-based family treatment court model. After accepting participants in August of 2019,

A Lake Hallie woman is facing charges after she deposited and withdrew 45-thousand-dollars in fake checks at different banks around the Chippewa Valley.  Police say 30-year-old Jennifer Lanners told them someone she met online encouraged her to deposit the fake checks.  She told police she knew it was a scam.  According to a criminal complaint, the woman is facing charges for fraud, bail jumping, and resisting an officer. 

A Rice Lake man will spend 15-years behind bars for sexually assaulting two young girls in 2017.  A Barron County judge sentenced Raymond Clark yesterday.  He will register as a sex offender for life.  Clark is charged for the assaults in Barron, Rusk, and Washburn counties.

Prosecutors are dismissing sexual assault charges against an Eau Claire man.  Last week, charges were dropped against Alphonso Washington-Davis for allegedly holding a knife to a woman’s throat and raping her in 2018. Eau Claire County prosecutors dropped five charges September 3rd, citing factors that weren’t detailed in court records. Washington-Davis was charged for contempt of court the same day.

The Rusk County Sheriff’s Office could release more information today after a man considered armed and dangerous was taken into custody. The sheriff’s office says 26-year-old Otis Hamilton is suspected of stealing firearms from the Ladysmith area. The sheriff’s office says Hamilton could have been under the influence. He was taken into custody early this morning.