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Lawmakers are voicing frustration with the UW for the latest move on university construction. The state Senate this week voted down about 70 million-dollars in funding for a handful of construction projects at the university. Republican leader Devin LeMaheiu said Republicans scuttled the money because the university refused to answer their questions, and seemed to be trying to rush the construction projects through without being honest. One of those projects is UW-Madison’s engineering building. The university is not saying what

A Chippewa County man is found guilty of sexual assault. Raymond Buchli of Arizona was found guilty by of a jury of four out of five charges. Prosecutors say the victim was asleep then he began assaulting them. Buchli will be sentenced in Chippewa County in March.    

A case of bird flu could have been detected in one Wisconsinite. The Department of Health Services says the person from Barron County got a presumptive positive result. The case comes after a flock tested positive for bird flu, also in Barron County. DHS says the person was in contact with the infected birds. County Health and Human Services is working with DHS to monitor other farm workers.

Wisconsin has reached the seventh month in a row of record-high employment. The Department of Workforce Development says the labor force increased by more than seven-thousand in November, making a record three-million Wisconsinites employed. The state unemployment rate in November was two-point-nine-percent, about more than one-percent lower than the national average.

Wisconsin schools are getting 70-million-dollars to expand libraries and technology. The Board of Commissioners of Public Lands says the funding will be used to buy new books and other educational materials. The money comes from the Common School Fund, which supplies the sole funding for more than 90-percent of public school libraries statewide. The funding will be announced this afternoon at the Brown Deer High School and Middle School library.

Someone ‘jackpotted’ some ATMs in Marshfield, and walked away with as much as 100 thousand-dollars. Police say it happened over the weekend. They say someone installed something on an ATM at the Simplicity Credit Union. That something allowed the thieves to essentially hack the ATM, and take out huge sums of money. Marshfield Police say the thieves took anywhere between 60-thousand and 100-thousand-dollars. There’s no word about suspects or a vehicle description, but police are asking anyone who may have

The Green Bay woman who is serving a life sentence for killing her boyfriend during a day of drug use then chopping his body up is accused of a new attack in prison. Prosecutors in Fond du Lac County filed charges this week against Taylor Schabusiness after they say she attacked a prison guard. The charges say Schabusiness attacked a nurse, and a jail sergeant at the Taycheedah Correctional Institution. She is accused of trying to smack the guard in

Wisconsin’s Assembly speaker wants to borrow an idea from the new Trump Administration. Speaker Robin Vos yesterday suggested a state-based government efficiency effort similar to the DOGE office that President-elect Trump is planning. Vos said he wants to call his the GOAT: Governmental Oversight, Accountability and Transparency Committee. Vos said the idea is to reform state government, and look for ways to save taxpayers money. Vos isn’t saying specifically what that means, but he’s been clear for months that his

Eau Claire won’t get out from under its Winter Storm Warning til tomorrow morning. Forecasters say Eau Claire and the rest of the Chippewa Valley will see as much as another eight inches of snow today. That will once again make for a tricky drive to and from work or school. The Weather Service says 25-mile-per-hour wind gusts will only make the drive tougher. Forecasters say after the snow, it will remain cold til at least Christmas Day when the

One of the two victims in Monday’s school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin is being identified. Fourteen-year-old Rubi Vergara was killed when a female student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School. An obituary posted by a Madison funeral home describes Vergara as an avid reader who loved art and music. Vergara’s funeral service will be held Saturday. A teacher was also killed and six others were injured before the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A 20-year-old man from