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School leaders in La Crosse are taking the next step toward finding their next superintendent this week. The school district will interview three finalists for the job today, tomorrow, and Wednesday. Only one of the finalists is from La Crosse. Stacey Everson is the director of secondary education for the School District of La Crosse, Rainey Briggs is the director of elementary education at Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District in Middleton, and Aaron Engel is the superintendent at Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School

UW Madison is calling more students home from overseas. The school on Friday canceled its study abroad program in Italy. The move comes after the CDC imposed new travel restrictions on Italy because of the coronavirus. UW Madison says about 170 students were studying in Italy this semester. They will all come back home. UW Madison also canceled study abroad programs in China and South Korea this year because of coronavirus fears.

One of the best long-distance runners ever to run in Wisconsin will run for team USA this summer. Molly Seidel punched her ticket to the Olympics with a second place finish in the Olympic-qualifying marathon in Atlanta Saturday. It was her first ever sanctioned marathon. Seidel was a track star at University Lake School in Hartland and went on to run in college at Notre Dame. She was the most decorated high school distance runner in Wisconsin history.

Former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg is suspending his presidential campaign tonight.  Buttigieg was the first openly gay major presidential candidate.  Buttigieg had a strong start to the primary season, but had a poor showing in Saturday’s South Carolina primary.

Babies born on leap day yesterday are being dressed accordingly at one Madison hospital.  The “leapling babies” at UnityPoint Health – Meriter were dressed in frog hats to commemorate the occasion.  Saturday saw a half dozen or so “leapling baby” births at the hospital.  Some more images of the frog hat adorned children can be seen on the hospital’s Facebook page.

Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt discusses the need to focus on mental health issues after last week’s Molson Coors attack.  In a statement, Sheriff Schmidt calls for community members and leaders to address the increase in mental health affliction and needs and avoid politicizing tragedies such as that which happened at the brewery. Sheriff Schmidt says members of law enforcement agencies contend with mental health issues up to a point and where resources allow.  He said it isn’t known whether

It was a tough week in one of our biggest cities, but the people of Wisconsin continue to rally and so do our sports teams. The Milwaukee Brewers are honoring the victims of the shooting at the MolsonCoors Brewery with a patch on their spring training uniforms.  The team posted and Instagram photo yesterday showing a prominent gold and blue patch just above the heart with the initials “MC” for Molson Coors.  An employee shot and killed five of his

The only confirmed coronavirus patient in Wisconsin is released from isolation.  Public Health Madison and Dane County tweeted last night that the Dane County resident has had two negative tests for the virus and can resume normal activities.  The unnamed patient has been under quarantine at their home since January 30th. 

Harley-Davidson is preparing to look for new leadership.  The Milwaukee-based company announced yesterday that CEO Matthew Levatich is leaving his post and position on the company’s board.  The two sides agreed now was the right time to find somebody new to take control of the business.  Another board member will take over as acting CEO while Harley uses an outside search firm to fill the role permanently.

Governor Tony Evers signs off on new police body camera regulations.  The new law won’t force police agencies to use body cameras, but it does add requirements for those that do.  Under the law,  police departments must hold on to all body camera footage for at least 120 day, and longer in critical cases.  The regulation also says body cam footage can be released under the open records law.