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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

An western Wisconsin woman with seven OWI convictions is heading to prison. A judge yesterday sentenced Shana Corbine from Webster to three years in prison. State troopers say she was drunk when they pulled her over last July. She was driving the wrong way down I-94 with her lights off.

The first phase of the new Veterans Memorial Trail in Altoona could be ready to go by the end of fall. Crews say they are ready to start construction on what will eventually be a two-million-dollar trail and park. The trail is being built in Altoona after neighbors in Eau Claire complained about its placement there.

The plan from UW Eau Claire leaders to combat racism on campus will involve a lot of training and talking. The school’s Rapid Action Task Force yesterday suggested nine different ideas to make sure there are no more racist incidents at the university. Most involve more training or more chances for students to report incidents, but the task force is also suggesting a restorative justice program. Though there are not a lot of specifics as to just what that program