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Two Wisconsin state lawmakers are retiring at the end of the year.  Democratic Senator Dave Hansen announced Thursday he’s retiring to spend more time with his family.  Republican Representative Bob Kulp also announced Thursday he’s retiring to focus on his family and business.

The Chippewa Falls Police Department claims social media helps recruit new officers.  Police say they’ve recently struggled to get new recruits but that’s starting to change because they’ve started to post entertaining content online.  The department says it’s currently looking for one new officer to join the force.

Three western Wisconsin men are losing their guns, and their hunting licenses for three years after they illegally shot several deer. The three, 19-year-old Joshua Lane, and 23-year-old Casey Lewallen both of Augusta, and 22-year-old Tyler Dawson of Bloomer, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges. Game wardens say the three were part of a group that shot and killed 20 deer before deer season began in 2018. The other men charged in the case are waiting for trial.

The once nearly-starved dog that captured hearts in Dunn County has a new forever home. The Dunn County Humane Society yesterday said that Gabriel, the dog who was found in the woods back in November, will live with his foster family. The Chan family says Gabe is doing well, he’s put on weight and is happy. The Chan family and Humane Society managers hope to use Gabe’s story to get more families to foster, and eventually adopt rescue dogs.

Western Wisconsin’s Democratic congressman has his name all over the war power resolution that would limit what President Trump can do to Iran. Congressman Ron Kind yesterday voted for the resolution, he also helped write it. Kind says Congress should handle declarations of war. Democrats in the U.S. House pushed through the non-binding resolution yesterday.

Eau Claire’s new police chief has had his first day on the job.  Chief Matt Rokus took his oath of office yesterday morning. Rokus has been an Eau Claire police officer for nearly 25 years. He says he wants to make Eau Claire a safer and more inclusive city.

The number of human trafficking cases in Wisconsin’s latest report isn’t the problem. It’s the number of police departments and sheriff’s offices that say they don’t know how to classify trafficking cases that has Wisconsin’s Department of Justice worried. The department released a report yesterday that said authorities reported just 66 human trafficking cases in 2018. But many more said they need more training in how to investigate trafficking, and they would like some clarification on the difference between human trafficking and

Wisconsin’s governor is giving lawmakers in Madison some ‘homework’ for the spring session. Governor Tony Evers yesterday sent a letter to lawmakers highlighting the dozen-or-so plans that he wants to see become laws. About half of them deal with homelessness, but others would set the price for insulin, focus on PFAS chemicals, and close what he calls the dark store loophole for property taxes. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said the tone of the letter is ridiculous.

Here’s your chance to be in Lambeau Field on gameday. You won’t get to see the game, but you will get to shovel snow. The Green Bay Packers say they need 700 people to shovel snow Sunday ahead of the game against the Seattle Seahawks. It pays 12 bucks an hour, cash, and the team provides the snow shovels.

Governor Tony Evers is putting lawmakers on notice that he expects passage of several key pieces of legislation this session.  The governor sent a letter to Republicans and Democrats today asking them to get to work on passing several measures that have bipartisan support.  One involves capping the price of insulin at 100-dollars for a 30-day supply.  Another imposes a mandatory five-thousand-dollar fine on anyone convicted of patronizing a prostitute And two bills address the tracking, processing and storage of