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The push to get more people in Wisconsin to vote by mail will cost at least four million-dollars. The Wisconsin Election Commission announced on Friday that it plans to spend four million-dollars to mail almost every voter in the state an absentee ballot application. The money is coming from the state’s coronavirus stimulus fund. WEC Administrator Meagan Wolfe says the money will be shared with local election managers who will do most of the heavy lifting for the November election.

Peaceful protests in Madison, Wisconsin became destructive Saturday night.   Police say two officers were hurt while working to quell the violence that erupted on Madison’s streets during a George Floyd protest.  Rioters were throwing rocks and other objects at officers and set a police unit on fire.  The vandals damaged multiple places of businesses including Goodman’s Jewelers with reports of scattered acts of looting.  This, as Wisconsin joins nine states and the nation’s capital calling in the National Guard to help restore

Welcome to your weekend. As we continue to live and write pages in our history, here are some quick events that have happened on this day in past pages: Today is Saturday, May 30th, the 151st day of the year.  There are 216 days until the end of the year. On this day: In 1783, “The Pennsylvania Evening Post” became the first daily newspaper in the United States. In 1868, Memorial Day was observed for the first time in the

 About 50 people have been arrested in the Minneapolis protests against the death of George Floyd.  Minnesota Department of Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington told a news conference that over 25-hundred officers are helping to keep the peace in Minneapolis, where George Floyd died while in police custody this week.  Harrington said it’s one of the largest civil police forces the state of Minnesota has ever seen.  He added, though, resources are stretched thin, with thousands of protesters estimated to have turned out

A Colfax woman is dead after a rollover crash. It happened about accident at about 12:45 pm on Friday, May 29th when the Wisconsin State Patrol and Washburn County Sheriff’s Office responded to a one vehicle rollover crash on US 53 in Washburn County near milepost 154 southbound. The initial investigation indicated the vehicle lost control, entered the ditch and rolled several times. The backseat passenger, was ejected from the vehicle during the crash. The driver, 18 year old Axel

A fired Minnesota cop is being charged with third-degree murder in the killing of an unarmed black man.  Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced the charges against Derek Chavin this afternoon. Chauvin is the officer who was filmed with his knee on the neck of George Floyd on Memorial Day.  Police responded to a convenience store in the area after someone called 911 claiming a person believed to be Floyd used a counterfeit bill and appeared drunk.  Here across the

Children’s Wisconsin Hospital in Milwaukee is reporting multiple cases of what they believe is the multi-system inflammatory syndrome identified in children exposed to COVID-19.  These are the first suspected cases of MIS-C in the state.  The inflammatory disease causes swelling in different organs, a high fever, abdominal pain, a rash, red eyes and often swelling of the hands and feet. 

Wisconsinites have a good reason to celebrate. Today is the state’s 172nd birthday.  Wisconsin officially became the 30th state in the Union on May 29th, 1848.  Perhaps a slice of “cheese” cake is in order. Here are a few facts you may not know: The first ice cream sundae in the country was created in Two Rivers in 1881 The first circus in the United States performed in Delavan, and Fox River is one of the few rivers in the country that flows

The cost of regular gas in Wisconsin is holding steady.  After a 12-cent jump last weekend, gas is up just a penny a gallon today.  Triple-A says the average price statewide is a-dollar-89, while the national average is one-97.  Drivers in Appleton saw a slight dip to a-dollar-77-a-gallon while in Madison, Milwaukee and Kenosha County the price at the pump hovers around one-92. 

The Eau Claire Fire Department responded to a report of a fire in a residence at 1320 Altoona Ave. on Thursday, May 28th. On Arrival fire crews found light smoke coming from the siding and rear porch of a two-story residence. Crews were able to quickly extinguish the fire. Damage is estimated to be $15,000. The fire remains under investigation.