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There is finally a name to go with the remains found nearly 40 years ago in the Barron County woods. Investigators yesterday said they used DNA to identify the remains found in 1982 as those of Kraig King, from White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Police say he died in a stabbing, but they never knew his name until just recently. There is no word on the search for a suspect or any other new developments in the case.

A suspected meth dealer is looking at a laundry list of felony charges after a hit and run chase through Eau Claire back in November. Prosecutors filed charges yesterday against 32-year-old Christopher Parker. He was arrested after he ran from police after a hit and run crash on the day after Thanksgiving. He’s accused of dealing meth, having pot, felony bail jumping, and seven other felony crimes. A judge released him on a signature bond with a promise to return

A western Wisconsin man is looking at felony charges after election managers say he voted twice in the 2018 election. The D.A. in Eau Claire yesterday filed charges against Robert King. He’s from Ladysmith, but investigators say he registered to vote – and voted – in both Rusk County and Eau Claire County back in November of 2018. No one is saying who he voted for. He’s due in court at the end of the month.

All of that snow in 2019 was a good thing. Tourism leaders in Eau Claire yesterday said the city saw a bump in visitors last year, mostly thanks to the snow. Visit Eau Claire’s Jason Krueger says some parts of Wisconsin didn’t have enough snow, so a lot of people came to Eau Claire and the Chippewa Valley to ski, sled, or snowmobile. Krueger is not saying just how many more visitors the city saw because of its abundance of snow.

Lawmakers in Madison are once again trying a pink-tax plan. A group of lawmakers led by Madison Democrat Melissa Sargent yesterday introduced a proposal to end the state’s five-percent tax on diapers and feminine hygiene products. Sargent says the state treats them as ‘luxury’ items as opposed to the necessities that they are. Sargent has tried this idea in the past. Two years ago she said ending the tax would cost the state about two-and-a-half-million-dollars.

We should get a look at what lawmakers in Madison want to do to protect the water and soil across the state.  Wisconsin’s Water Quality Task Force is set to deliver its report today. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos created the task force last winter to study the environmental needs of the state. The task force spent the spring and summer holding a series of meetings across the state to develop the report that’s due today.

It is going to be up to the Wisconsin Supreme Court as to whether 234-thousand voters in the state will have to re-register. The state’s Court of Appeals yesterday decided not to take-on the case. The court said it is allowing the state Supreme Court to decide the issue. There is still a legal battle after an Ozaukee County judge ordered the voters removed last month. A judge will decide next week whether to hold the Wisconsin Election Commission in contempt because they continue

Wisconsin Republicans are placing only Donald Trump’s name on the state primary ballot.  Today’s move means Republican challengers, former Congressman Joe Walsh and former Massachusetts Governor William Weld, will have to gather thousands of signatures in order to get on the ballot.  Weld called the move shameful and not the way the party of competition and freedom should work.  Walsh tweeted it should be a big story that Trump and Republican party bosses are virtually canceling primary elections all over the

Senator Tammy Baldwin is supporting the War Powers Resolution.  The measure would force debate and a vote in Congress to prevent further escalation of hostilities with Iran.  A companion resolution is being introduced in the U.S. House.  Baldwin says the Constitution is very clear that only the Congress has the authority to declare war and the president must come to Congress before pursuing any military action against Iran. 

A proposal is moving forward for Brown County to declare itself a second amendment sanctuary county.  The proposal was debated at an executive committee meeting yesterday.  There was input from the community and supporters say the proposal shows that Brown County won’t let the right to bear arms to be infringed upon.  Florence County was the first in the state to pass a similar resolution in the fall.