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An Iowa man pleads guilty to a stabbing at a Chippewa Falls hotel.  Court documents say Anthony Avila recently pleaded guilty to substantial battery and had other charges thrown out.  Avila’s accused of stabbing a coworker with a utility knife back in October.  He’ll be sentenced in April.

Wisconsin state lawmakers are trying to increase the number of dentists in rural areas.  Reports say the Wisconsin Assembly passed a bill Wednesday that would fund scholarships for dentists who commit to staying in an underserved area for a certain number of years.  The bill now goes to the senate.

A La Crosse man is accused of stealing more than two-thousand dollars from his job.  A criminal complaint says an employee at Keenan’s Cherryland told police Terry Odegaard stole about 28-hundred-70 dollars from the business over a two-month span starting in November.  Odegaard is charged with theft of a business setting and bail jumping.

Governor Tony Evers mentions Govin’s corn maze in Menomonie at the State of the State Address.  Yesterday, Evers talked about how the family lost a member to suicide, so they used the maze to raise awareness.  He then thanked them for their work.

Governor Evers was behind the podium last night for his State of the State speech and as you might imagine, the reaction was split depending on who you talk to. CLIFF NOTES: Wisconsin’s governor is again giving the Republican-controlled legislature a to-do list. Governor Tony Evers last night used his State of the State speech to call for a special session on the state’s farm crisis. He wants lawmakers to act next week. The governor also announced a new task

One of Eau Claire’s largest hospitals is doing all it can to fight the flu. Managers at Sacred Heart Hospital yesterday said they are asking visitors and patients to wear masks to avoid spreading germs. The hospital is also asking employees not to come to work if they feel sick. The CDC says the flu activity level in Wisconsin is high.

Western Wisconsin’s Democratic congressman is not going to get a pass this year. Republican John Garske yesterday announced his bid for Congress. Garske is a veteran, he flew helicopters in the Army for 20 years, and is a business owner. He says he wants to reform the VA and balance the federal budget. Garske is looking to replace Congressman Ron Kind who’s had western Wisconsin’s seat in Congress since 1997.

Schools across Wisconsin could soon be looking at another required lesson from lawmakers. The legislature is considering a plan that would add mandatory lessons on the Holocaust to the curriculum in both middle school and high school. State Senator Alberta Darling, who is the plan’s lead author, says the idea is to make sure that young people learn about the Holocaust and have an understanding of the hate that drove it.

The state of Wisconsin says it’s found the first case of Chronic Wasting Disease in a wild deer. The Department of Natural Resources yesterday said they found CWD in a wild deer in Marathon County. Regulators say the deer was shot not far from a deer farm that has seen an outbreak of CWD over the years. DNR says there is no way to say for sure how the wild deer caught the disease.

A new report says Foxconn’s founder is looking to have the plant in Mount Pleasant up and running by the end of the year. Bloomberg News reported yesterday that Foxconn founder Terry Gou told employees at the company’s New Year’s party in Taipei that he expects the new plant to start production this year. Gou told the workers that he plans to spend more time in the U.S. this year, and wants to focus on boosting manufacturing and building a