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Wisconsin Republicans don’t want to spend any of the new money that the state could see for the next state budget.  The Legislative Fiscal Bureau yesterday said Wisconsin will see a one-time bump of about 750 million-dollars over the next three years.  Governor Evers says he wants to spend that money to pay down some debt and grow a couple of state programs.  Republicans want to put the money away for a rainy day fund, or use the cash to lower taxes. 

Olson’s will be dishing up sweet summer treats this Memorial Day weekend! 75 years of Olson’s now leads to a new shop. The new Eau Claire store will also balance the cold with the hot with Wisconsin coffee roaster, Colectivo Coffee. Olson’s will be serving a long list of coffee beverages, breakfast and lunch items, and other baked goods. Olson’s will also be unveiling an exciting list of waffle-based desserts and will have a fun and unique “Olson’s Waffle Wall”

A motorcycle accident leaves one dead in Menomonie. It happened on Tuesday May 14 just before 10 at night. the Menomonie Police Department and the Menomonie Fire Department responded to a single vehicle motorcycle crash in the 1900 block of Dairyland Road. Upon arrival of the police and fire department personnel it was determined that the operator of the motorcycle was deceased. Preliminary investigation of the accident showed that speed and alcohol were possible factors. The crash remains under investigation

One person is dead after a head-on crash in Clarke County.  The sheriff’s office says the crash was on Schofield Road in Weston yesterday morning.  One car was seen blocking both lanes and the other was on the shoulder of the road.  One of the drivers was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was taken to the hospital in unknown condition. 

A Chetek man is accused of assaulting a woman on the side of a road in Barron County.  A criminal complaint claims the woman recently got a ride home from Cazz Johnson and he stopped to go to the bathroom on the side of the road and sexually assaulted her.  The woman says she kicked him out of the truck and drove to get help.  Johnson is facing four felonies and could do up to 60 years in prison. 

Eau Claire police are investigating a threatening message written to DeLong Middle School.  School district officials say police found the person responsible for writing the message yesterday and determined there was no credible threat.  School is in session as usual today and it’s unclear what kind of discipline the person responsible will receive. 

Sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in west-central Wisconsin.  The Eau Claire City-County Health Department says there are more cases of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in the county so far this year.  It also says unprotected sex is often the cause for increases in STDs and STI’s.  

Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin is trying to get more broadband access across the state.  Baldwin introduced the Access Broadband Act yesterday that would increase access to broadband in rural areas across the country by removing regulations from small telecommunication companies.  The bill has bipartisan support including from Wisconsin’s other Senator Ron Johnson. 

One Wisconsin lawmaker wants to end lunch shaming in the state’s public schools, but local school leaders aren’t so sure.  State Rep. Gary Tauchen is pushing a plan to stop schools from not feeding, or feeding a smaller lunch to children who cannot pay.  But his plan doesn’t include any money from the state, so schools would have to eat the cost of the lunches that they give away.  Local school leaders say they’d rather see each school set its own lunch

It looks like a heart attack killed Durand firefighter before he rolled his car earlier this week.  Kyle Hayden’s family said he died of heart failure, not the one car crash on Highway 85.  Hayden was just 30-years-old.  A public visitation is set for this Sunday at the Rhiel Funeral Home in Durand.