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Happy 60th Anniversary Circus World! On July 1, 1959, a peek into the Big Top opened to the public. Circus World in Baraboo was originally the winter home of the Ringling Brothers Circus from 1884 through 1918. It’s now the world foremost museum of circus history and memorabilia. In the July edition of the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s Thank You, 72 podcast and radio series, we’re remembering two University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates who helped make Circus World the success it is today: Columbia County

Today is National HIV Testing Day—people nationwide are encouraged to learn their HIV status. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 get tested for HIV at least once as part of routine health care. People with certain risk factors should get tested more often. In Wisconsin 7,123 people were living with HIV in 2017. Almost 1 in 8 people living with HIV are unaware they are infected. Based on

A 12-year-old boy is dead after drowning in a retention pond in northeast Wisconsin.  Family members identified the boy as Dylan Tapio.  Reports say Tapio drowned while he and his brothers were releasing a turtle in Kaukauna Tuesday night.  Police believe he was in the water for up to two hours before he was rescued. 

The victims of a rollover crash in Black River Falls have been identified.  The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says 18-year-old Dylan Waube was speeding and driving drunk when he went off the road, went airborne, and crashed in a wooded area late Monday night.  James Mann, Miguel Custodio, Anthony Walker, and Harold Hill Junior were also in the car and were taken to the hospital with injuries.  Waube is facing multiple charges in connection with the crash. 

A Colfax man is going to prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting a ten-year-old girl.  Reports say the victim told staff at her school Jobert Molde assaulted her in 2017.  Molde was found guilty in March and sentenced Tuesday to 25-years in prison followed by seven-and-a-half years of supervised release. 

The fight over what to name a park next to the to-be-built Veterans Tribute Trail in Eau Claire isn’t over.  The city’s Waterways and Parks Commission last night punted on the issue.  The folks behind the two million-dollar trail want to name the small park Veterans Tribute Park.  But some neighbors, particularly people who use the community garden in the park, don’t want to change the name.  The commission is asking Eau Claire’s city council to make the decision. 

A Chippewa County man is heading to prison for more than a decade for abusing a 10-year-old boy in an Eau Claire bathroom last year.  A judge yesterday sentenced Derrik Sheffield to 12-years in prison.  The judge also ordered Sheffield to register as a sex offender for life, and to never have contact with anyone under 18 unless the court says its okay first. 

The man who broke into Jayme Closs’ home and stole her clothes isn’t going to jail.  A judge yesterday sentenced 33-year-old Kyle Jaenke-Annis to two years of probation.  Police say Jaenke-Annis broke into the Closs home while Jayme was missing last year and stole some of her clothes.  

Democrats in Madison are upset that their cornerstone issue is essentially dead for the next two years.  Democratic lawmakers yesterday told reporters at the Capitol that Republicans made a mistake by not including a Medicaid expansion in the new state budget.  State Rep. Chris Taylor said the decision is morally bankrupt and fiscally irresponsible.  Republicans say adding more than 80 thousand people to the state’s healthcare rolls would simply cost too much. 

The rules for bow and hand catfishing in Wisconsin are set.  The Department of Natural Resources yesterday approved the regulations for the state’s newest fishing season.  Hand-fishing season will run from June 1st til August 31st each year.  Bow fishing will run all year across the southern two-thirds of the state.  Governor Walker created temporary rules for hand and bow fishing last year, the new rules simply make those seasons permanent.