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Governor Tony Evers has a new bill that would require universal background checks for most gun sales in Wisconsin.  The bill comes in response to the two recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio.  The bill was recently introduced by Democratic lawmakers and Republican leaders are mostly dismissing it.  It would require nearly all gun sales to go through a federally licensed dealer except for a few exceptions involving transfers by gift or by inheritance and certain service

A campaign to stop drunk drivers starts in Wisconsin today.  It’s the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign and more law enforcement will be on the roads than usual across the state.  There will be about five-thousand patrolling officers on the roads as well as over 300 drug recognition experts.  The campaign runs through Labor Day.  

The City of Eau Claire is asking for help making the city more bike-friendly.   The city has submitted an application to the League of American Bicyclists to achieve a silver-designation and it wants feedback from residents on how the city could be better.  Residents can fill out the biking survey on the city’s website through September 22nd, just click here to learn more. 

A former Minnesota deputy will spend the better part of the next decade behind bars for trying to have sex with a 15-year-old girl.  A judge in Barron County yesterday sentenced Jeffrey Masek to eight years in prison.  Barron County authorities arrested Masek last spring after he tried to set-up a meeting with a teenage girl.  He was really texting undercover officers.  

A preliminary hearing for a Missouri man suspected in the disappearance of two Wisconsin brothers is set for next month.  The court set the hearing today to determine whether there is enough evidence to try Garland Nelson on tampering charges.  He allegedly drove a truck rented by Nick and Justin Diemel from his Missouri farm to a parking lot where he left it.  The brothers have not been heard from since visiting Nelson on a cattle business trip last month. 

Governor Tony Evers and other Democratic leaders are proposing a bill to close the state’s background check loophole.  The governor said today it’s time to stop ignoring the problem of gun violence and for elected officials to find the courage to do what is right.  The proposed bill would expand background checks for handgun purchases with exceptions like sales to a firearms dealer, military member or police officer.  Republican leaders say the Legislature will probably not take up the measure,

The Wisconsin unemployment rate inches up slightly.  The State Department of Workforce Development says today the jobless rate last month was three-percent, which is up a tenth of a point from June.  April and May saw record lows of two-point-eight-percent.  Despite the slight increase, the state’s unemployment rate is below the national average of three-point-seven-percent. 

Every state has one and a recent survey says Ardy and Ed’s Drive-In in Oshkosh is the tops in Wisconsin.  24/7 Wall Street is out with its ranking of the best places in every state to get a milkshake.  Ardy and Ed’s Drive-In opened in the late 1940s as an A&W Root Beer shop and changed its name in 1972 when it became an independent drive-in.  The menu promises malts are made with real malted milk powder and shake flavors include

Investigators in the Chippewa County quadruple murder case are going back to the drawing board after a promising lead ended up being a bust.  Ritchie German Junior is accused of killing four people in Lake Hallie and Lafayette last month before taking his own life.  Investigators had been looking for a car that once belonged to German but they announced yesterday it had recently been junked.  They’re currently looking into German’s cell phone records. 

An Eau Claire burglary suspect is still on the loose even though someone says their father hit him with a hammer.  The Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office says multiple burglaries were reported at three o’clock Monday morning in the West View Acres neighborhood.  Residents say the suspect stole several thousand dollars worth of items from cars and campers in the area.  One resident says their dad hit the suspect in the head with a hammer but he ran off.  Anyone