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The fight over Wisconsin’s lame duck laws will end tomorrow.  The Wisconsin Supreme Court will release its ruling tomorrow on a challenge to the laws that Republicans passed back in December.  The specific case before the court dealt with a law that blocked Governor Evers or Wisconsin’s attorney general from withdrawing the state from lawsuits on their own.  

The state of Wisconsin is getting older and a little less white.  The latest snapshot from the U.S. Census shows that half of the people in the state are now over 40.  Wisconsin is still overwhelmingly white, about 87-percent.  But the latest numbers from the Census show the state’s minority population is starting to grow. 

The dragons are coming to La Crosse.  The city is getting ready for this weekend’s Big Blue Dragon Boat Festival.  The festival brings teams of racers to the Black River to compete for a good cause.  The race helps raise awareness for breast cancer research.  The races start about 7 a.m. Saturday morning, and will run till about 4 p.m. that afternoon. 

You’ll notice that the flags are at half staff. Governor Evers issued Executive Order that the flag of the United States and the flag of the State of Wisconsin be flown at half-staff as a mark of respect for Patrol Officer John D. Hetland.

A man accused of killing a Marinette couple over 40 years ago is ordered to stand trial.  Eighty-two-year-old Raymond Vannieuwenhoven [[ van-you-when-hoven ]] is scheduled to enter a plea July 1st for the murders of David Schuldes and Ellen Matheys in McClintock Park in 1976.  DNA samples from evidence at the crime scene was tested last year and determined to be from the Vannieuwenhoven family.  He was ordered today to stand trial, but that date has not been set.  

UPDATE: The search for a missing Outagamie County mom and her adult daughter is over.  The sheriff in Appleton yesterday said deputies spoke with Jill Rousseau and her daughter Jordan, they don’t appear to be in any danger.  The sheriff is not saying where the two are.  They haven’t been home since Sunday.  The sheriff also didn’t say if they intend to return.  6.19.2019: The search for a missing Outagamie County mom and her adult daughter is over.  The sheriff

Two people are in custody after over six-thousand dollars worth of parts were stolen from an Eau Claire car dealership.  A criminal complaint claims police were called to Chilson Motors because a car had been stripped of parts back in February.  Police recently arrested Ryan Peterson after a collision center contracted to fix the car said Peterson also contacted them.  Peterson claimed he offered Adam Gifford one-thousand dollars to find the parts to a car he’d salvaged from a Minnesota

A Cornell man accused of punching a boy for complaining about being hungry has his trial date set.  A criminal complaint claims David Markham punched the boy after he texted his mom and said he hadn’t eaten all day and was hungry earlier this year.  Markham is charged with felony child abuse.  He’ll go to trial in mid-November. 

Part of Menomonie Street in Eau Claire is closed today for road repairs.  The city says Menomonie closed this morning between Minnesota Street and Mount Washington Avenue because of a previous water utility break.  The street should re-open by Friday morning. 

Former Eau Claire County Treasurer Larry Lokken isn’t getting a break on his sentence for stealing from taxpayers.  An appeals court yesterday set aside Lokken’s appeal.  Lokken challenged the sentence that required him to repay Eau Claire County or face a longer prison term.  Lokken and his former deputy Kay Onarheim have to pay back almost 700-thousand-dollars.  PHOTO CREDIT: WEAU 13 NEWS