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The top Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature say they want to find a way to cut taxes for middle class families by 400-million-dollars.  Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald yesterday said they’re still working toward a final price tag for the tax cuts.  They also didn’t say how they plan to cut taxes by that much.  Governor Evers vetoed a tax cut proposal from Republicans shorty after he took office in January.  That plan was based on using

A western Wisconsin superintendent could soon be the best in the state.  Barron Area School Superintendent Diane Tremblay is one of the finalists for Wisconsin’s Superintendent of the Year.  The school announced the news yesterday.  If Tremblay wins at the state level, she’d then go on to represent Wisconsin’s school superintendents across the country. 

Wisconsin Republicans are getting questions, and getting called-out, by folks who usually agree with them.  Americans for Prosperity in Wisconsin is the latest to call out Republican lawmakers for their proposed per-mile fee on drivers.  The group’s Eric Bott yesterday said the fee is basically a tax that just a handful of lawmakers can impose on drivers in the state without any real recourse.  Republicans last week snuck the proposal into their proposed transportation budget. 

Students who want to get into Marquette University won’t have to worry about the SAT or the ACT anymore.  The school says it’s dropping the requirement that students take a standardized test as part of their college application.  Instead, Marquette admission managers say, they will take a ‘holistic’ approach to students throughout their high school career.  

The governor and first lady are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment. The ratification by the state gave women the right to vote.   Governor Tony Evers and other city and state leaders attended a ceremony at the Capitol today. 

Later this month, community members will have the chance to tour the mammography bus from eastern Wisconsin as it makes its way to visit the communities of Rice Lake, Ladysmith, Cornell, Menomonie, Mondovi and Arcadia. “Early detection continues to be the best defense against breast cancer,” said Ken Brown, director of imaging services for HSHS Sacred Heart and St. Joseph’s hospitals. “The ability to take this technology to women outside of the medical facility and to their location will increase

The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office announced that James A. Hatcher was charged for ten counts of possession of child pornography. On June 5, law enforcement executed a search warrant on Mr. Hatcher’s residence in Hayward, Wis. and he was taken into custody. Mr. Hatcher was booked in the Sawyer County Jail on June 5. This investigation is led by the ICAC Task Force at DOJ and the

Three people have minor injuries after a two car crash in Eau Claire County.  The sheriff’s office says two cars were westbound on Highway 12 yesterday afternoon when one was rear-ended while slowing down to turn.  A man and a woman in one car and a woman in the other car all received non-life threatening injuries.  The person driving the car that caused the crash was cited for inattentive operation. 

One person is dead and another is in critical condition after being rescued from Lake Monona.  The Madison Fire Department says both people were participating in the Ironman Triathlon in Madison yesterday.  The Dane County Medical Examiner is identifying one victim as Michael McCulloch of Cottage Grove.  He drowned.  There’s no update on the second competitor who was hospitalized. 

Thousands of dollars are being raised for ALS awareness after the annual ALS Walk and Wheel-a-thon in Chippewa Falls.  Reports say about 300 people attended the race over the weekend.  Organizers estimate it raised about 20-thousand dollars.