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Wisconsin lawmakers are considering a bill that would give more protections to people volunteering to clean up roads.  The Adopt-A-Highway Bill would double fines for traffic violations near volunteers working on roads just like in work zones and highway maintenance areas.  The bill is inspired by the November death of three Girl Scouts and a mother who were picking up trash on the side of a highway in Lake Hallie-and on that note, keep your eyes out in our community

It remains to be seen what will come of last week’s pay protest at the University of Wisconsin.  Campus police escorted about 15 graduate students from the dean’s office on Friday.  They forced their way into the office to protest what they say are low wages.  The protesters complained that they only made 20 thousand-dollars a year while getting their degrees at UW Madison.  Police are not saying if they will ask for charges against the students, and the school is

Governor Tony Evers’ sales pitch to add over 80 thousand young men to Wisconsin’s healthcare rolls is working.  A number of Republicans in Madison say they think the state should expand Medicaid to get all of the money the governor is promising would come to the state.  State Senator Luther Olsen last week said lawmakers need to keep an open mind.  The governor has promised that 324 million-dollars extra from Washington D.C. could be turned into a billion-and-a-half dollars here

The folks who run Wisconsin’s dairy industry are asking President Trump to help them move Congress forward on the new trade deal with Canada and Mexico.  The Wisconsin Dairy Alliance wrote an open letter to the president before his visit to Green Bay on Saturday that pleaded with him to move Congress to ratify the new deal.  The Dairy Association’s Cindy Leitner says time has already run out for too many dairy farms in the state. 

We now know the name of the man killed in a motorcycle accident in Dunn County. It was on Friday about 12:41 AM when responders were dispatched to the intersection of County Road V and 490 th St., in the Township of Sheridan, for a motorcycle crash. The investigation showed the motorcycle was Eastbound on County Road V and failed to negotiate the curve. The motorcycle entered the ditch and the lone operator was ejected. 56 year old Richard Larson

As a result of the recent drug take back event and the permanent drop locations, the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office will be turning over approximately 3050 lbs. of unwanted, unused or expired medication to the Department of Justice for proper disposal. 250 lbs of that total was collected today at the biannual drug take back event, with the remainder being collected over the last 6 months in the (5) designated disposal locations. Just a reminder that you can drop

President Trump is firing up his base in Wisconsin instead of attending the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.  Last night, Trump spoke in Green Bay on the same night as the annual dinner which he consistently avoids each year.  Trump touched briefly on the 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls, stressing he could easily beat former Vice President Joe Biden.  He also gave his condolences to the victims of the synagogue shooting near San Diego earlier yesterday which left one woman dead and three

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) has notified the Eau Claire Police Department Sex Offender 39 year old Tyler N. Millswill be released from prison on April 30, 2019. Mills will be under the supervision of DOC. Mills’ previous convictions include: Voyeurism – King County, WA (March 3, 2003) Voyeurism – King County, WA (December 16, 2003) Communicating with a Minor for Immoral Purposes – King County WA (May 2, 2005) Child Enticement Eau Claire County, WI (May 6, 2008)

You might want to take a scan of your medicine cabinets and drawers. If you have bottles of pills that you aren’t using-you can clear some space on the shelves. Today is National Prescription Drug take-back day.  Police agencies across the state will be accepting old and unused prescription drugs between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.  Over 925 Wisconsinites died from opioid drug overdoses in 2017.

A discussion about race and hate is underway on campus at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Chancellor Andrew Leavitt responded today to racist messages and hateful images posted on social media involving university students.  In a Facebook post, the chancellor said anyone who brings hate to the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh community is invited to leave.  Leavitt says an investigation is underway and the matter is being taken very seriously.