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Wisconsin’s state treasurer wants to give private sector workers a public retirement option.  Treasurer Sarah Godlewski yesterday proposed a state-run retirement plan.  She says most people don’t have much saved-up for retirement, and a good number of people don’t have anything saved.  Godlewski points to Oregon’s state-run plan which has 20 thousand people enrolled and five million-dollars invested. 

A judge in Chippewa Falls is trying to figure out how to move forward with a case against an 11-year-old girl accused of stomping a baby to death last year.  Lawyers for the girl say she’s not competent enough to stand trial, but they’re not sure how to handle her preliminary hearing.  The case will be tried in juvenile court, if or when it gets to that point.  The young girl is accused of stomping six-month-old Jaxon Hunter late last

Eau Claire County is one of a handful of western Wisconsin counties that could get a new prosecutor.   Wisconsin lawmakers earlier this week approved just over three-and-a-half-million dollars to hire new assistant district attorneys across the state.  Eau Claire, Dunn, Polk, Pierce, Buffalo, and La Crosse counties are on the list to get new prosecutors. 

A pair of plans that would get somewhat tougher on drunk drivers in Wisconsin are headed forward at the state Capitol.  A legislative panel yesterday approved a plan that would have people arrested for their first OWI appear in court.  Right now, first time OWI’s are treated essentially as traffic tickets.  Lawmakers also approved a plan that would guarantee that anyone who kills someone in a drunk driving wreck would spend a minimum of five years behind bars.  State Rep. Jim Ott

Local sheriffs in Wisconsin don’t care if farmers in the state grow hemp.  They just don’t want anyone driving with THC in their system.  The sheriffs are pressing lawmakers in Madison to take a provision out of a hemp growing law that would allow for people to drive with a trace amount of THC.  The sheriffs say that could be a loophole for people who smoke pot to avoid an OWI charge. 

Are there enough people to ride the bus in La Crosse on Sundays? That’s the questions the city’s mass transit managers say they need to answer.  Some community members are pushing to start Sunday bus service.  La Crosse currently runs its buses Monday through Friday, with some limited routes on Saturday.  Bus managers say if the interest is there, they’d be happy to start Sunday service. 

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), today certified the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (WMMB) dba Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) 2019 Board of Directors election results. Commencing July 1, 2019, the following dairy producers will begin a three-year term as elected members of the Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin: Mark Leder, District 3, Lincoln, Oneida, Price and Taylor counties                     Douglas Danielson, District 6, Chippewa and Eau Claire counties Jeff Strassburg, District 9, Shawano and Waupaca counties

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The Eau Claire Parks & Recreation Department announces that the first annual Water Safety Awareness day in cooperation with the Eau Claire YMCA and Eau Claire Water Safety Task Force will take place Saturday June 1 from 9am-11:30am at Fairfax Pool. This event is for non-swimmers ages 6-11 and consists of an hour long interactive skills lesson designed to teach kids water adjustment, using a life jacket, how to safely assist others and river, and lake safety. This event is

Eleven children are hurt after a bus crash in Monroe, just north of the Illinois border on Highway 69.  Police say four cars collided at the intersection of 8th Street and 69 Tuesday afternoon, injuring kids from five to 15-years-old.  Only a five-year-old was taken to the hospital by ambulance, the rest of the victims were taken in a separate school bus.  There were 26 students on the bus at the time of the crash.