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Senator Tammy Baldwin is re-introducing bipartisan legislation design to help American dairy farmers.  The Dairy Pride Act would require non-dairy products made from nuts, seeds and plants to no longer be mislabeled with dairy terms such as milk, yogurt or cheese.  The FDA defines dairy products as being from dairy animals.  Baldwin says imitation products have gotten away with using dairy’s good name for their own benefit.

There are a few new Green Bay Packers as the team announced the signing of free agents. Outside linebackers Preston Smith and Za’darius Smith, along with safety Adrian Amos, were signed to boost the defense.  On the other side of the ball, the team came to terms with Billy Turner who has spent his five-year career playing offensive guard and tackle for Miami, Baltimore and Denver.

While the historic Powerball jackpot rolled over Wednesday night, a pair of Wisconsin ticket holders each won $50,000 in the latest drawing. The winning tickets were purchased in Marathon and Washington counties. Marathon County’s win came in Wausau on a ticket sold at Kwik Trip on 4701 Rib Mountain Dr. The winning ticket in Washington County was sold at Mayfield Mobil on 2545 Mayfield Way in Richfield.

A Minnesota sheriff’s deputy charged with sex crimes in Barron County is pleading guilty.  Jeffery Masek appeared in court yesterday where he pleaded guilty to child enticement-sexual contact and attempted second-degree sexual assault of a child in a case where he’s accused of using his computer to ask for sex.  He was also charged with using a computer to facilitate a sex crime but had that charge dropped.

The Eau Claire Health Department is looking for two dogs accused of biting and injuring a woman.  The department says the woman was bit on a sidewalk on Lever Street between Brian and McElroy last Friday afternoon.  One dog is described as a dark yellow lab or retriever and the other is described as a smaller black and white dog.  Both were on leashes and were being walked by two women.

Residents of Durand, southwest of Eau Claire, may soon be able to drive golf carts on city streets.  Yesterday the city’s safety commission held a special meeting to get public input and start a discussion on the topic.  The council president says people are already driving golf carts that aren’t permitted so he wants to make it legal.  He says the council has no intention of not allowing it.

The American Red Cross has a center open in Trempealeau County for people displaced be flooding.  The Red Cross says the center is located at Holy Family Church on Maple Street in Arcadia and it has free food and cots to sleep on.  Anyone in Trempealeau County who’s displaced by flooding is welcome.

Xcel Energy in Eau Claire is raising hundreds of dollars for the United Way.  Last night Xcel held its eleventh annual chili cook-off where nine different employees made their best chili recipe for judges to taste and others to enjoy.  Employees could pay five dollars to enjoy a bowl of each chili and the group raised 545 dollars by the end of the night. 

The man accused of killing a woman and abducting her daughter is in custody.  Dariaz Higgins was arrested yesterday afternoon in Milwaukee.  Authorities are still searching for two-year-old Noelani Robinson.