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The people who work for the state of Wisconsin are in-line for a pay raise.  Lawmakers on the state’s budget writing panel yesterday agreed to a four-percent bump for all state employees, and a 14-percent spike for prison guards in the state.  Republicans and Democrats on the panel both agreed to the raises, though they are less than what Governor Tony Evers had originally asked for.  

Milwaukee police commanders say they will never forget Matthew Rittner.  The officer who died back in February was part of the focus of yesterday’s police awards ceremony.  Milwaukee’s police chief presented Rittner’s widow, Caroline, with her late husband’s medal of honor and medal for valor.  Rittner was the third Milwaukee police officer to die in less than a year. 

Abortion rights protesters demonstrate across Wisconsin.   The “Stop the Bans” movement organized protests across the country today against attempts to overturn Roe v. Wade.  Demonstrators rallied in Madison, Sheboygan, Green Bay, Oshkosh and Appleton.  There were also protests in Eau Claire, Stevens Point, Minocqua and Polk County. 

Scammers are exploiting a firefighter’s death in Appleton.  The Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office says it has received reports of a caller claiming to be raising money for the family of murdered firefighter Mitchell Lundgaard.  Lundgaard was shot and killed in the line of duty while answering a medical call last week.  Authorities say only the Lundgaard family’s official GoFundMe site is authorized to raise money in his name. 

State officials remind boaters that safety on the waterways is their number one concern.  Patrols will be looking out for boat operators under-the-influence this Memorial Day weekend and every vessel must have a Coast Guard approved flotation device for each person.  The Wisconsin DNR has all the information about boat registration and safety regulations posted online. 

A Madison man is in custody after reports say he ran over a woman while driving drunk in Eau Claire.  A criminal complaint claims a woman was riding her bike near Starr Avenue and Piedmont Road Sunday night when Jack Swenson hit her and drove off.  Police eventually found Swenson and pulled him over and they say he had a blood-alcohol level over twice the legal limit.  Police say Swenson also hit mailboxes, a car, a fence, and a fire

A Clark County man is going to prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a ten-year-old girl.  Reports say the victim told a school guidance counselor that Roth Schneider assaulted her.  Schneider allegedly confessed to the crime, calling it a mistake.  He was sentenced yesterday to four years in prison followed by six years of supervised release. 

A Minneapolis woman is going to prison after pleading no contest in a Washburn County child trafficking case.  Police say Christina Greer tried to convince a 14-year-old Spooner girl to have sex with her boyfriend Jamaine Brown for money after Brown asked her to set it up.  Greer pleaded no contest to child enticement in March and was sentenced yesterday to six years in prison followed by six years of supervised release.  Brown is also facing multiple charges and will

The Bloomer School District is considering a referendum to build a new high school.  You might have seen this story in The Chippewa Herald. The school board was scheduled to discuss whether or not to have a community survey on the potential referendum last night.  There’s no word on how the discussion went or when there might be a vote.  The district has built a new middle school and elementary school within the last 20 years.  The high school is

The school map in Eau Claire could soon be changing.  A special panel on school boundaries is suggesting that the full school board redraw the district’s enrollment map.  Superintendent Mary Ann Hardebeck says they hope to draw new school boundaries to balance-out enrollment at Eau Claire’s schools.  The full school board will decide the question in two weeks.