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Multiple Democratic presidential candidates will be in Wisconsin this week.  On Thursday, Bernie Sanders, Beto O’Rourke, Julian Castro, and Elizabeth Warren will participate in a town hall as part of the League of Latin American Citizens national convention in Milwaukee.  Warren will hold a separate town hall at South Division High School the same night.  Marianne Williamson will also speak at the convention on Friday. 

It should be clear in west-central Wisconsin today, but some parts of the state could see smoke from wildfires in Canada.  According to the National Weather Service, smoke moved across the northern Midwest over the weekend and impacted air quality in parts of the state yesterday.  The majority of the smoke has been moving south through central and eastern Wisconsin and should clear out by the end of the day. 

The number of elderly people in poverty in Wisconsin is up.  According to the annual Wisconsin Poverty Report, less people in the state overall are living in poverty.  However, the number of people 65 and older living in poverty is increasing.  The report blames the increase on a rise in out-of-pocket medical expenses.

The Hurley Midgets are no more.  The school in northern Wisconsin voted to drop its longtime nickname last winter.  Last month, the school board voted to adopt a new name.  Hurley will now be the Northstars.  School leaders say they picked the Northstars after combing through 76 different suggestions. 

The man being blamed for a deadly crash in St. Croix County shouldn’t have been driving.  The St. Croix County Sheriff’s office yesterday said 37-year-old Brandon Lieffring was under the influence of something and driving on a suspended license when he sped away from a deputy on Saturday and crashed into a motorcycle.  The motorcycle’s rider, 39-year-old Dustin Kalland from Minnesota, died in the crash.  The sheriff says prosecutors could file formal charges against Lieffring today or tomorrow. 

Four 18-year-olds in Wausau are looking at a string of charges in what could be a drug robbery.  Police say Colton Bradberry, Curtis Schulz, Mitchell Tesch, and Devin Noskowiak snatched a 15-year-old at the end of June, beat him, stole his phone, and left him in the woods.  Prosecutors filed charges last week, including felony counts of child abuse.  Investigators say the four 18-year-olds were reportedly looking to rob someone of a pound of marijuana. 

There likely won’t be new Amtrak trains rumbling through western Wisconsin anytime soon.  Lawmakers in Minnesota didn’t include the money to foot the bill for a new Minneapolis to Chicago train line in their new state budget.  Wisconsin lawmakers approved 300-thousand-dollars this year for environmental studies for the line.  The full project has a price tag between 130 million and 140-million-dollars. 

Even as Wisconsin dairy farmers leave the business, they are not leaving their land.  A new report says the price of farmland in the state is steady.  The University of Wisconsin says farmland is selling for about 43-hundred dollars an acre, that’s up about eight-percent from five years ago.  Researchers say even though dairy farmers are getting out of the dairy business, they are not getting out of farming altogether.  That is helping keep the supply of available land small, and the price higher.  

Critics are questioning the Governor’s partial vetoes on the state budget.  Democratic Governor Tony Evers made 78 partial vetoes to the state budget which was passed by the Republican controlled state Legislature before he put his signature on it.  With those vetoes, he was able to allocate 87-million-dollars more to spend on K-12 school district aid than Republicans wanted.  That move has left some people feeling uncomfortable with the amount of power Evers has with his veto pen.  But, Evers

The annual Fourth of July fireworks at Marathon Park will take place TODAY, on the 6th of July.  The original display was washed out by rain so officials have rescheduled the show.  If you are looking to take in a fireworks show, this is your chance.