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Taxes across Wisconsin are going up by nearly a billion dollars.  The state’s Department of Public Instruction yesterday said voters approved 765-million-dollars in school tax questions on Election Day.  DPI says voters rejected another 420-million-dollars in tax increases.  Overall, 75-percent of schools that put a question on the ballot saw it pass. 

Judge Brian Hagedorn says he’s not sure a recount will do much good in the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court.  But judge Lisa Neubauer isn’t ruling it out.  Neubauer is behind by nearly six-thousand votes after Tuesday’s election.  She told supporters yesterday in a Facebook video to hang in there, and that she wants every vote counted.  Hagedorn said his lead is insurmountable, but says he’s ready for a recount if it comes to that.

The chances don’t look good for marijuana decriminalization at the Wisconsin Capitol right now.  Republican lawmakers yesterday pushed back on Governor Evers’ plan to allow people to carry small amounts of marijuana.  State Senator Tom Tiffany says decriminalizing pot sends the wrong message to kids.  Democrats, like Senator Jon Erpenbach, say the idea is to stop punishing adults for something that most people in the country support. 

After a meeting this week, a lot of people were blowing the whistle wondering what was going on with a new upgrade to the athletic complex at Memorial. Here is what we know… The folks who offered Eau Claire’s Memorial High School a new football field says the school district was supposed to match their offer.  A spokesman for the anonymous group yesterday said school leaders voted to accept their million dollars Monday, but refused to spend any district money

Western Wisconsin’s congressman is asking the Trump Administration not to close the border with Mexico.  Congressman Ron Kind this week wrote a letter to the USDA secretary asking that they don’t close the border and shutdown trade between the U.S. and Mexico.  Kind says Mexico is Wisconsin’s largest market for milk and cheese.  He says Mexico bought nearly 70-million-dollars’ worth of dairy products from Wisconsin last year alone.

The FBI is trying to see if a teen who ran to police in Ohio is a boy who was last seen in the Wisconsin Dells nearly eight years ago.  Police yesterday said the teen says he’s Timmothy Pitzen who went missing back in 2011.  His mother brought him to the Dells for a visit, but she was later found dead in Illinois.  Police say the teen ran to them yesterday claiming to have escaped from two men who kidnapped him years

The Madison Fire Department is reminding people to clean up after working on home improvement projects.  Firefighters were on the scene of a house fire over the weekend that caused about 60-thousand-dollars in smoke damage alone.  In the basement, crews found rags used for staining and painting in a pile, which can cause spontaneous combustion.  The cause of the fire is still under investigation. 

It was just before 2:30 on the morning of March 29th that the Dunn County Communications Center received a report of a wrong way driver on STH 29 traveling westbound in the eastbound lane from CTH T in Chippewa County. Dunn County Deputies responded to intercept the vehicle at the Dunn and Chippewa County line. While enroute Deputies were advised that the callers were able to able to stop the suspect vehicle in Dunn County near the Chippewa County line

The historic Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts in Menomonie has been rebranded, thanks to a University of Wisconsin-Stout associate professor. Erik Evensen, from the department of design, recently unveiled a new visual identity for the 130-year-old arts center, which is next to UW-Stout’s central campus. Evensen has been working closely with Jeff McSweeney, the Mabel Tainter’s executive director, and Andrew Mercil, president of the board of directors. McSweeney began work in June, and Evensen began working on the project

Brian Hagedorn is declaring victory over Lisa Neubauer in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race.  Hagedorn currently lead Neubauer by about 58-hundred votes with all but a few precincts reporting, a margin he says is insurmountable.  Hagedorn released a statement just after two o’clock this morning declaring himself the winner.  Neubauer’s campaign says it believes the election is heading for a recount.