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The bars in and around Milwaukee could stay open a lot later when the Democratic National Committee comes to town next summer.  Planners are considering a proposal to keep the bars in Milwaukee, Waukesha, and Washington counties open till 4 a.m.  Right now, state law requires bars to stop serving at 2 a.m, and to close by 2:30.  Wisconsin Restaurant Association President Kristine Hillmer says the later closing time would fight the idea that Milwaukee is boring. 

Governor Tony Evers says his first bill signed into law removes offensive terms from administrative rules.  The measure removes the phrase mental retardation from State regulations.  Evers says everyone deserves to be treated with kindness, empathy and respect, including in the laws and codes that govern the state.

A Whitehall High School student is in custody because of a threat.  The Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office says it got a report of a suspicious text message related to a domestic abuse incident involving a three-year-old in Eau Claire yesterday morning.  Sergeant Travis McDonah says the message came from a Whitehall High School student and they were taken into custody and questioned.  The school briefly went into emergency protocol, but it was quickly lifted.

Barron County sheriff’s deputies are on the lookout for the suspect in an armed robbery at a Chetek convenience store.  The sheriff’s office says a man wearing a ski mask showed a gun at the Chetek Express Saturday morning and stole about 15-hundred dollars and two cartons of cigarettes.  Anyone with information on the suspect is asked to call police.

A Burlington man is facing his fifth OWI charge.  A criminal complaint says Michael Mitchell was going 63 miles-per-hour in a 45 mile-per-hour zone in Tilden last month when he was pulled over.  Mitchell failed a field sobriety test, was arrested, and tested with a blood-alcohol level well above the legal limit.  He was just recently charged in Chippewa County Court and is due back in court on June 18th. 

West central Wisconsin is at a high risk for wildfires.  Eau Claire County Emergency Management says since trees are blooming and bonfire season is here, the risk for wildfires will be highest in the next few weeks.  Emergency Management says the risk will be lower this week with rain in the forecast, but the risk changes everyday.

The City of Eau Claire is asking for public input on their parking experience around town.  The city says it’s trying to decide whether or not to make changes to areas where there’s permit parking, timed parking, and no parking zones.  The city plans to hold a town hall discussion about the parking situation after the survey is over.

Police in Eau Claire are not saying much about their investigation into a two-year-old girl’s death.  The little girl died on Saturday.  Investigators say her family brought her to the hospital, she was pronounced dead a little while later.  Police say they’ve spoken with the girl’s family and are waiting for an autopsy, but they are not saying much else about the case.

Eau Claire County’s embezzlement case could spark a new law.  Eau Claire state Rep.  Warren Petryk [[ peet-rick ]] and Chippewa Falls state Senator  Kathy Bernier yesterday introduced a new law that would allow prosecutors to go after someone’s pension if they are convicted of stealing from taxpayers.  Petryk and Bernier say the case of former Eau Claire County Treasurer Larry Lokken inspired the plan.  Lokken and his deputy treasurer are in jail and facing a 681-thousand-dollar tab for stealing

The campus at UW La Crosse is looking to grow.  School leaders last night asked city leaders in La Crosse to allow them to take over a few more city streets.  All of the streets are near campus and will be turned into walking paths.  La Crosse’s city council is okay with the plan, but are asking UW leaders to make sure the streets are kept-up enough to accommodate fire trucks if there’s ever an emergency. While we are chatting