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Western Wisconsin’s congressman wants the federal government to help people find cheaper prescriptions. Congressman Ron Kind says the Drug Pricing Action Plan would require the Department of Health and Human Services to tell anyone enrolled in Medicare’s Low-Income Subsidy program about lower-cost alternatives. Kind says helping people shop for cheaper prescriptions can go a long way to making sure that people get the medicine they need, at a price they can afford.

The University of Wisconsin is on-board with a plan to punish students who disrupt classes or invited speakers. The school’s regents approved new rules that cover free speech. Both conservative and liberal groups in Madison are not happy with the proposal. Specifically, the plan allows the university to expel a student if they disrupt someone else’s speech three times in a year. Governor Evers, who has to approve the plan next, has said he doesn’t like the idea of punishing people for

The anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas is here.  Today marks Columbus Day, a national holiday celebrating the Italian explorer who “sailed the ocean blue” more than 500 years ago.  In observance, most federal offices, banks and post offices will be closed today.  The holiday comes with much controversy.  In Hawaii, the second Monday in October is known as Discoverers’ Day.  Similarly, several towns celebrate Indigenous People’s Day instead to honor the Native Americans that were killed during

A crash lead  to an OWI arrest for a Sarona woman. 31 year old Nicole Jillian Janzen Duncan was arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Spooner Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 1st offense, with one child in the vehicle under the age of 16. It was on Saturday, a little after 10:30 at night when a Wisconsin State Trooper assisted the Spooner Police Department at the scene of a two-vehicle property damage crash on State Highway

Wisconsin extends its season dominance in the Big Ten West with a 38-0 romp of Michigan State.  The Badgers got their 4th shutout win of the year yesterday in Madison to increase their record to 6-0.  Wisconsin travels to Champaign next Saturday to take on the Fighting Illini at Memorial Stadium.

The average cost for regular gas in Wisconsin is down two-cents-a-gallon compared to a week ago.  Triple-A says the average price statewide is two-dollars-and-49-cents today, 15-cents-a-gallon below the national average.  Western Wisconsin is seeing the highest prices statewide with the Pierce-St.Croix area posting a price of two-60-a-gallon and Eau Claire at two-59.  Madison and Milwaukee drivers are paying about two-43 fo a gallon of regular. 

The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office has taken a 21 year old man into custody for the robbery at People’s State Bank in Boyceville earlier this month as well as in connection with Friday’s armed robbery at U-Fuel. David J.R Hoffman has been booked into the Dunn County Jail on Robbery charges.

On Thursday October 10, local officers were recognized in Madison at the State capital for their response to a multi casualty homicide incidentwhich took place in the Village of Lake Hallie on Sunday July 28, 2019. Speaker of the Assembly Robin J. Vos and Representative Jesse James presented these officers the 68 th Assembly 1 st Responders of The Year Award. Multiple law enforcement and emergency personnel from several agencies responded to this incident as well as the mass casualty

A wanted man from Portage County will go to prison for decades after being found hiding from police in a bunker for three years.  Jeremiah Button had been wanted since 2016 for not showing up to a court appearance on multiple sex charges.  Button’s lawyer says he initially went into the woods to try to punish himself and slowly die.  He was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison followed by 30 years of extended supervision.

A Lafayette County woman is pleading guilty in a child neglect case.  Jamie Weigel and her husband are accused of not feeding their one-year-old daughter enough.  Weigel pleaded guilty to a child abuse and child neglect charge earlier this week.  She’ll be sentenced in December.  Weigel’s husband is also facing charges.  He has a plea hearing on October 21st.