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Wisconsin’s dairymen are happy to see a proposed state law that would protect the word milk. The state’s Dairy Business Association says lawmakers need to make sure that plant-based products cannot be labeled as milk. The DBA says one-third of people are confused by the new milks and cheeses that they see in the grocery store. State Senator Howard Marklein and others want to ban anything that’s not made from cow, goat, sheep, or other animal milk from being called

A Chippewa Falls man is getting a light jail sentence after being convicted of attempted second-degree child sexual assault.  A criminal complaint says an officer posed as a 14-year-old girl online and got 41-year-old Terry Stipek to send nude pictures of himself.  Stipek is then accused of driving to the Chippewa Valley YMCA to meet her for sex, where he was arrested.  Stipek pleaded no contest and was sentenced last Friday to one year in jail but got nine months

A Menomonie man will go to jail after being convicted of having 35 pounds of marijuana in his home.  A criminal complaint says an undercover informant bought 600 dollars worth of marijuana from Pong Vang in April of 2017.  Police say they searched Vang’s home and found large amounts of the drug in vacuum-sealed bags.  He was sentenced last Friday to two years in jail followed by three years of supervised release.

Eau Claire police have resolved a case involving a threatening video made toward Memorial High School last week.  Police confirmed over the weekend a student made a video last Thursday and other kids feared that student might have a gun.  Police say they investigated the situation and disciplinary action was taken against the suspect.  Police plan to release more information on the investigation this week.

A western Wisconsin man is dead after a fight in West Allis ended with a stabbing. Officers say the unidentified 33-year-old man is from Onalaska. West Allis Police say it looks like there was a fight between two groups of people, and that fight ended with the man’s stabbing.

A Texas man who thought he was coming to Eau Claire to have sex with a child is, instead heading to prison. A judge on Friday sentenced Robert Hosler to 10 years in prison. Investigators say Hosler thought he was going to meet a 12-year-old girl in Eau Claire, but instead ended-up meeting police. They arrested him last August.

Wisconsin’s governor wants more farmers in the state to stop spreading manure. Governor Evers is looking to order an expansion of the restrictions on manure spreading. The restrictions started in northeastern Wisconsin, the governor wants them take statewide. Farm groups worry the new restrictions could cost farmers five million-dollars a year in extra fertilizer costs.

Three of Wisconsin’s largest school groups say the recent wave of people made sick by vaping shows the need to raise the smoking and vaping age to 21. The Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance, the Wisconsin Association of School Boards, and the Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance on Friday said lawmakers must act to address what they are calling a crisis with teen vaping.  Wisconsin’s proposed Tobacco 21 law would stop stores from selling tobacco or vape products to anyone under 21. Doctors are not sure what is causing

Today is National Guacamole Day and the price of the main ingredient is coming down.  The average price nationally for a Haas avocado was a dollar-16 Friday.  It was two dollars and ten cents in early July.  Wholesale prices are less than half the price in July.  The falling price is a good reason to celebrate, since Americans eat nearly 60-million pounds of avocados a week. 

A Jim Falls man is sentenced to prison for a drunk driving wreck in which his friend died.  Mavrick Kolpien was sentenced to three years behind bars on Friday.  His friend Zachary Evanson was killed when he was riding in Kolpien’s vehicle that collided with another in the intersection of Highway X and XX near Cadott in May, 2018.  Chippewa County DA Wade Newell told Judge James Issacson that even though Kolpien isn’t a bad person, he should be held