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It’s going to be a bit more expensive to head back to school in Wisconsin this year.  Governor Tony Evers yesterday said he will not call for a back to school sales tax holiday.  Governor Walker last year called for stores to give parents a break on everything from clothes and shoes to back to school supplies.  Governor Evers says there’s no evidence the sales tax holiday worked. 

An Eau Claire County high schooler is doing some good with his prize pig.  Augusta High School graduate Grant Goodell is donating the auction proceeds from his pig at the Eau Claire County Fair to a classmate battling brain cancer.  Goodell says he and Tenley Walker have been friends since the fifth grade, and he wanted to help anyway he can.  So he’s donating the nearly nine-thousand-dollars he received for his pig at the county fair to Walker’s medical care. 

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin say a change in how high schools practice football in the state is paying off.  Researchers at school this week said research shows the move away from hitting in practice has led to fewer concussions.  The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health published its findings that show the 2014 decision by the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association to limit full contact practices cut practice-related concussions by 57 percent.  Researchers also say limiting practice did not lead to an

The Eau Claire Police Department is looking for the public’s help identifying the person behind the theft of tools. It happened on the 23rd of this month when tools were stolen from a work truck on Clairemont Avenue near Shoe Doctor. There were also items taken from a dumpster. Later that evening the truck pictured here returned to load materials and drive off. If you have any information or can make an anonymous tip, please contact: 715.874.TIPS

University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics is landing on the list of most highly ranked hospitals in the nation.  US News & World Report’s Best Hospital rankings were released today and UW Hospitals are on the honor roll for the first time in history.  The hospitals ranked 17th overall.  Officials say a top 50 ranking means the hospital is in the top two-percent in the nation.  The hospitals are ranked in the top 20 in Gynecology, Urology and Orthopedics. 

The man who shot and killed four people in Chippewa County is identified as Ritchie German.  The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office says German shot three family members in the town of Lafayette and one in Lake Hallie yesterday.  He also wounded two people in Lake Hallie.  His victims included his brother, mother and eight-year-old nephew.  German took his own life following his killing spree.  MORE DETAILS: After an afternoon press conference we are learning more details about the murder suicide

It’s confirmed a tornado touched down in Barron County over the weekend.  National Weather Service investigators confirmed an EF-zero twister touched down about six miles southeast of Barron Sunday evening.  It had top wind speeds of 74 miles per hour and is the third tornado to touch down in Barron County in the last ten days. 

We could soon learn more about the shootings that left five people dead in Lake Hallie and Lafayette.  Chippewa County Sheriff Jim Kowalczyk says he expects to release more information about the shootings later today.  Deputies found two people dead in Lake Hallie Sunday night, they found three more people shot and killed in Lafayette early yesterday morning.  The initial sense is that it was a murder-suicide.  Investigators say the person who pulled the trigger is among the dead. 

Police in La Crosse are asking for help in solving a weekend shooting.  Investigators released some pictures yesterday of a man who they believe was involved in the shooting outside of  Who’s On Third early Sunday morning.  Police say the man fired once into the air, possibly to break-up a fight between two other men.  Detectives say anyone with information should call the La Crosse Police Department. 

The man being held in Missouri in connection to the disappearance of two northern Wisconsin brothers is not getting out of  jail.  A judge yesterday ordered Garland “Joey” Nelson held without bond.  Police arrested Nelson for driving Nick and Justin Diemel’s pick-up truck.  Investigators in Missouri think the brothers from northeast Wisconsin are dead, but they do not know where their bodies are.  The sheriff in Callaway County, Missouri said heavy rain yesterday hampered their search for the brothers.