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A demonstration at Beloit College created enough chaos to force the cancellation of a scheduled speaker.  Former Blackwater head Erik Prince was slated to talk on the campus last night when students piled chairs on the stage and pounded drums in protest.  The talk was cancelled.  In 2007 Blackwater employees were implicated in the death of some civilians in Iraq.  When contacted by the Beloit Daily News, Prince said his free-speech rights were violated.

An Altoona man is accused of watching pornography on a public library computer.  A criminal complaint filed yesterday claims 57-year-old Kevin Towle was recently using a computer near the children’s activity room at L.E. Phillips Library in Eau Claire when someone says he was looking at porn and printing pornographic images.  He was released on 500-dollars bond and is due back in court on May 8th.

A La Crosse man is in custody after police say he was caught with more than two pounds of methamphetamine.  Police say they searched a home on Avon Street earlier this week and found meth, drug packaging material, a large amount of an unknown white substance, and over 14-thousand dollars in cash.  After the search, Andrew Henke was arrested and charged with possession of meth with intent to deliver.

The Eau Claire Waterways and Parks Commission is approving a new construction project and the naming of a new park.  Reports say last night the commission approved rezoning and a site plan for the new visitor center at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.  It also approved naming an area along Forest Street Veterans Tribute Park.  Both plans still need to be approved by the city council.

It’s opening day for Major League Baseball and the Brewers are hosting the Cardinals this afternoon.  The last time the two teams met, Milwaukee swept St. Louis in three straight games as part of its eight-game winning streak to close out the regular season.  First pitch from Miller Park is scheduled for 1:10. 

The top Republicans at the statehouse in Madison are saying a bit of ‘I told you so.’ A three-judge appeals court yesterday ruled that the reforms that lawmakers approved in December are not unconstitutional.  The ruling reverses a Madison judge’s order from last week that blocks the law.  But it’s unclear how the ruling will be enforced.  Governor Evers already ordered the state out of a lawsuit that challenges Obamacare, and he’s already moved to fire 82 people appointed under

The man who took Jayme Closs and killed her parents is waiting to go to prison for the rest of his life.  Jake Patterson yesterday pleaded guilty to kidnapping and homicide charges.  The only sentence available is life in prison.  Closs was not in court, but Patterson said ‘Bye Jayme’ as he was led out of the courtroom.

The police chief in Bloomer will spend the next two weeks without a paycheck, but will get to keep his job.  The city’s police commission yesterday said they didn’t find any evidence that Chief Jared Zwiefelhofer used a police department rifle to illegally shoot a deer last year.  Zwiefelhofer pleaded no contest to the charges, and stepped down as Chippewa County Board chairman.  He says he can still be an effective police officer in Bloomer.

Someone is hitting snooze and heading back to bed this morning…and that someone is the person who bought a lottery ticket in Wisconsin and is suddenly 768-million-dollars richer. The Wisconsin Lottery last night said the winning ticket to last night’s Powerball drawing was sold in the state. The ticket was sold in the New Berlin area. The winning numbers, in case you want to see if you won, are 16, 20, 37, 44, 62 and the Powerball number is 12.

Governor Tony Evers says he doesn’t expect that much pushback to raising the state’s gas tax.  Evers yesterday said that people across Wisconsin know that the roads need work, and they know they’re going to have to pay for that work.  The governor is proposing to raise the state’s gas tax by eight cents-a-gallon.  Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers says he’s going to ‘unleash’ scientists on lawmakers in Madison.  Evers spoke to a couple of hundred conservationists and environmentalists at the Capitol