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Outgoing state Attorney General Brad Schimel believes wedding barns should be required to have liquor licenses if patrons are going to consume alcohol.  Schimel argued the issue in a non-bonding opinion written earlier this month.  The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty said yesterday that Schimel’s analysis is too broad and puts wedding barns at risk of shutting down. 

Well, the blizzard warning is over but it wasn’t without first interrupting some plans. The storm has affected some flights in Eau Claire.  One flight departing for Chicago from the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport and one arriving from there were cancelled Sunday, and one flight was cancelled yesterday morning.  The airport was back on schedule for the rest of the day. 

 The Door County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help finding a missing man.  Timothy Wessel is white, 51- years-old, about five-foot-eleven and 185 pounds, with green eyes and brown hair.  He was last seen in Forestville yesterday afternoon around 4:00 when he went out for his daily walk, but did not return.  Wessel was wearing a brown Carhartt jacket, sweatpants and gray Nike shoes with an orange stripe when he left his home.  

A World War Two veteran from Madison is given a proper burial in Monona.  Private First Class Joseph Natvik was killed fighting the Japanese in 1945.  He was only 20-years-old when his plane went missing while carrying supplies to defense forces.  Natvik’s remains were buried yesterday at Roselawn Memorial Park in Monona. 

IT’S A TEACHER FROM JANSEVILLE! Family and friends of a Janesville kindergarten teacher will soon know how she fared on the game show Wheel of Fortune.  Sherry Holcomb appears on the popular program tonight.  Contestants tape the show in advance and are not allowed to reveal their success or failure.  Holcomb’s episode of Wheel of Fortune airs tonight on NBC at 6:30. 

Eau Claire police are identifying two men suspected o being responsible for a shots fired incident.  The police department says officers were called to the eleven-hundred block of Meridian Heights Drive on Sunday night on the report and witnesses claimed they saw a vehicle leaving the scene.  Carnell Blair Junior and Lamont Davis were both arrested after police say they tracked down the car and found a gun in Davis’ pocket and anothe rone under his seat.  They are both

A Menomonie woman is in custody after police say she was driving while intoxicated with a minor in her car.  The Wisconsin State Patrol says 37-year-old Kristy Decker was arrested after a speeding stop on Highway 29 near the Red Cedar River.  When officers approached the car they say they noticed that the minor that had been driving the car at the time had switched seats with Decker.  She was suspected of showing signs of intoxication and was placed into custody on

A Marquette women’s basketball game had to be moved to a different arena after a car rammed into the Al McGuire Center over the weekend.  A spokesperson for the school says the driver hit the center around 2:30 Saturday morning and was taken into custody by campus police.  That afternoon’s game against University of Illinois at Chicago was moved to the Milwaukee Bucks Arena. 

Hunters are putting the “DOE” in DOEnation in our area as many are helping local families in need by donating deer to local food pantries. That venison will be donated to hungry families from around the area.  All hunters need to do to donate is to provide their DNR customer number and registration number when dropping off deer at any participating processor. 

The La Crosse Community Foundation is planning to give thousands of dollars to multiple local non-profits.  The foundation’s program director says about 15 different organizations will be surprised with pop-in style donations rather than them asking for donations.  The La Crosse Tribune reports the donations are in honor of the world-wide program Giving Tuesday where people are asked to give extra to their favorite charities.