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It is time to once again pick the Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin. The annual contest from the state’s largest business group, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, looks to find the coolest thing built or created in the state. There are over 130 different things to vote on this year, including string cheese, a lithium power pack, and an autonomous forklift. You can find the full list, and cast your vote at WMC’s website WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

It was hard to miss the UW-Eau Claire College Democrat’s latest campus outreach. All you had to do was find the giant, 20-foot inflatable IUD. College Democrats brought the blow-up to campus yesterday in an effort to talk to women about birth control, and register them to vote. Club vice-president Fatima Chavez says they are trying to send the message of ‘my body, my choice.’ CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE COVERAGE WITH WEAU 13 NEWS.

The Crimson Tide is making its first trip to Camp Randall Stadium in nearly 100 years.  Fourth-ranked Alabama will visit Wisconsin on Saturday.  It’s last trip here was back in 1928 when it suffered a 15-0 loss against the Badgers. This is a big weekend for alcohol sales at camp Randall Stadium and UW officials are expecting a big crowd. University spokesman Marc Lovicott says that will be the first big test of the new beer sales this year. He

Catastrophe strikes the dive team that worked for two days to recover a missing diver from Lake Michigan.  Apparently, a boat operated by the Kenosha County team sank during their recovery effort near Pleasant Prairie.  It took on water on Tuesday, but no injuries were reported.  The sheriff’s office announced on Wednesday the body of 72-year-old diver Patrick Kelly had been recovered.  There’s no word on what caused the boat to sink.

Appleton apparently has the best-tasting tap water in the state.  That’s the consensus after a tap-water showdown between local utilities from across the state.  Judges considered taste, odor, and texture.  Appleton Water Utility sources its water from Lake Winnebago.  It will represent Wisconsin at the AWWA’s national competition in Denver next summer.

Police in Eau Claire say yesterday’s threat at North High School wasn’t credible. Officers say North was one of several high schools across the country, and in Wisconsin to get a report about a ‘threat of violence’ on social media yesterday. The school district sent a note home to parents that said officers quickly realized there was no real danger, and the school carried on with the day. No one is saying just who is responsible for the threat, or

It’s going to be a summer-like start to the deer season in Wisconsin this weekend. Saturday is the first day of archery season in the state. The Department of Natural Resources yesterday said the warm weather could mean more bugs, and could mean fewer deer if it gets too hot. The DNR says deer tend to move less when it’s over 80 degrees, and that could mean fewer deer out and about at dusk and you can CLICK HERE FOR

Wisconsin’s race for U.S. Senate is a four-point contest. The latest Marquette Law School Poll gives Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin a 52-48 lead over Republican challenger Eric Hovde. The poll says less than half of Wisconsin voters have a favorable opinion of Baldwin, but barely a third of voters have a favorable opinion of Hovde. Just over 20 percent of voters say they still don’t know enough about him.

Wisconsin’s state superintendent of schools is running again. Superintendent Jill Underly yesterday announced her re-election bid ahead of next spring’s election. Underly has overseen Wisconsin public schools through COVID, and through a round of tests that show kids in the state are doing worse than before the outbreak. She says she wants her re-election campaign to be about making sure every child feels connected with their school. There’s no word if she will see a Republican challenger next spring.

Kenosha County officials confirm a body has been recovered from Lake Michigan where a diver vanished yesterday morning. However, they did not confirm if the body belonged to the scuba diver who was exploring the Pleasant Prairie shipwreck and never resurfaced. The body was recovered from about 120 feet below the surface. Both the Coast Guard and the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department were involved in the search effort.