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You’re getting some extra time to grab a last-second voter ID. The DMV says it will stay open til 6 p.m. today for anyone who needs an ID to vote.  Everyone in Wisconsin needs an ID to vote, and the DMV says voter IDs are free. The head of the Wisconsin Elections Commission says people can register at the polls on Election Day as long as they have an ID, and proof that they live in Wisconsin. CLICK FOR MORE.

Eau Claire is once again asking about garbage and parking. The city’s latest survey asks about the cost of garbage pickups, what people want in terms of downtown parking, as well as other things like Eau Claire’s fireworks show and the city’s parks. There are eight policy questions in all. You can add your feedback to the survey WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

Sixty emergency responders have been hit by cars and injured while working on the side of Wisconsin roads in the past five years. The Department of Natural Resources says November’s state law of the month is the Move Over Law. It requires drivers to move out of the lane closest to stopped police cars, ambulances, fire trucks, and utility or maintenance vehicles to avoid hitting a responder.

Wisconsin communities are getting more than 273-million dollars for clean drinking water. The Department of Natural Resources says more than eighty communities will split the money through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program. Milwaukee and Watertown will both get millions to replace lead service lines. Other communities will get money for additional clean water infrastructure projects. 

Price County Sheriff Brian Schmidt reports his office is conducting a death investigating near the area of State Highway 13 and Whitby Road in the Township of Hackett. On November 3, 2024, at approximately 8:56 p.m., a deceased individual was located along State Highway 13. A portion of State Highway 13 is currently closed.  There is no known threat to the community. This is an ongoing investigation. Additional information will not be released at this time.

A wanted man out of Minnesota is now behind bars in western Wisconsin. The sheriff in Polk County says his Emergency Response Team arrested 32-year-old Jack Guy on Saturday. Guy is wanted by authorities in Hennepin County, Minnesota on second-degree murder charges. The sheriff’s office says they were able to arrest Guy without an incident. He’s in the Polk County jail and waiting to be taken back to Minnesota.

Polls are showing a tight race just ahead of the presidential election. NBC News’ Steve Kornacki on former President Trump’s easiest path to victory. The final NBC News poll released Sunday shows Vice President Harris and Trump locked in a dead heat. Each candidate received 49-percent support in the national poll. It’s similarly close in key swing states. Vice President Harris holds slight leads in Nevada, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Georgia according to new polls from the New York Times,

The federal government is going to be watching the polls in two small western Wisconsin communities tomorrow. The Department of Justice over the weekend said it will have people watching the polls Lawrence and Thornapple in Rusk County. The DOJ will also be monitoring the polls in Milwaukee and Wausau. Lawrence and Thornapple made headlines because local election managers initially refused to use electronic voting machines. Wausau made headlines earlier this fall when the mayor there removed the city’s ballot

The Packers never really had an answer for the Lions, Detroit swarmed Green Bay in a 24-14 win yesterday. It rained all game, and that didn’t help. But neither did Jordan Love’s pick-six interception. Love was listed as questionable entering the game with a groin injury. The loss drops Green Bay to 6-3, and leaves them in third place in the NFC North.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says a construction worker is dead following a crash in a construction zone on Interstate 90.  It happened Thursday night around 9:30 p.m. near the 46-mile marker in the Village of Oakdale area.  The Sheriff’s Office says an eastbound vehicle rear-ended another vehicle, which collided with a road surface machine.  The construction machine was being operated by 35-year-old Andrew Skupniewitz.  The driver and passenger in the first vehicle were taken to the hospital for undisclosed