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Milwaukee’s hotels are, unsurprisingly, full for the third week of July. Most Milwaukee-area hotels have been booked for this year’s Republican National Convention. A quick look online shows there are a few rooms available, but those are all away from the convention, and are either expensive or at lesser known hotels. Convention goers might have more luck looking outside the city, or looking for an Airbnb. RNC planners have not yet said just where the delegates and other convention attendees

The NFL Draft will almost certainly mean a re-write of the liquor laws in Green Bay. City council members last night got their first look at the draft proposal for the changes. Those changes include allowing Green Bay’s bars to stay open til 4 a.m., allowing people to drink on the streets, and allowing bars and restaurants to use their parking lots to serve the crowds. There is also a push to expand the SafeRide program during the draft. City

The first 2024-2025 Wisconsin Teacher of the Year is from Western Wisconsin. Rachel Sauvola was awarded yesterday. She’s an agricultural science teacher at New Richmond High School. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction says Sauvola helped develop a program that allows students to grow foods that end up in school lunches. She is the first of five teachers who will get the award statewide. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE DISTRICT!

A Midwest-based grocery store is recalling several products over potential salmonella contamination. Hy-Vee stores say some of their plain regular and whipped cream cheese spreads, and cookies and cream mix, are covered by the recall. No illnesses have been reported in Wisconsin. There are eight locations in the state, including in the Madison and Eau Claire areas. Hy-Vee recommends throwing the product away or returning it for a refund. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.

 An invasive species affecting ash trees has been detected in two Wisconsin counties for the first time. The Wisconsin Department of Natural resources says the emerald ash borer was found in Washburn and Taylor counties. The species is lethal to ash trees without prompt treatment and is typically carried to new places by humans. Burnett is the only county in Wisconsin with no detection. More than sixty new detections have been reported so far this year. A map of locations

“Our state and local communities on the front lines need resources to confront this epidemic, and that’s why I fought tooth and nail to bring home more funding to help them respond to this crisis and save lives.” -Senator Baldwin  U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS), announced over $17.7 million in State Opioid Response grants are now being made available to the State of

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is launching a comprehensive opioid data dashboard that will give critical insight into the impact of opioid use in Eau Claire County, and the prevention and harm reduction strategies that are being implemented. “We believe data transparency is critically important to guide interventions and policies that can save lives and lessen the impact on communities,” In Eau Claire County, 82 people died due to drug overdoses between 2018 and 2022; 62 of those deaths

Waukesha’s Christmas Parade killer was back in the court room. Darrell Brooks yesterday pleaded no contest in a witness intimidation case in Milwaukee County yesterday. No contest means he acknowledges that the prosecution has enough evidence to convict him. Investigators say Brooks tried to intimidate the ex-girlfriend who he beat and ran-over about two weeks before he sped through the Waukesha Christmas Parade back in 2021. Brooks will be sentenced in the intimidation case in August, but it won’t matter.

Chippewa County wants to join the list of counties in Wisconsin with a Narcan vending machine. The county’s public health department says the public health vending machine would allow people easier access to fentanyl strips and Narcan spray. Both are used to make sure people don’t die from accidentally using fentanyl. The health department’s Hailey Bomar says they are also looking to add condoms to Plan B, hygiene kits, and even toothbrushes. The money for the machine would come from

Wisconsin’s governor is once again demanding that the Republican-controlled legislature give him 125 million-dollars for PFAS pollution. The governor has scheduled a special meeting for the legislature’s Joint Finance Committee today. The committee is already scheduled to meet to hear budget requests from several different state agencies. The governor wants them to consider his request as well. He is likely to be disappointed. The Republicans who control the JFC have made it clear that Governor Evers vetoed the plan to