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There will be no police action against pro-Palestine protestors on UW-Madison’s campus for the next 24 hours. Students met with UW-Madison’s Chancellor, Jennifer Mnookin today on the fourth day of protests. The protestors have been staying in tents on campus, which the university says is a violation of school policy.  Police arrested 34 people and cited four at the Dane County Jail yesterday, after they were instructed by the University to take down the tents. Students will meet with the

Above Photo: UW-Stout’s esports Valorant team is the Wisconsin collegiate champion. Team members, from left, are Noah Filtz, Coach Tobey Riedmann, JJ Hanson, Nathan Lenz, Em Humphrey and Hoang Dang.  An esports team from University of Wisconsin-Stout is a state collegiate champion. The Blue Devils’ Valorant squad defeated UW-Madison Red 3-0 in the best-of-five Grand Final to take the Wisconsin Valorant Summit LAN championship. UW-Stout won 13-5, 13-5 and 13-1. The finals win capped off a perfect run in the

Wisconsin is getting more Amtrak service. Amtrak yesterday announced new train service between Chicago and Minneapolis-St. Paul. That means two trains each day that will connect Milwaukee, Columbus, Portage, the Wisconsin Dells, Tomah, and La Crosse. One train will leave from Milwaukee in the morning, and the other will leave from the Twin Cities during the middle of the day. Amtrak is calling the new service the Borealis Line. It begins May 21st.

The Northwoods’ congressman says he has the science on his side in the on-going debate over what to do about the gray wolf. Congressman Tom Tiffany this week got his plan to take the gray wolf off the endangered species list through the House. It was a close vote, just 209 to 205, and the plan faces a dim future in the U.S. Senate. Still, Tiffany says there’s more than enough evidence that the gray wolf population is large enough

Add this to the list of reminders as fishing season opens in Wisconsin. The DNR yesterday warned fishermen not to recycle their old fishing lines in their regular recycling. Those lines can get caught in the recycling machines, Instead, the DNR says bag-up your old fishing line and take it to a special fishing line collection center. Sporting good stores usually have those. As for lead weights, the DNR says those can be recycled, but only if your recycler accepts

Please see the following message from Chief Matt Rokus Dear Eau Claire Community Members: Last week a City of Eau Claire police officer was found guilty in a civil trial of violating an arrestee’s civil rights. The jury determined that our officers did not have a legal basis to initiate a traffic stop, that our officers’ prosecution of actions against the arrestee were malicious, and awarded the arrestee $550,000.00 in damages for these actions. Our officer was found not guilty

UW-Madison Police report dozens were arrested during a standoff between protesters and officers Wednesday morning.  Police came onto campus and reportedly took down tents at the protest site on campus. The university warned protestors camping in tents would not be allowed on its property.  Governor Tony Evers says he’s getting updates from university staff at least hourly.

Former President Trump is holding campaign rallies today after a warning of jail time if he violates his gag order.  The judge in his New York hush-money case ruled yesterday Trump violated his gag order when he talked about witnesses in the case, and warned him of jail if he does it again.  Court is in recess today, and Trump is using the time to hold rallies in the swing-states of Wisconsin and Michigan.

An invasive species affecting lake populations is found in Western Wisconsin.  The state Department of Natural Resources says zebra mussels were found in Lake Menomin in Menomonie.  The mussels can reduce plankton, algae, and fish populations.  The department is asking that anglers keep their boats and equipment clean and drain all water to prevent spreading the invasion.  The DNR says boat ramps are being monitored.

Elizabeth Berger, Allison Duerkop, and Lily Schwartz have been selected as the Eau Claire County Wisconsin 4-H Key Award winners for this year. The prestigious Key Award, one of the highest recognitions a 4-H member can receive, honors a select group of 4-H participants annually. Adult 4-H Volunteers choose the Key Award recipients a year in advance of announcing the winners at the annual 4-H Awards Banquet. The youth receiving this award are ones who have demonstrated consistent growth in