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ABOVE PHOTO: Assistant Professor Anne Schmitz works on computer models of mesostructures, which she is researching using AI to potentially help create better and safer consumer products.  Could artificial intelligence help ensure that fruit reaching grocery store shelves is fresh? Or make structurally stronger bike helmets? Or tires that don’t need air? Those are a few of the possible innovations resulting from AI research by engineering professors Yuan Xing and Anne Schmitz from University of Wisconsin-Stout, thanks in part to

ABOVE PHOTO: Tammy chatting about all things Wisconsin with Wisconsin fish fry expert, Caleb Westphal. In case you missed it, Tammy Baldwin met with Wisconsin fish fry expert, Caleb Westphal, for a Friday night fish fry in Watertown, WI. Westphal, a fish fry connoisseur, hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry dinner for 543 weeks in a row or 10 and a half years. His enthusiasm for the Wisconsin staple led to Governor Tony Evers officially declaring February 16th, 2024 as “Friday Fish Fry

“Engaging with our veterans through this fishing series is a way for us to give back to those who have given so much,” The Chippewa Falls YMCA announced the launch of a new Summer Veterans Fishing Series, a program designed to honor and engage veterans from the Chippewa Falls Veterans’ Home. In partnership with local veterans, the YMCA is inviting community members to volunteer for this series of fishing events set to take place at Erickson Park this summer.  The

Join the Chippewa Falls Area Chamber of Commerce and the  local business community for the annual Farmer Appreciation Dinner on Wednesday, June 19.  “With our rich farming community, the annual Farmer Appreciation Dinner sends a big thank you  to the farming families of Chippewa County for all they’ve contributed to the local agriculture food chain supply and to the Chippewa County community and beyond,” -Missy Prissel,  Program and Partnershp Director.  The event will be held at the Northern Wisconsin State

The city of Madison is dropping the speed limit on nine more roads as part of its Vision Zero plan for this year. The mayor’s office made the announcement last week. Almost all the roads on this year’s list will go from 35 miles-per-hour, to 30. Two roads, Regent Street and Sheboygan Avenue, will go from 30 to 25, and Campus drive will go from 40 to 35 miles-per-hour. Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway says the numbers show that lower speed limits

Everyone made it out of a fire at an apartment complex in Durand. Firefighters say they got the call about the fire about 8 p.m. Saturday. Crews from Durand and other Pepin County communities assisted in the fight. Investigators are not saying what caused that fire.

A Minnesota woman is dead after she fell off her paddle board in northwestern Wisconsin late last week. The Burnett County Sheriff’s Office says 35-year-old Jessica Lindberg from Prior Lake, Minnesota died when she fell off her board in Crooked Lake last Thursday. Boaters say she went into the water, and could not get out. A kayaker was able to grab Lindberg, but it was too late.

The warden at the prison in Waupun is walking away. The Wisconsin State Journal obtained an email from Warden Randall Hepp to workers at the prison that said Hepp is resigning, effective immediately. The prison in Waupun is dealing with a number of problems, including a months-long lockdown and now a federal investigation. There is no indication that Hepp himself is looking at any charges related to the investigation, but several other prison workers have already resigned or been fired

Wisconsin’s new absentee ballot forms are due in a northern Wisconsin courtroom this week. A judge in Marinette County will hear arguments against the new absentee ballot envelopes that double as both a ballot envelope, and a request for an official absentee ballot. The Wisconsin Elections Commission approved the new envelopes earlier this year, but critics say those envelopes could end-up forcing people to commit voter fraud. Attorney Kevin Scott says using the envelope would have voters falsely certify that

Eau Claire’s library is now offering a way to connect with public benefits. The L.E. Phillips Library is allowing volunteers with Western Dairyland, Workforce Development, Lutheran Social Services Western Dairyland, Workforce Development and Lutheran Social Services to work out of the library and sign people up for food stamps and state insurance. David Stanley with Eau Claire County’s Department of Human Services says there is a lot of need in Eau Claire, but he says many people don’t know where