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There’s been a guilty plea in the drunk driving crash that killed an Eau Claire man and his baby.  Former Superior police officer Gregory Swanson pleaded guilty to two charges of homicide by drunk driving yesterday.  He resigned as an officer about a month after the crash back in 2021 that killed 23-year-old Michael Evans of Eau Claire. Evans’ baby died a few days later.  Swanson is looking at 10 years in prison when he is sentenced in July.

A former teachers aide in Polk County is looking at charges after investigators say she sent topless photos to a student.  Prosecutors this week filed charges against Sarah Monson.  Investigators say she sent topless pictures to a student SnapChat, and even suggested that they have sex.  Monson told police that the student threatened to kill her if she didn’t send the pictures, but other students sat Monson often flirted with the student.  Monsoon is a special education para-professional at the

A new report says UW-Madison’s rankings as a top university have slipped over the past decade or so.  The report from the university’s own Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy said UW-Madison has slipped as both a top university in America, and a top university in the world. US News & World Report says UW-Madison is the 35th best school in the country, but the Wall Street Journal has it ranked as the 79th best school.  Internationally, UW-Madison has

The chorus of people who want to close the Green Bay Correctional Center is growing.  Local leaders from the Green Bay area met at the Capitol yesterday to push to close the aging and crowded prison.  Republican lawmakers, like Shea Sortwell, want to close Green Bay and replace it with a brand new prison.  Local leaders, like Allouez’s village president, want to redevelop the land where the prison currently sits.  Wisconsin has struggled for years with a large number of

The top Republican in the Wisconsin Senate is urging the state’s superintendent of schools to move ahead with literacy changes for school kids.  Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu yesterday wrote a letter to the Department of Public Instruction and Superintendent Jill Undelry.  He said the governor’s partial veto of a plan to send 50 million-dollars to schools across the state should not stand in the way of other reading reforms that were approved by lawmakers.  The governor changed the literacy

Wisconsin’s Republican U.S. Senator voted against the foreign aid package that will send billions more to Ukraine.  Senator Ron Johnson says he voted against the package because it doesn’t have any meaningful reforms for the U.S. southern border.  On the other side of the aisle, Wisconsin’s Democratic Senator, Tammy Baldwin, voted for the package.  In addition to the Ukraine money, the package will send billions of dollars in aid to both Israel and Taiwan. 

Southern Wisconsin is about to become one of the nation’s largest soy sauce makers.  Kikkoman yesterday announced plans to build a 560 million-dollar factory in Jefferson County as part of a nearly one billion-dollar expansion in the state.  The factory will be built in the City of Jefferson. The first phase will add 200 thousand-square-feet and 50 jobs.  The second phase will add another 100 thousand-square-feet and 40 more jobs. Kikkoman has had a plant in Walworth for the past

Wisconsin is getting 124-million dollars in federal grants to help residents put solar panels on their homes.  The Environmental Protection Agency is giving the money to Wisconsin to help create long-lasting solar programs in low-income communities. Grants will help people who want to participate in the Wisconsin Solar for All program start will little to no up-front costs.  A Midwest Tribal Energy Association will get about half of the money and will put it toward solar programs in Wisconsin, Michigan

Wisconsin is the fifth least gambling-addicted state in the U.S.  The report by WalletHub used data like the number of casinos, lottery sales, and adults with gambling disorders.  Utah is the least gambling addicted state, followed by Alaska and Vermont.  Nevada, South Dakota and Montana have the most gambling addiction.