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There won’t be any voting vans in Wisconsin this year. The state’s supreme court on Tuesday unanimously agreed to ban the use of mobile voting units. The case came from Racine County where the clerk there used a van to collect absentee ballots from a number of polling places across town. A Racine County judge struck the idea down earlier this year, saying there’s nothing in Wisconsin law that allows for mobile voting vans. The high court, however, issued a

The first lady is coming to Wisconsin today. First Lady Jill Biden will be in Green Bay later today as part of her latest swing through Wisconsin. The campaign says her visit is part of an outreach to older voters in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Part of that outreach will see the first lady at bingo games and playing pickleball. Today’s visit is just the latest Wisconsin stop for the Biden campaign this year. Wisconsin is, of course, one of the

It’s a return to Wisconsin for Donald Trump. The former president will be in Racine next week to rally his base. It is the former president’s latest stop in Wisconsin, and another sign of how crucial Wisconsin is to both sides in this November’s race for the White House. The latest Marquette Law School Poll shows Trump tied with President Biden in Wisconsin. The former president lost the state by just 22 thousand votes back in 2020.

The Chippewa County Courthouse is expanding security measures following a Board of Supervisors vote. The board voted twenty-to-one to reduce the number of usable entrances to the courthouse. That will limit the number of spaces the newly hired security officer will have to monitor. Security became a concern when threats were made to the courthouse last May. 

Prosecutors are charging a couple with child neglect after four children in their home tested positive for cocaine.  Officers in Cudahy say they arrived at the house after a woman, Ashley Chappell, reported a child foaming at the mouth. Responders say the child was unconscious in her arms, and she was recording them on a Facebook live stream. The child was taken to the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and tested positive for cocaine. Three more kids out of the seven

ABOVE PHOTO: Students presented design solutions for roadways, renewable energy, clean food and water and more at Research Day. Cross-disciplinary students in the Impacts of Engineering course at University of Wisconsin-Stout this spring investigated ways to improve the quality of life for people in the remote forests of eastern Cambodia. Through the Engineers Without Borders’ Design for People Challenge, they worked in teams to engineer solutions for the Bunong people in the rural village of Pu Ngaol. Twenty teams of 86 engineering and several

The Altoona Public Library wants to hear from you! They have announced a Community Engagement  Session in support of the Flexible Facilities Program grant submission. This important meeting  will take place in the Community Room at 1303 Lynn Ave/City Hall-Library at 6:00 PM on  Thursday, June 20th.  “The Flexible Facilities Program grant offers us a  chance to reimagine our space, making it more adaptable, welcoming, and responsive to the  needs of Altoona residents. Your input is crucial in this process.” 

The manhunt continues for a Madison attempted homicide suspect who police thought was in Eau Claire. Police in Eau Claire tried to pull 37-year-old Jerome Jacobs over yesterday, but officers say he sped away, crashed his car, then ran. Jacobs is wanted in connection to a drive-by shooting in Madison Sunday that sent two people to the hospital. He’s also wanted on a warrant from the state’s Department of Corrections. Both police in Eau Claire and Madison say Jacobs is

Eau Claire’s city council has signed-off on the plan to renovate the Regency. The city council last night approved a zoning change for the Regency. It had been zoned for apartments, now it will be rezoned as a motel. The Regency’s new owners say they have a plan to renovate the motel, and make it the kind of place people actually want to stay. The Regency has had a long and troubled history, including a couple of attempts to simply

A dairy operation in Sparta is looking at a six-figure fine after state investigators say the owner allowed his pollution permit to expire. The Wisconsin Department of Justice yesterday fined Mlsna Dairy Supply just under 210 thousand-dollars for allowing their Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit to expire in 2015. The dairy never replaced it. There’s no word of any manure spills from the dairy, but state investigators say the dairy did make several pollution-containment improvements without state approval. The