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There are charges for an Altoona sub over a sexually explicit conversation in the classroom. Prosecutors in Eau Claire claim substitute teacher James Worley told some students about sexual activity in his past and other inappropriate topics. He’s now looking at four felony counts of exposing a child to harmful descriptions. Students told police Worley was talking to just a few students, but was loud enough that the whole class could hear. Police say Worley told them he was talking

Searchers will spend their weekend, once again, looking for three-year-old Elijah Vue. Elijah Vue, 3, is still missing.(Two Rivers Police Department) He’s the little boy who’s been missing from Two Rivers for more than three weeks now. Volunteers say they will search through Sunday for any clues. Police say Elijah was staying with his mom’s boyfriend when he disappeared on February 20th. Vue’s mom and her boyfriend are both being held on child neglect charges.

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse has a new chancellor. The school yesterday introduced James Beeby as their new chancellor. He replaces Joe Gow who was fired after the university discovered the porn videos that he and his wife were making and sharing online. Beeby comes to La Crosse from Keene State College in New Hampshire. He did not talk about Gow’s firing, or the reasons for it, during his first appearance at the university yesterday.

Wisconsin is looking at a statewide wildfire warning. The state’s Department of Natural Resources updated its fire danger map yesterday, and the entire state is looking at least a High Fire Danger level. A handful of counties in the middle of the state are looking at an Extremely High Fire Danger. The DNR is warning people against burning brush. A lack of snow, and dry start to the spring are being blamed for the heightened fire risk.

Usually you can’t golf in Wisconsin til at least April, but that’s not stopping the folks at Golf Digest from naming Wisconsin the best state in the nation for public golf. Golf Digest came out with its rankings yesterday, and put Wisconsin ahead of California, Michigan, Oregon, and North Carolina on the list. Wisconsin gets top marks for Whistling Straits and the course at Erin Hills, among others. Golf Digest says while other states may have more or better exclusive

Wisconsin will get more than 39-million dollars to improve access to transportation. The Biden Administration announced the funding yesterday. It says the money is to make sure all communities have direct routes to schools and workplaces. Madison will get a million dollars to build an overpass that will connect Perry Street over the Beltline. President Biden will speak in Milwaukee later today.

Wisconsin’s proposed rules for AI campaign commercials are heading to the governor. The state Senate approved a plan yesterday that would require political campaigns to let voters know if they used AI to manipulate video or audio in any campaign commercial. Both Democrats and Republicans support the idea. Democratic Senator Mark Spreitzer says voters need to know if what they’re seeing is real. The legislation doesn’t ban AI commercials, it just requires a disclaimer be added.

TikTok needs to “break up” with the Chinese community party. That’s what Wisconsin Republican Mike Gallagher told reporters after the House passed a bill requiring TikTok’s parent company, Chinese-owned tech giant ByteDance, to sell the social media app or see it banned in the U.S. Gallagher said the current ownership structure is a threat to national security, as American data can be accessed by the Chinese government. Those opposed cited free speech issues with the bill. It’s not clear at

ABOVE PHOTO: Participants in the Community Action Poverty Simulation event at UW-River Falls in January 2023 discuss challenges related to trying to pay for living expenses on a limited income. This year’s poverty simulation event at the university is scheduled for March 27 and is intended to raise awareness about the growing number of people struggling to pay for basic life expenses. UWRF file photo.  Even in the St. Croix Valley, a part of Wisconsin where the population is increasing

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire geography and anthropology department has been recognized as the top baccalaureate-level program in the nation by the American Association of Geographers. UW-Eau Claire is the recipient of the 2024 AAG Award for Bachelor Program Excellence, recognizing excellence in geography programs at U.S. colleges and universities. The award comes with $2,000 for the department and honors a non-Ph.D.-granting geography program that has “significantly enhanced the prominence and reputation of geography as a discipline and demonstrated the characteristics