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The mother of missing three-year-old boy Elijah Vue is facing upgraded charges after a court appearance this morning. One of his mother, Katrina Baur’s, new charges is related to a six-year-old child — not Vue. Her boyfriend, Jesse Vang, is also facing a felony charge for Vue’s disappearance and will be in court next week. The child was last seen on February 20 in Two Rivers. The reward for anyone with information that leads to an arrest or finding Elijah

The deadline is extended for Northern Wisconsin businesses affected by less snow than usual last winter to apply for assistance. Some businesses saw economic struggles after the lack of snow, particularly because of reduced winter tourists. Businesses in most counties will now be able to apply for the general disaster loan program until July 31. Some counties will have until the fall.

Top performing high school students will earn direct admittance into the Universities of Wisconsin system. The Wisconsin Guarantee will give automatic acceptance to UW-Madison for the top five percent of eleventh graders in the state. The top ten percent will get acceptance into the other twelve UW campuses. The program fulfills the requirements of a bill recently signed by Governor Tony Evers that requires a state guaranteed admission program. UW President Jay Rothman says it’ll help keep the best students

Wisconsin Business World announced three winners of the Fall 2023 Innovation Competition. The twice-annual contest, sponsored by Kwik Trip, tasks students to innovate a new product for the Kwik Trip convenience stores, create a marketing plan and present the idea in the format of their choice. From tea, to a juice machine, to a cookbook these big ideas were tops. You can see the full product videos with a click on their names below: The winners of the Innovation Competition:

Marshfield Clinic Health System today announced it is opening urgent care services at Marshfield Clinic Lake Hallie Center in the coming months to help address the expected influx of patients seeking emergent and urgent care services in the Chippewa Valley. “Expanded urgent care access in the region will help decrease patient volumes in local emergency departments, as well as provide hours that might be more convenient for working families in the area.” -Marshfield Health System’s West Market President Brad Groseth

A police officer in New Glarus has resigned after prosecutors charged him with sexual assault. The chief in New Glarus says officer Alexander Brey resigned on Tuesday. The chief says the case is not related to Brey’s time on the force, there are no allegations that he ever acted improperly as a police officer. Prosecutor claim Brey assaulted a woman at his home last August. He’s due back in court next month.

Eau Claire is looking to get some feedback on everything from street repairs to parks as part of its new community engagement effort. City council president Emily Berge and city manager Stephanie Hirsch will host four discussions, two this month and two next month, to try and get a sense as to what people want. Neither Berge or Hirsch are saying just what they will do with the feedback once they got it, but say they’ll have something for Eau

UW campuses are going to keep more tuition dollars from Minnesota students going forward. Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers yesterday signed a new law that tweaks the reciprocity agreement between Wisconsin and Minnesota. The deal allows Minnesota kids to pay Minnesota tuition prices, but go to a UW school. Any extra money from those Minnesota students used to go to the state. Now, that money will stay with the UW campus where those Minnesota students are. UW-River Falls’ chancellor says that

Voters in one northwestern Wisconsin community will see a family tax hike question on the ballot next month. St. Croix County is once again asking for nearly 900 thousand-dollars to hire eight new public safety positions. Not all of them will be deputies, the county is also looking to hire people in its Health & Human Services department, the D.A.’s office, and at the clerk’s office. Voters rejected a similar question last year. St. Croix County leaders hope to have

Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources cannot go after PFAS polluters until Wisconsin lawmakers set PFAS standards. An appeal court yesterday ruled that Governor Evers’ administration must work with lawmakers to define so-called forever chemical pollution before the DNR can enforce the rules. The ruling is a win for businesses in the state, and lawmakers themselves because they have a different view of the state’s PFAS needs. Wisconsin’s attorney general has already promised to take the case to the new liberal-majority