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The man who drove onto the tarmac in La Crosse and jumped on to a private jet will not be going to prison for what he did. A judge yesterday found 32-year-old Cody Anderson of Wallace, Idaho not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. That means he will be sent to a state hospital rather than a prison. Anderson rammed an SUV through the gate at the airport in La Crosse in November of last year. He then

The city of Eau Claire is ready to get its share of 3M’s multi-billion dollar PFAS settlement. A federal judge yesterday signed-off on the settlement. 3M will pay up to 12-and-a-half billion-dollars to hundreds of communities who’ve found the so-called forever chemicals in their water. Eau Claire is one of those communities. City attorney Steve Nick says Eau Claire should see about 20 million-dollars which will be used to clean the city’s water supply, and invest in new water technology.

Wisconsin’s governor is asking the state supreme court to okay ballot drop boxes ahead of this November’s election. Governor Tony Evers wrote a letter to the court yesterday, asking the new liberal-majority to overturn a ruling from 2022 that said ballot drop boxes are not allowed by state law. The governor says ballot drop boxes are allowed in clerks’ offices, and a drop box somewhere else in the community is no different. The old conservative-majority court said ballot drop boxes

A bill that would have restricted transgender students from playing on sports teams outside of their gender assigned at birth is vetoed by Wisconsin’s governor. Governor Tony Evers has said he would veto the bill when it was introduced, along with any other bill that he believes will harm LGBTQ+ Wisconsinites. Republicans in the state don’t have the votes to override the veto.

ABOVE PHOTO: UW-Stout esports teams compete from their arena in Heritage Hall. The National Association of Collegiate Esports Varsity Premier playoffs kick off this week, and two University of Wisconsin-Stout Blue Devil teams — Valorant and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate — are headed to nationals after winning their conferences. “Stout’s esports teams continue to compete at the highest level in NACE. Our Valorant team has proven it can compete with the best teams in the nation, and our Smash Ultimate

It is Election Day in Wisconsin, and voters will see a lot on their ballots. Today is the spring primary election, which means voters will make choices in everything from the presidential primary to their local school board. There are also two constitutional amendments that deal with outside money and elections in the state, as well as tax increase questions for local schools. Polls in Wisconsin are open from 7 a.m. til 8 p.m. You will need a voter ID

Former President Trump is coming to Wisconsin to rally. The former president will speak to a crowd in Green Bay later this afternoon. Trump yesterday said he will highlight his plans for a second term, including a much tougher policy on the southern border and what he’s calling ‘immigrant crime.’ The rally will be at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Green Bay, at 5 p.m.

Communities that have lost a UW branch campus are getting some state money to make up for it. Governor Evers on Friday signed a new law that allows communities to get up to two million-dollars to help transition away from in-person classes. Richland Center has completely lost its campus and West Bend, Waukesha, and Marinette will see the end of in-person classes next fall. All together there’s 20 million-dollars available.

The University of Wisconsin is looking to add a six week paid family program. Regents are expected to consider the plan at their meeting on Thursday. The idea is to provide that paid leave to families who have had a baby, or adopted a new child. There is no word on just how many UW employees would qualify, or just how much the proposal would cost.

A new study shows that dogs can understand certain words. The way dogs can understand how some words refer to certain objects suggests they could understand words in a similar way to humans. The researchers in Europe said they were inspired by studies about the way infants understand the world before they can speak, and decided to try similar experiments with dogs. They found that brain activity in 14 of the 18 dogs they studied was different when they were