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Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources is asking for help in finding whoever shot two elk in Jackson County. Both of the elk were cows, and both were shot back in November of 2022. The DNR says it was monitoring the elk with radio collars. The original plea for help back in 2022 produced some tips, but DNR investigators say they need some more information. Wisconsin allows elk hunting, but the DNR says the two elk were killed illegally.

Kids who don’t go to school would be held back under a new plan at the Wisconsin Capitol. State Representative Bob Donovan is pushing the idea. He says far too many kids, particularly in Milwaukee Public Schools, skip too many classes. His proposal would hold kids back if they miss more than 30 days in a school year. The state’s Department of Public Instruction says nearly one-in-four kids in Wisconsin schools are ‘chronically absent.’ Donovan introduced the legislation this week,

The experts hired by Wisconsin’s supreme court to redraw the state’s political maps say there won’t be anymore Republican gerrymandering. The court’s outside experts yesterday rejected maps drawn by Republican lawmakers and the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty. The experts said both maps continued to gerrymander the state for Republicans. The pair, however, did not recommend any of the maps drawn by Democrats. They do have the option of drawing maps on their own, which they told the court

It’s the latest measure of just how warm it is across western Wisconsin. You can click on the links below for the latest updates from the courses. A number of golf courses in and around Eau Claire are opening this weekend.  Mill Run and Wild Ridge both say they’ll open tomorrow, and expect to stay open into next week. The folks at Princeton Valley Golf in Eau Claire may also open, they’re telling golfers to check their Facebook page for

 Xcel Energy today proposed a new clean energy plan for the Upper Midwest. “This new proposal builds on our already-approved plans to retire all coal plants by 2030 and replace them with nation-leading amounts of renewable energy like wind and solar, as we transition to a clean, secure energy future…” -Ryan Long, president of Xcel Energy Under the proposal, carbon emissions reductions are expected to exceed 80% by 2030, potentially reaching up to 88%. This continues a path to achieving

Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced a $350 million national settlement with Publicis Health to resolve investigations into the global marketing and communications firm’s role in the prescription opioid crisis. Wisconsin will receive more than $6 million from the settlement to help address the opioid crisis. In agreeing to the terms of the settlement, Publicis recognized the harm its conduct caused, and the agreement will give communities hit hardest by the opioid crisis more financial support for treatment and recovery,

A Wisconsin man who has been on the state’s Most Wanted list three times is sentenced to another decade in prison.  Kenneth Twyman, who is already serving 35 years for murder, was sentenced again for drug and weapons charges. He pleaded guilty in October to distributing cocaine and heroin with a machine gun in his possession. His added sentenced will be served at the same time as his current sentence — once it’s complete, he will be eligible for parole.

There’s a new way for people in Wisconsin to report illnesses they suspect could be from food or water. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says the online questionnaire takes fewer than five minutes to fill out. The answers will help local health departments find sources of contamination. It will be ready just in time for Wisconsin’s expected wintertime spike in norovirus cases, which it says is the leading cause of vomiting and diarrhea.

Kwik Trip on 1223 E. Wisconsin St. in Portage knows something about big wins when it comes to Wisconsin Lottery tickets. The retailer sold a winning $50,000 Powerball ticket for the Wednesday, January 31 drawing. It is the seventh winning ticket of $25,000 or more sold by the store in the last seven years and the second time the location sold a winning $50,000 Powerball ticket. The winning ticket matched four of five numbers (15-18-19-41-43) plus the Powerball (14).

A traffic stop in St.Croix County leads to arrest for a Minnesota resident. 28 year old DeJanae S Jamison, from St. Paul, MN has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 1st offense, with two children in the vehicle under the age of 16. A Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for moving violations on Interstate 94 westbound in the City of Hudson. During