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The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirms that a Sheboygan County deer farm has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The result was confirmed by the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa. The positive result came from a 5-year-old buck. The premises is quarantined, where it will remain while DATCP and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) veterinarians and staff conduct the epidemiological investigation. CWD is a fatal, neurological disease of deer, elk, and

We recently received an update to a case from earlier this month in Taylor County as a Medford man is now in custody and facing homicide charges. On January 14, 2023, the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office responded to Almost Home Again , a mental health , AODA treatment facility located at N3531 Elder Dr in the Town of Aurora , Taylor County. It was during that call that 61-year-old Joseph B. Bonney was found deceased at the facility. Taylor County

President Biden will be in Wisconsin today to promote the billions being spent on infrastructure in the U.S.  The White House says the President will give a speech on how “Bidenomics” and his investing in America agenda are “rebuilding our infrastructure, lowering costs, spurring a small business boom and creating good-paying jobs.”  Biden will deliver remarks in Superior, where a major bridge construction project has received roughly a billion dollars from the Department of Transportation. That’s the Blatnik bridge that connects

Wisconsin’s governor and the state’s Health Services boss are trying to link a lack of a Medicaid expansion in the state to the decision to close two hospitals in western Wisconsin. Governor Evers and DHS Secretary Kirsten Johnson were in Eau Claire yesterday, where they said the decision from HSHS and Prevea to close their hospitals and clinics leave patients in the Chippewa Valley with fewer choices. The governor then tried to link a lack of Medicaid expansion to that

Two people are recovering from a house fire in Delmar last night. Firefighters say both suffered from smoke inhalation. Firefighters say the fire started in the garage, and sent smoke into the rest of the house. Fiore crews were able to put out the fire, but not before they say it did some serious damage to the garage.

People in Eau Claire are going to pay more for water starting next month. The city council this week approved an eight percent water rate increase. There is currently no information of just how much of that increase will go to pay for water line repairs and how much will go to pay raises. The city council also agreed to keep the city’s fireworks show at the High Bridge this year.

Wisconsin’s governor says the new legislative maps that are 99 percent of what he drew are not his maps. Governor Evers yesterday promised to veto the maps that the State Assembly passed yesterday afternoon. Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says the only reason Democrats won’t take 99 percent as a win is because they believe they can get even more from the liberal-majority Supreme Court in March. Evers’ maps drew new districts that forced more than a dozen current Republican

It could soon be easier to get married again in Wisconsin. The State Assembly is set to vote today on a plan to end Wisconsin’s six-month re-marriage moratorium. Current law requires people to wait six months after their divorce is final to get married again. Supporters say the state doesn’t need to be in the business of deciding who can get married, and when.

Wisconsin lawmakers are eyeing a change for fish fillets. The State Assembly is scheduled to vote today on a plan that would change state law to allow fishermen to take more filleted or dressed fish home. Currently fishermen can only transport fish fillets that meet state length requirements. For smaller fish, that often meant taking the whole fish home. The new law would allow fishermen to fillet the fish, as long as they took a time-dated picture of the whole

The president of the University of Wisconsin says it will take years, and more federal money to get UW schools back in the black. President Jay Rothman yesterday said campuses are still spending more money than they take-in. Rothman did not rule-out more layoffs or furloughs. He said he hopes to eliminate the campus deficits by 2028.    The president of the University of Wisconsin went on to talk about students, saying young people are not looking to go to