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Wisconsin wineries can now stay open past nine P-M and until bar time. The new state law is meant to give wineries similar opportunities as bars, and more abilities to host special events. New open time limits are 2am during the week and 2:30am on the weekends. The law will also allow breweries to produce products like canned cocktails and sell beer that wasn’t made in Wisconsin in tap rooms.

ABOVE PHOTO: A student works with a robot in a UW-Stout engineering lab. The new automation leadership program addresses advances in engineering and manufacturing technology. Student success, current and future, was at the heart of major progress made on multiple fronts during 2023 at University of Wisconsin-Stout. The university’s top 10 news stories of the year reflect that progress. The list is led by state approval for the renovation of Heritage Hall and record private support for another project, the

It’s a fun way to bring joy to their day and let them know we appreciate their service to our country.” The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) is asking once again for caring individuals to send Valentine’s Day cards to our veterans living at the Wisconsin Veterans Homes in Chippewa Falls, King, and Union Grove.  “Last year, the residents at our three Wisconsin Veterans Homes were thrilled to receive such an outpouring of Valentine’s Day wishes and thoughtful messages,”

On January 3rd, 2024 at 6:10 a.m., the Eau Claire Police Department and Eau Claire Fire Department responded to the intersection of State Highway 93 and East Hamilton Ave. for a crash involving a sedan and a garbage truck. The drivers of both vehicles were injured in the crash and were transported to local hospitals.  The initial investigation shows the sedan was westbound on East Hamilton Ave. and ran the red light at State Highway 93 before colliding with the

Milwaukee did not set a record for homicides in 2023. The city’s homicide count for last year stands, for now, at 161. That’s down from the 215 murders in Milwaukee in 2022, and the 194 killings in the city in 2021. Milwaukee’s mayor is crediting the drop on partnerships between his office and the community. Milwaukee saw three straight record years for homicides as part of a general spike in crime. While there were just 161 homicides in Milwaukee in

Two of the three kidnapping suspects arrested in southwest Wisconsin for kidnapping an eleven-year-old have agreed to go back to Indiana to face charges. Sara Gaudino and Isaiah Schryvers yesterday waived their right to an extradition hearing. They will be sent back to Wells County, Indiana, to face charges there. Deputies in Iowa County found an eleven-year-old girl in Gaudino and Schryvers’ car on Saturday. Investigators in Indiana say the girl’s mother recently found inappropriate messages on her phone and

A judge in Dane County says absentee ballots in Wisconsin don’t need a full address to be counted this year. The judge yesterday said the state law dealing with addresses on absentee ballots doesn’t specify just what information is required, therefore he says election clerks cannot toss ballots that don’t have all the information. The ruling comes after the Wisconsin Elections Commission last year was forced to change its guidance to local election managers about how to count ballots with

A UW professor with ties to the plagiarism case that ended Harvard President Claudine Gay’s career says it’s no big deal. University of Wisconsin professor emeritus David Canon says Gay didn’t really plagiarize his work, he says she simply used a similar definition when taking pieces from his book Race, Redistricting, and Representation. Canon says ‘good definitions use ‘similar language.’ Gay resigned as Harvard president yesterday.

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has awarded $1 million in producer-led watershed protection grants (PLWPG) to 47 farmer-led groups for 2023. Grants support producer-led conservation solutions by encouraging innovation and farmer participation in on-the-ground efforts to improve Wisconsin’s soil health and water quality. “Across the state, producer-led groups are doing tremendous work caring and advocating for our state’s land and water resources, and those efforts continue to grow year after year. This program supports farmers

There are formal charges for the Chippewa Falls woman accused of stabbing a man in the eye and beating him with a baseball bat on Christmas Day. Prosecutors filed attempted homicide charges yesterday against 54-year-old Laura Feala. Police in Lake Hallie say she allegedly attacked her boyfriend on Christmas Eve, stabbing him 15 times, including once in the eye.  A judge yesterday set her bond at a quarter-million dollars.