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The now-former chancellor at UW-La Crosse says he was stunned to be fired over his porn videos. Joe Gow said in a series of interviews yesterday that he did not expect to lose his job over the videos that he and his wife filmed, produced, then distributed online. Gow said the videos had been up for about two months. He’s not sure just how university regents found-out about them. The UW board fired Gow on Wednesday. Gow continues to frame

Wisconsin Elections Commission has dismissed the 14th Amendment challenge to Donald Trump’s candidacy here in Wisconsin. Commissioners yesterday tossed progressive activist Kirk Bangstad’s challenge without comment. Bangstad expected the dismissal, and in fact welcomed it. Bangstad said his hope is to take the challenge to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. This week saw Michigan’s Supreme Court reject a 14th Amendment challenge to the former president, and saw Maine’s top election manager accept a 14th Amendment challenge there.

Someone is cutting down road signs in Brown County. The sheriff’s office yesterday said there have been a ‘large number’ of signs cut down over the past few weeks. Most of the signs were cut down in the southern part of the county. Deputies say it looks like someone is using a saw to cut the wooden signposts in half. One of the signs that was cut is a stop sign. Captain Jody Lemmens says that’s particularly dangerous because a

Eau Claire is inching closer to livestream video out of the Hobbs Center. The city’s parks and rec department is working on a deal to install cameras, and set-up a feed. Parks and rec Manager Patrick Newkirk says the idea is allow parents and grandparents to watch their kids skate or play hockey without having to come all the way to Eau Claire, or even come across town. The rinks in Altoona, Chippewa Falls, and Menominee already have livestream feeds

Two French chefs and a cheesemaker have broken a Guinness World Record by creating a pizza with over a thousand different types of cheese.  Pizza Chef Benoît Bruel of Lyon was behind the culinary creation.  Bruel told Guinness World Records, “my only dream is to make pizzas with the widest variety of cheeses.”

John M Phalen, 70 years of age, from Stone Lake has been arrested by the Wisconsin State PatrolSpooner Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 5th offense. Troopers with the WI State Patrol stopped a vehicle on Hwy 27 near Hayward in Sawyer County foran equipment violation. Upon initial approach of the vehicle, troopers noticed the odor of marijuanaemitting from the vehicle. Ultimately the driver was arrested for operating a motor vehicle whileunder the influence of a controlled

The Wisconsin State Patrol, Northwest Region, Eau Claire Post received information from the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department regarding a carjacking that occurred in St. Paul, MN. A firearm was implied, but not displayed. Ramsay County was tracking the vehicle eastbound on Interstate 94 in Dunn County. A State Trooper located the vehicle traveling eastbound on Interstate 94 near milepost 39 in Dunn County. The Trooper attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the vehicle. The vehicle fled and a pursuit

Flags will be at half-staff in Wisconsin starting today (Thurs) until former US Senator Herb Kohl’s burial. Governor Tony Evers says Kohl was a born and raised Milwaukeean who dedicated his life and career to the state of Wisconsin. Kohl was the founder of Kohl’s department store and the former owner of the Milwaukee Bucks as well as a politician. He died yesterday at 88-years-old after what the Herb Kohl Foundation says was a short illness. Kohl’s funeral services will

Wisconsin has been ranked the state with the second-most car crashes caused by animals. A new study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows 14-percent of fatal crashes in Wisconsin since 2017 involved live animals. Montana was the highest-ranking state at 23-percent.

Two Madison-area hospitals have released their top baby names of 2023. SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital-Madison and UnityPoint Health-Meriter say there were seven-thousand babies born between the two. The top names for the two-thousand babies born at St. Mary’s were Hudson and Ava. For UnityPoint-Meriter’s five-thousand babies, Theodore and Emma were at the top of the list.