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Property taxes will be higher this year, despite local governments having a lot more money.  That’s according to a new a report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum, that says property taxes are expected to jump about 4-point-7 percent across the state. It also says that will be ‘cushioned’ by two state tax credits. The new state budget added just over 250 million to the school tax levy credit, and boosted the lottery tax credit by 16 million. Those two tax

It’s a safe bet that the racing sausages aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. The owners of Johnsonville Brats have bought a piece of the Milwaukee Brewers. The team yesterday said that Ralph and Shelly Stayer, the owners of Johnsonville, bought a minority stake. No one is saying just how much the Stayers paid, or how much of the team they bought. The Stayers have been lifelong baseball fans, and Johnsonville has been the Brewers’ official sausage since 2018.

Five-hundred-thousand dollars in grants have been approved to study the expansion of Wisconsin’s train service.  Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers says the money will be used for four studies, the first step to  getting environmental clearance to expand the train routes.  Evers says they’re looking to add stops in Madison and Eau Claire to the route between Milwaukee and the Twin Cities. Another would connect Milwaukee to Green Bay. The Wisconsin grants are from the Federal Railroad Administration.

A Janesville man is accused of selling counterfeit prescription drugs after police say they found four-thousand pills with fentanyl during a search. Janesville Police worked with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Wisconsin Department of Justice to investigate Cedric Sanders. He’s  been arrested and police say they searched two Janesville houses where they found the fentanyl pills, a pound of marijuana, and four handguns. 

A Madison man is facing his seventh O-W-I, accused of driving drunk after police say stole beer from a convenience store. Madison Police say the store clerk called 9-1-1 reporting a man, who appeared intoxicated, stole beer and drove off.  Officers pulled Michael Girder over later that night and say there was open alcohol in his truck… which was stolen. Girder is facing four charges, including parole violation.

Eau Claire Parks, Recreation & Forestry is monitoring the unseasonably warm weather conditions in preparation for the outdoor skating rink season. In order to begin flooding the rinks, 4 to 6 consecutive days of mid-20s or colder temperatures are needed. We hope for a return to more normal temperatures soon and will have a further update regarding the availability of the outdoor skating rinks at that time. FOR OTHER WINTER FUN OPTIONS CLICK HERE

ABOVE PHOTO: UW-Stout’s Coding Club members in Jarvis Hall. Photo provided by Saleh Alnaeli.   University of Wisconsin-Stout students across multiple programs in the College of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Management stayed cool under pressure as they took home first and second place prizes in multiple regional and state competitions this fall.  The Coding Club dialed in first places in both the experienced and novice team classes in the programming competition at the 30th annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Midwestern Conference.  Four computer

Once again, Hope Gospel Mission is hosting the annual Christmas Community Dinner on Saturday, December 16, 2023 from 11:30 a.m. to 1p.m. This is the 17th for this Christmas meal and they hope to serve over 500 guests. The meal is offered as a curb side pick-up/ drive-through as well as a dine in option. For those that wish to dine in, there will be a short program at 11:30am with the meal to follow. No reservations needed. A delicious

Wisconsin has been crowned the fifth-best US state for a winter trip! That’s according to the travel expert Viator, who sought to uncover the best states to visit for a winter vacation. To do so, they created a points-based index system that analyzed in each state: the number of ice rinks and ski resorts, the average rating of ski resorts, the number of indoor activities with a rating greater than 4, 4.5, and 5 on Tripadvisor, and the average winter snowfall levels. Highlights

Police in Wausau say they used a drone to find a man who’d fallen through the ice on the Wisconsin River. It happened on the river near Bluegill Bay County Park in Rib Mountain. Police say the man was originally spotted trying to climb the fence to get into the Wausau Downtown Airport. He then ran across the airport’s field, into some woods, and then fell into the river. Police say the drone helped them pinpoint the man, then launch