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There’s a plan at the state capitol to make the Wisconsin State Fair tax free. Lawmakers will talk about the plan later today. The proposal would end the sales tax on tickets to the State Fair, and to the State Fair Park. Lawmakers would have to create a special sales tax exemption for the State Fair, because right now there’s a tax on tickets to all ‘amusement, athletic, entertainment, or recreational events’ that are not at county fairs.

Nurses at Planned Parenthood’s clinics in Wisconsin are looking to unionize. The Wisconsin Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals yesterday said nurses at clinics in Madison and Milwaukee have agreed to join the union. The election will be set next week, and Planned Parenthood said it supports its workers right to join the union. There  are already unionized clinics at Planned Parenthood sites in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.

It looks like Milwaukee’s casino will continue to grow. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel yesterday reported that the Potawatomi Casino plans for a new, six-thousand-seat concert  venue. The project is expected to cost at least 200 million-dollars. Potawatomi managers didn’t comment on the report, but sources close to the project say the idea is to break ground early next year. Potawatomi recently closed its concert theater to make room for a new sports book. The new concert venue would not be

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