Shoppers in Eau Claire won’t be able to hit-up the city’s new Costco for Thanksgiving. The store yesterday said it will not open til November 30th. Originally, the plan was to open the day before Thanksgiving. Costco says construction delays are to blame.
Read MoreThe latest Marquette Law School Poll gives President Biden a slight lead over former President Donald Trump in Wisconsin. But the poll also shows Biden trailing Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley. The poll, which was released yesterday, gives the current president a 50-48 lead over the former president. Pollsters, however, say President Biden trails Ron DeSantis in Wisconsin 50-48, and trails Haley 53-44. The Marquette Poll shows that both Biden and Trump remain unpopular in the state, with Biden having
Read MoreThe latest enrollment snapshot at the Universities of Wisconsin is a good one. The school yesterday released its 10-day enrollment numbers for this fall, and enrollment is up. The university says there are 17 hundred more students throughout the university system. That’s a one-point-one percent increase. It is also the first time in a decade that enrollment has climbed. There are now just over 162 thousand students enrolled at a UW school. The university says enrollment is up at 10
Read MoreIt will be a day of election votes at the Wisconsin Capitol today. The State Assembly is scheduled to vote on a series of election reforms. They include constitutional amendments that deal with voter ID, Zuckerbucks, and just who can vote in the state. Republican lawmakers are also looking to close what they say are several loopholes in the state’s election laws. Most of the proposals, however, will not become law. Governor Evers has promised not to sign anything that
Read MoreThe addition of a non-Brewer game ticket tax and a lot less money from the state are still not enough to win over some Republicans on the Brewer ballpark funding deal. A Senate committee yesterday okayed the non-game tax, and said the state will now pay less than 400-million dollars for its share of American Family Field. State Senator Julian Bradley says the tweaks are better, but he says the state is still paying too much. State Senator Steve Nass
Read MoreSome degree programs at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay could soon be going away. The university yesterday said it is looking to drop a handful of majors and minors as part of a cost-cutting plan. The school says majors in economics, environmental policy and planning, and theater and dance could be cut. UW-Green Bay is also considering eliminating minors in international environmental studies, geography, and physics. Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Kate Burns says eliminating the majors
Read MoreA new airline will bring two new non-stop flights per week to the Dane County Regional Airport. Breeze Airways will start service in February 2024, including two non-stop flights to Orlando and Tampa year-round. Fares on the routes will start at 79-dollars if purchased by November 14. Breeze is a low-fare Utah-based domestic airline.
Read MoreWisconsin lawmakers are considering a proposal for a task force focusing on missing and murdered Black women. CDC data says Black woman only make up 12-point-four percent of Wisconsin’s population, and 13-point-nine percent nationwide. But 36-percent of missing women in the U-S are Black. State Senator Jesse James of Altoona says the proposed task force would focus on the reasons behind those numbers.
Read MoreA Le Valle man gets five years of probation after a scam that cost Amazon 370-thousand dollars in losses. Christian Wink ordered and returned items to Amazon three-and-a-half thousand times between 2017 and 2020 – but sent back cheaper items than the ones he said he would be returning once he got the refund. He also says he did not pay taxes on any of the money. Instead of prison time, Wink will get probation since he had a history
Read MoreBeginning on Thursday, November 9, customers can visit the new Wendy’s® restaurant at 1215 Commons Circle in Plover, featuring the brand’s new global design standard, Global Next Gen. The restaurant’s places an emphasis on convenience, speed, and accuracy. There will be fan favorites like hamburgers, Hot & Crispy Fries and the iconic Frosty® and with new restaurant features like dedicated parking spots for mobile orders and delivery drivers and adelivery walk-up window, customers will see new technology along with the familiar
Read More
