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Whole milk could soon be headed back to school lunchrooms. House lawmakers on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted for the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which would allow the National School Lunch Program to serve whole milk. Whole milk was phased out more than a decade ago as part of a push to combat childhood obesity, leaving only low-fat options. The measure now heads to the Senate.

A corn milling company in Cambria has agreed to pay the US Department of Labor a one-point-eight million dollar settlement. Didion Milling has agreed to pay the settlement after a 2017 explosion at a corn mill plant north-east of Madison. The explosion killed five people and injured twelve others. The company pleaded guilty to falsifying cleaning and other logs in September of this year. Didion’s vice president and former food safety superintendent have both been convicted – other company officials

Wisconsin will be getting 414-million dollars to improve wastewater and storm water infrastructure. State Governor Tony Evers and the Department of Natural Resources are giving the money to smaller and more disadvantaged Wisconsin communities. The DNR is giving 56-million of the money in principal forgiveness, with the remainder being given with reduced-interest-rate loans. Evers says hope is that funded projects will reduce phosphorous discharges and replace outdated equipment.

There will be more Wisconsin troopers on the road starting tomorrow (Fri.) until New Year’s Day. State Patrol says it puts more law enforcement on the road during the holiday season since they see more impaired driving. They reported 470 crashes involving drunk drivers in the last two weeks of 2022. State Patrol says these accidents killed five people and injured 178. They encourage finding designated sober drivers or other rideshare methods if celebrating with alcohol over the holidays.

Free tele-health services for COVID-19 treatment have been extended through April 10 of next year. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says an expected continued increase in COVID cases was a factor in the decision. Wisconsin DHS introduced the service in November of last year and says they completed more than 6-thousand consults since. Nearly half of those patients reported being age 60 and older. After free COVID tele-health resources expire, those without insurance will still have free or low-cost

Building projects in Wisconsin are getting 589-million in funding. State Governor Tony Evers says the Wisconsin Building Commission approved the projects. Projects getting money include renovating UW-Stout’s Heritage Hall, facility renewal projects at UW-Madison, and replacing campground toilets at Hartman Creek State Park. The commission is made up of Governor Evers, six State Representatives and Senators, and one citizen.

ABOVE PHOTO: Barron County dairy farmer Cheyenne Christianson interacts with his dairy herd. Christianson’s farm has been a research site for federally funded work being conducted by UW-River Falls faculty member Kate Creutzinger to study cows and calves. UWRF/Julian Emerson photo.  A Holstein calf just a few weeks old lay next to its mother on a late fall day in a pasture at Cheyenne Christianson’s Barron County farm, seemingly content and healthy.  A moment later the young calf stood up

If you are swapping the Christmas cookies for candy, you aren’t a Grinch. Across the Union there are favorites this time of year and we can unwrap the details. Entertainment experts at HubScore delved into the top 20 Christmas candies to analyze the top 5 most popular in each state. Kit Kat emerged as the nation’s favorite, however the people of Wisconsin are more interested in the chocolicious peanut butter goodness.  MOST POPULAR CHRISTMAS CANDIES IN WISCONSIN(The most popular Christmas candies in Wisconsin ranked

Police in Chippewa Falls say a woman is in custody after she drove through parts of the Christmas Village in Irvine Park. It happened yesterday morning. Officers say they got a call about someone running down Christmas decorations with a van about 7:45 a.m. When they arrived, police say parks department crews were trying to pen the woman’s van in. Eventually officers were able to stop the rampage and arrested 32-year-old Ebony Hudson of Loudon, Tennessee. Chippewa Falls Police say

People who work for the University of Wisconsin will get their pay raises, and Republican lawmakers will get a small victory over diversity, equity, and inclusion spending. UW regents yesterday changed their mind, and voted to accept the agreement that swapped 800 million-dollars for raises, a new engineering building at the Madison campus, and millions more for other needs in exchange for repurposing just over 40 DEI administrators. Three regents changed their minds. Yesterday’s vote came after regents voted-down the