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All of Wisconsin’s Republican congressmen voted for the impeachment inquiry into President Biden. In fact, every Republican on Capitol Hill voted for the inquiry yesterday. Western Wisconsin Congressman Derrick Van Orden says Congress has a ‘Constitutional duty’ to ensure the president is acting honestly and morally. Northwoods Congressman Tom Tiffany says the American people deserve some transparency as to whether the president benefited from his son’s foreign business dealings. The impeachment inquiry vote simply extends the House investigation into President

The latest round of train money in Wisconsin means Madison will need a new train station site, and quickly. Madison has been looking at six spots for a possible Amtrak station for years, but this month’s announcement of a half-million dollar grant to study a line from Madison to Minneapolis is jumpstarting the process. Madison Transportation Planner Liz Callin says the city is hoping to narrow those six spots down to one after a series of public meetings next month.

A new plan at the Wisconsin Capitol would make unauthorized homeless camps a crime. Much of the plan, Senate Bill 669, deals with allowing cities and counties to set-up spaces in parks or other public lands to allow homeless camps. But the legislation also has punishments for homeless people who stay somewhere else. Those include a 500 dollar fine, and up to 30 days in jail. Lawmakers held a hearing on the plan last week. It will likely come-up for

It’s a sad end to the story of Wisconsin’s lonely elk. The state’s Department of Natural Resources yesterday said the young elk, known officially as Bull 357, died after being hit by a car in Illinois. The elk was spotted wandering around Wisconsin. He was seen near Wausau and in McFarland. The DNR says the elk was likely looking to mate, but couldn’t find a partner. The DNR says the elk died after being hit near Joliet, which is 40

A Tennessee woman was arrested in Chippewa after destroying parts of the popular Irving Park Christmas Village, apparently intentionally. Authorities received a report Wednesday morning, December 13th, that a vehicle was ramming into the fences and park displays at Irvine Park. According to Chippewa Falls police, while officers were responding to Irvine Park the vehicle started ramming a City Parks and Recreation vehicle that was occupied by a Parks employee. The driver of the vehicle was taken into custody and

A Mexican citizen is sentenced to five years in U-S federal prison for trafficking meth in Madison. Emmanuel Herrera Sanchez was caught in 2022 selling ten kilograms of meth – worth 49-thousand dollars – to a confidential informant. He was found to be part of a larger organized drug operation. The Chief U-S District Judge sentencing Herrera Sanchez says the drug crime is particularly serious due to the amount of meth involved.

A new Wisconsin program will give nearly 42-million dollars to reduce homelessness and expand affordable housing statewide. Governor Tony Evers says the HOME-American Rescue Plan will also support programs aiming to help low-income and housing-insecure families. The federal program was created in response to the COVID pandemic and is giving out five-billion nationally. Applicants looking to develop rental units and provide support services can apply for funding on the State of Wisconsin’s website.

Wisconsin was ranked the state with the best elder abuse protections in a new report. WalletHub, a personal finance app, used data like the rates of elder abuse and neglect or exploitation complaints. The study says Wisconsin ranked highly since there is criminal legislation to combat financial elder abuse in the state. Massachusetts, Ohio, Virginia and Kentucky followed Wisconsin on the list. California and Utah were at the bottom.

Eight Wisconsin communities will get eleven-million dollars for building safer roads. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says the City Madison will get more than six-point-two-million, the City of Milwaukee will get four-million, and Chippewa County will get 200-thousand dollars. The federal grant money is meant to create infrastructure and traffic safety programs to prevent road injuries and deaths. One-point-one billion dollars will be given out nationally through the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program..

ABOVE PHOTO: Boone Woolsey, 28, will graduate with an associate degree in accounting on Thursday after working a fast-paced job in an emergency department while in high school and a more physical job of pouring concrete before his latest stint at Chippewa Valley Technical College.  After contemplating a nursing career and working for a local concrete company, Boone Woolsey took a right turn into accounting and hasn’t looked back.  “I’m a pretty tall guy – six foot six – and