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There are lawsuits over the bonfire explosion in Brown County that sent several kids to the hospital last year.  Parents of the young people who were hurt in the explosion this week filed separate lawsuits against the party’s host, and the two teenagers who police say tossed a barrel of fuel into the fire.  One of those teens is looking at 13 felony counts.  The lawsuits accuse the adults who hosted the bonfire of negligence.

Wisconsin’s Right to Garden plan is a step closer to becoming law. An Assembly committee this week approved the plan which would stop local governments from banning vegetable or flower gardens. State Rep. Shae Sortwell is pushing the plan. He says leaders in his hometown of Two Rivers okayed a local ban on gardens. He says people have the right to grow their own food, and he says local governments should not be getting in the way. The Right to

There is a plan at the Wisconsin Capitol to give folks from Wisconsin first dibs on campground spots. Senator Howard Marklein introduced the idea this week. He wants to create a two-week window for Wisconsinites to book campgrounds, then open-up registration to everyone. Currently the DNR opens campground reservations 11 months ahead of time, and it is a first-come first-served basis. Marklein says that leads to a mad scramble, and sometimes people or groups from Wisconsin miss-out on the best

There’s a new option to get away from the Chippewa Valley, starting today. Sun Country is beginning its non-stop flights to Fort Myers. The flights will run until the end of April. Sun Country has been offering two flights per-week to Las Vegas, those will end on December 11th.

The new name for the Universities of Wisconsin is just the beginning for the UW’s rebranding.  University President Jay Rothman told a Madison TV station that the university needs to ‘reposition’ itself.  Rothman didn’t get into specifics, but said the school will become ‘consumer-focused.’  That, Rothman says, will mean millions of dollars in new investments.  Rothman does say that the re-brand will take time and that process is underway.

Wisconsin’s governor took the spat over DEI money at the University of Wisconsin to the campus in Eau Claire yesterday.  Governor Evers toured the medical lab at the university, and once again pressed Republican lawmakers to release the 32-million dollars being held at the Capitol until the university changes its policy on diversity, equity, and inclusion.  The governor said the University of Wisconsin will not get better with less money.  He says the school needs that money to continue to

Stealing a car in Milwaukee almost always goes unpunished.  The latest look at Milwaukee’s crime numbers show that just over 200 of the city’s nearly five-thousand stolen car cases have ended with an arrest this year.  That’s a four-percent clearance rate.  Last year Milwaukee Police cleared just six-percent of stolen car cases, it was two-and-a-half percent the year before that. 

Wisconsin’s biggest business group is weighing in on the court fight over school choice in the state.  Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce this week filed a brief with the Wisconsin Supreme Court, asking the court to reject the lawsuit that seeks to end school choice and school vouchers in Wisconsin.  WMC says thousands of families across the state will be ‘devastated’ if school choice comes to an end.  The group is also arguing that any challenge should first go to a

The flu, COVID, and RSV virus are on the rise in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services most recent Respiratory Virus Surveillance Report says the state is seeing an increase in hospitalizations for children with RSV. The department says influenza and COVID vaccines are in good supply, but national RSV treatments for infants are still effecting Wisconsin.

Underage tobacco and vape sales are rising in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Health Service says underage sales of tobacco products increased from eleven-point-nine percent in 2022 to 13-point-six percent this year. On average, underage sales increased by 140-percent since 2019. The DHS says tobacco use causes almost eight-thousand deaths, 3-billion in health care expenses, and more than five-point-six billion in lost economic productivity every year.