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The plan to change how Wisconsin draws its electoral maps is headed for a hearing at the Capitol later this morning. An Assembly panel will hear from Fair Map advocates who don’t like the idea of a new state commission drawing Wisconsin’s political maps. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is pushing the plan that would use an Iowa-style commission, as opposed to the legislature, to draw the maps for Congressional and statehouse seats. Despite past support for the idea, Democrats at

The Chippewa Valley Youth Symphony is looking to grow. The Symphony will hold an audition this Sunday at Crestview Academy in Eau Claire. Organizers say kids from six-years-old to 12 can audition and join. You can find out more about the Symphony, and the auditions, online.

Republican lawmakers at the Wisconsin Capitol are looking to close what they say is a loophole in the state’s elections laws. An Assembly panel today will look at a plan to tighten the rules for indefinitely confined voters. Wisconsin saw a spike in indefinitely confined voters in 2020, even though many of those voters were not confined to their homes. The new plan would require voters to ask for a separate indefinitely confined absentee ballot, would require voters to prove

The Wisconsin State Patrol is once again telling drivers to hit the deer. Troopers yesterday issued their annual warning about deer crashes. The State Patrol says there were 16 thousand crashes involving deer in the state last year. Troopers say it’s always best to avoid deer, but they say it is better to hit a deer than swerve at high speed, or swerve and hit a tree. The State Patrol says if you cannot avoid a deer, simply slow down

The man who brought guns to the Wisconsin Capitol twice in one day is in jail again on a charge related to the same day. Joshua Pleasnick was charged with a misdemeanor for carrying a firearm into a public building. He has not visited the Capitol with a gun again since the two initial instances. On October fourth, Madison Police say Pleasnick brought a gun to the Capitol and asked to see Governor Evers before he was arrested. He then

A second inmate is now dead during lock downs at several Wisconsin prisons. Tyshun Lemons is the second person to die in custody since lock down conditions began in March. Some prisons are being kept on lock down while they are filled to capacity. For one prison, lock down will last for as long as a year. Wisconsin Watch claims prisons in Green Bay, Waupun, and Stanley have poor conditions and lockdowns. Poor conditions include dirty water, canceled family visits,

There are more details on the resignation of the Wisconsin Senate’s Chief Clerk. Police say Michael Queensland is being accused of sexual misconduct that reportedly took place at a legislative conference in California last spring. A woman says she had been drinking with Queensland and passed out when she got to her hotel room. She says when she awoke, he was trying to assault her. Queensland says the woman invited him back to her hotel room, that the encounter was

ABOVE PHOTO: Technology education student Lucas Edson, right, talks with a classmate and first-grader about their toy design.  On an early fall morning, 23 children from St. Paul’s School of Menomonie recently walked four blocks to University of Wisconsin-Stout’s Woods Lab in Jarvis Hall Tech Wing, unknowing of what their day would bring.  Lining up single file at the back of the classroom, they quietly peered over university students in a Design for Industry class led by Assistant Professor Kevin Dietsche.  “Everything is designed

The fryers from the Estabrook Beer Garden almost ended up in a Milwaukee food truck. Beer garden organizers yesterday said authorities found their stolen fryers on the city’s south side. Somebody stole two fryers and a freezer at the end of September from the Beer Garden at Estabrook Park. Beer Garden operator Hans Weissgerber says he thought he’d never see any of the equipment again. The man caught with the stolen fryers told police that he didn’t know they were

Police in Milwaukee want to find the suspects who stolen nearly a dozen cars from the Potawatomi Casino in just over three weeks. Investigators say 11 cars have been  reported stolen from the casino’s parking garage since September 24th. Police say that’s about three cars per week. Many of the stolen cars are either Kisa or Hyundais. Potawatomi managers say they will monitor the parking lots and their parking garage 24/7. There have been no arrests in the case