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A new study says more than 60-percent of Wisconsin girls in high school feel anxious. Wisconsin’s Office of Children’s Mental Health released the numbers yesterday. The study says 66-percent of high school girls feel anxious, while 50-percent feel sad and hopeless nearly every day, and nearly 33-percent of girls admitted to doing some self harm. The study says 11-percent of high school girls have attempted suicide. Body image issues are huge issues for teenage girls, the study says, but it

The Wisconsin Elections Commission isn’t telling the state’s elections boss she can’t speak to state lawmakers this month. But the Commission isn’t recommending that she appear before a Senate committee either. The Elections Commission last night deadlocked over whether elections administrator Meagan Wolfe should appear before state senators. The Republican-controlled Senate wants to remove Wolfe as elections administrator, and the planned Senate hearing could be a first step toward that goal. Last night Democratic commissioners said Wolfe shouldn’t go. Wolfe

 The probe into money and spending continues in Eau Claire. The county board has scheduled another special session for next month following the report into millions of dollars of mis-spending at the county’s Department of Human Services. County board members already removed the county board chairman for how he handled the case, they could do the same to county administrator Kathryn Schauf. Some county supervisors are upset that no one in the Human Services department was charged with anything for

We’re waiting on the latest look at Wisconsin’s jobs picture. Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development will unveil the state’s new jobs report today. Unemployment in Wisconsin fell to two-point-five percent in June. The state’s labor participation rate was at 65-percent.

ABOVE PHOTO: Chip! Courtesy of Chippewa Falls Police Facebook Page The newest addition to the Chippewa Falls Police Department is fluffier than most officers… The city introduced the community to Chip, the Chippewa Falls Police therapy dog. Chip is an eight-week-old puppy due for training, and police commanders say he will be seen at community events throughout the year. CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE.

Four UW schools are on the Princeton Review’s list of best universities in the country. UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee, UW-Eau Claire, and UW-River Falls all made the list. UW-Madison scored in the Top 10 in the Princeton Review’s rankings for best-run schools and best schools for financial aid. Madison also scored in the Top 10 for lots of beer and hard liquor. The Madison campus came in at 29th on the Review’s list of best value colleges.

A new study says the Packers will be one of the most expensive teams in the NFL to watch in the next two years. The folks at Betway say the Packers will be the ninth most expensive team in 2025. Betway is basing that on expected ticket prices, beer prices, the price for a hot dog, the price for a soda, the price for a jersey, and parking prices. In all, Betway says it cost a family of four 784

Dane County is planning to add hundreds of acres of land to the Sugar River Wildlife Area. The county says it wants to pay 12-million dollars for 625 acres of land in Verona and Montrose. The plan must still be approved by the county board. Dane County Executive Joe Parisi says this is the biggest conservation land acquisition in county history.

ABOVE PHOTO: From left, Breeden, Wormet of UW-Eau Claire and Ryder Simington of UW-Stout collect macroinvertebrate samples this summer in Galloway Creek. Near the banks of Lake Menomin and the lower Red Cedar River, University of Wisconsin-Stout is in the heart of one of western Wisconsin’s largest watersheds. A new $358,940 research grant from the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin focusing on water quality in the lakes, rivers and streams will extend a path for faculty and students to make a

Authorities in Trempealeau County are asking for the public’s assistance after a break-in. Sometime between the hours of 11 p.m. on August 11, 2023 and 3:45 a.m. on August 12, 2023, an unknown subject(s) entered a mink farm located in the Town of Lincoln, Trempealeau County and released approximately 3,000 mink. The subject(s) gained entry into the enclosure by cutting a hole in the chain link fence surrounding the area housing the mink. This area has had previous similar incidents,