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Culver’s is among those who are seeking a change to delivery rules. The company told lawmakers on Tuesday that they want to be able to opt-out of delivery apps like DoorDash and UberEats because they can’t guarantee what happens to their food. The problem, Culvers’ Steve Anderson said, is that when people order on the app, they’re not ordering from the store. The driver doesn’t work for the store either. That means if someone calls to complain about cold curds,

Republicans in Wisconsin and at the national level want to join the lawsuit over absentee ballots in the state. The state and national Republican parties this week asked to join the case which is being brought by a pair of liberal groups. The lawsuit looks to overturn Wisconsin’s rules for absentee ballots, ballot drop boxes, and same day ballot during. The lawsuit is filed against the Wisconsin Elections Commission, but the Republicans say they should be the ones handling the

Forbes has Milwaukee ranked as a Top-20 destination for young workers. The magazine came out with its rankings this week, and Milwaukee is 16th on the list. The city gets high marks for its low unemployment rate, median income, and median home price. The median price for a home in Milwaukee is a relatively affordable 339-thousand dollars according to Forbes. Madison is the only other Wisconsin city to make the list; they’re at 22. The Midwest nearly swept Forbes’ Top

The nation’s largest water slide is coming to The Dells next summer. Noah’s Ark yesterday announced plans for a 145-foot-tall water slide, to be called The Rise of Icarus. The slide is actually a tower with several slides of varying height. The plan is to start work on the new tower after Labor Day, and have it ready for brave riders next summer. The current tallest water slide is 125-feet tall, and in Orlando.

Wisconsin has the seventh-fewest underprivileged kids in America.  That’s according to WalletHub, which also puts Wisconsin in the top ten in three individual categories, socio-economic welfare, health, and education.  WalletHub says the state with the fewest underprivileged kids is New Jersey and the state with the most is Alaska.

ABOVE PHOTO: Dawson Flanders, 17, who will be a senior at Anthony Acres public charter school in Mondovi, was able to experience the kind of hands-on learning that excites him while he was supposed to be building and coding a drone at Chippewa Valley Technical College. Dawson Flanders wasn’t expecting much. The 17-year-old, who attends Anthony Acres public charter school in Mondovi, recently attended a two day STEM camp at Chippewa Valley Technical College – not because he was interested

 A $50,000 Powerball winning ticket was sold at Kwik Trip on 4085 E. Calumet in Appleton for the Monday, August 7 drawing. The winning ticket matched four of five numbers (6-13-20-35-54) plus the Powerball (22) This Appleton Kwik Trip sold several big winning tickets in recent years including $100,000 and $30,000 scratch tickets and a $132,000 Badger 5 jackpot in 2019. Powerball’s top prize is climbing again, with the estimated jackpot of $170 million for the Wednesday, August 9 drawing. Players have 180 days from the draw date to

Add Northeast Wisconsin Technical College to the list of schools with a Metallica scholarship. The band has offered the Metallica Scholars Initiative for years. There are 42 colleges enrolled, now including three in Wisconsin. The new offer means 100 NWTC students are now eligible for one-thousand dollar scholarships towards degrees or certificates in health sciences, human services, construction, manufacturing, and transportation.

Prosecutors will charge the two suspects in the murder of an Altoona man separately.  Court records show 47-year-old Brandon Gaston and 57-year-old Tracey Clark will not be tried together for last year’s murder of 79-year-old Dennis Schattie.  Investigators believe he was killed in Eau Claire, but his body was later found in the river near Rockford, Illinois in April of 2022.  There is no word when the two will actually go on trial.  There’s a hearing in Gaston’s case at

There were once again questions about whether the teenage suspect in the murder of Lily Peters can be helped behind bars.  A judge in Chippewa County yesterday again listened to the suspect’s lawyer try to make the case to move the trial to juvenile court.  Yesterday’s expert testified that the suspect had mild autism, and might not fully understand what he did.  The now 15-year-old is accused of beating, strangling, killing, then assaulting 10-year-old Lily Peters in April of last