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Wisconsin’s Assembly Speaker is testing a new tax cut plan. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Friday said Republicans will likely have a plan to cut taxes in the new state budget by the end of the month. Vos said he’d like to see a flat tax, but he’s not sure that lawmakers can go that far. Vos is not saying just how much less people would pay under the plan, but he says the tax proposal will rework the income

Republican lawmakers in Madison are looking at a new law to provide grants to stop suicides. The Assembly Committee on Mental Health is due to meet tomorrow to talk about the plan. It is one of the few gun control measures that Republicans at the Capitol are considering this year. The focus is to try and stop people from using firearms to take their own lives. The focus would be on training people at gun stores and gun ranges to

ESPN says it is working on a 30 for 30 on Reggie White. The title is The Minister of Defense, and will reportedly focus on White’s faith as part of his football legacy. The documentary will feature an interview with White taped just two months before his death in 2004. ESPN is not saying when the show will air.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating an officer involved critical incident in the township of Glenwood, Wis. that occurred on the evening of Saturday, May 6, 2023. At approximately 6:15 p.m., St. Croix County Sheriff’s Deputy Kaitie Leising, age 29, with approximately 3 years of law enforcement service, was dispatched for a report of a potential drunk driver in a ditch. Upon arrival at the scene, Deputy Leising encountered the driver of the vehicle

On Friday, May 5 at Royal Construction in Eau Claire, State Representatives Rob Summerfield (center left) (Bloomer) Karen Hurd (center) (Fall Creek), and Treig Pronscinske (center right) (Mondovi) presented Royal Construction journeyman Tyler Odegard (holding plaque) citation and a flag flown over the Wisconsin state Capitol in recognition of his first-place finish at the National Craft Championship. Nearly200 of the most talented construction professionals from throughout the nation compete against each other at the National Craft Championship.  Established in 1987,

Failure to stop leads to a 7th OWI for a Wisconsin man. 42 year old Palmer Randall Hall, from Green Bay has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 7th offense. A Trooper with the Wisconsin State Patrol observed a vehicle fail to stop at a red light while traveling east bound at a high rate of speed on Highway 54 in Black River Falls. Upon contact with the

Governor Tony Evers is ordering flags across Wisconsin to fly at half-staff today to honor firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty.  Evers signed an executive order in honor of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service during National Fallen Firefighters Weekend.  He said in a statement that honoring those firefighters who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty “is a responsibility we share as a state and nation.”  The order will be in effect from sunrise

The Eau Claire Fire Department responded to a structure fire on the West side of Eau Claire Saturday evening. On arrival crews found an attached garage fully involved in fire with a vehicle inside, and fire starting to extend into the house. Crews quickly advanced hoselines into the garage and the home to stop the fire spread. Both the garage and house were searched and both were found to be unoccupied. Once the fire was brought under control, crews continued

Hello. Welcome to your Saturday. Thank you for sharing time with us. We’re glad you are here. Sometimes the week can feel long, stressful, or just plain overwhelming. Hey, we get it. That’s why we like to do something a little different on our Saturday mornings. Slow things down with a “scroll down memory lane.” It’s a simple look back at events that happened on this day in history before we head out into the world on this new day.

A coach at Craig High School High School in Janesville was arrested Friday after what police call a personal recording device was found in a girls locker room.  Police say the device belonged to 38-year-old Brian Kitzman, who coaches several sports.  Kitzman was arrested for suspicion of possession of child pornography, violation of privacy, and representations depicting nudity.  He was booked into the Rock County Jail.