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The plan from Assembly Republicans to send more money to local governments in Wisconsin comes with strings.  Republican lawmakers yesterday unveiled a plan to send as much as a half-billion dollars to local governments.  About half would come from an increase in shared revenue, the rest would come from an innovation fund designed to get local governments to share things like police and fire services.  The proposal dedicates almost all of the new money to public safety, like police, fire, and EMS.

Wisconsin’s governor says he’s been briefed on the train derailment in the southwestern corner of the state that injured four people.  As many as 20 cars from a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train left the trucks near De Soto, Wisconsin yesterday afternoon.  Two cars carrying paint went into the Mississippi River, but they were later secured to the bank.  Other cars carrying lithium-ion batteries and oxygen containers didn’t make it into the river.  BNSF is not saying what caused the derailment.

There is now more help for police officers and deputies in Eau Claire County. The Eau Claire Community Foundation yesterday said it has created a mental health fund for law enforcers. The idea, Sheriff Dave Riewestahl says, is to make sure police officers and deputies can speak to someone about mental health struggles without having to pay for anything out of pocket. There’s no word on how much money is available, though the Community Foundation says the fund will be

Wisconsin’s attorney general will argue against the state’s abortion law next week. The case, officially known as Josh Kaul vs. Joel Urmanski, is due to be argued in court in Madison next Thursday. Kaul is challenging Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion law that bans abortion in every case except those to save a mother’s life. He says lawmakers tried to update the law a few years ago, and that shows the intent to give women more access to abortion. The case is eventually

ABOVE PHOTO: The Neurodiversity Club logo at UW-Stout uses the dyslexie font, which was designed for those with dyslexia. A new University of Wisconsin-Stout club for neurodiverse students — possibly the first of its kind in the UW System — is off to a promising start. “We’ve been seeing a need for something like this for a quite a while,” -Lammer The Neurodiversity Club, approved in February, already has 29 members. Also, it recently received an anonymous gift of $10,000

Anderson is entering her third season coaching at Regis High School and is excited to step into her first season leading the team. “I am excited to return to Regis High School to share my vision to create a culture of excellence,” Anderson graduated from Turtle Lake High School in 2017 as a four-year varsity starter and a WVCA-All State Honorable Mention player for the Lakers. She continued on to play collegiate club volleyball for the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

PHOTO: Sgt. Elizabeth Soter, a Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldier assigned to Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 120th Field Artillery Regiment, gets relieved and congratulated by Wisconsin State Command Sgt. Maj. Curtis Patrouille and her sponsor Staff Sgt. Chris Bossert, a Wisconsin National Guard Soldier assigned to Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 120th Field Artillery Regiment, after she completes a 12-mile ruck march during the 2023 Wisconsin Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition at Fort McCoy, Wis., Apr. 22.  Soldiers from across

There are formal charges, but not a lot of details about a weekend shooting death in River Falls. Prosecutors in St. Croix County yesterday filed charges against Michael Price for Sunday’s shooting of his neighbor. Police say Price was drunk, and asking for a lawyer when they arrested him. No one is saying what led up to the shooting, or what Price’s relationship was with the victim beyond being neighbors. Price is being held in the St. Croix County Jail

Some people are leaving their homes in western Wisconsin as the Mississippi River continues to rise. Folks in Grant County packed up yesterday as the water started to rise into their homes. The National Weather Service says the Mississippi should start to fall tomorrow. The river at La Crosse almost hit 15-feet nine-inches yesterday. It’s expected to slowly fall through the weekend.

Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol are ready to share their plan to send more money to local governments across the state. Assembly Republicans have a news conference scheduled for 9:30 this morning to detail their proposal. At least part of the idea will be to create a 100 million-dollar ‘innovation fund,’ aimed at getting local governments to share things like police and fire departments. It’s not clear how Wisconsin’s Democratic lawmakers feel about the plan. Governor Evers has said he wants to find