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Free speech advocates are cheering the latest vote in the Wisconsin Senate. Senators yesterday approved a measure that would charge local governments for legal fees in cases where they hold on to public information. The proposal comes after a Supreme Court ruling from last year that said local governments only had to pay legal fees if they lost an open records case. Senators say they want to avoid a situation where governments can delay and delay, then release the information at the

You will hear the tornado sirens across Wisconsin tomorrow instead of today.  Wisconsin Emergency Management yesterday decided to postpone the test because there is a chance for storms in parts of the state later today. Emergency managers wanted to avoid any confusion. The sirens will sound tomorrow at 1:45 in the afternoon, and 6:45 in the evening. The test gives the National Weather Service a chance to make sure its equipment and systems are working well. This week is Severe Weather Preparedness Week.

Deputies in Portage County will be telling this story for a while. The sheriff’s office got a call Tuesday night from someone who said they had a bobcat in their car. The sheriff’s office responded, as did a DNR warden, and they found a bobcat sitting behind the front grill of the caller’s Toyota. The DNR warden was able to snag the cat, pull it out, and stash it in the back of his truck. No one was hurt. There’s

Microsoft is the new owner of hundreds of acres in Racine County that were supposed to go to Foxconn. The county board on Tuesday voted 18-1 to sell Microsoft 315 acres of land in Mount Pleasant for 50 million-dollars. Microsoft is looking to build a data center on the land, and the agreement calls for construction to begin by the summer of 2026, with a second phase to begin no later than the summer of 2033.

There are quite a few people who aren’t happy with the latest move in Ripon. The city on Monday moved the Little White Schoolhouse from its spot downtown, to a new spot on Ripon’s northwest side. The Little White Schoolhouse is where the Republican Party was founded, and the move means it will likely no longer be on the National Register of Historic Places. A number of conservatives in Wisconsin are upset, but local leaders and the developer who paid for the

Saturday, April 22, is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The goal of the day is to provide a safe, convenient and responsible means of disposal of prescription medications, and to educate the public about the potential for abuse of these medications. Mayo Clinic Health System provides a safe and convenient way to dispose of unused or expired prescriptions and over-the-counter medicines year-round at its pharmacies in Northwest Wisconsin. Specially designated receptacles, called Take Back Boxes, are available at Mayo

A Green Bay police officer could soon be looking at charges for hitting a suspect with his squad car.  Prosecutors in Brown County are looking at felony misconduct charges, and misdemeanor negligent operation of a vehicle charges against Officer Matthew Knutson.  Dash cam video shows Knudson chase down a suspect while still in his car, then use the car to hit the man.  It happened back in November of 2021.  Knudson has been on paid leave since October of last

Some UW Health patients are not getting messages from their doctors, they are getting notes written by AI.  The hospital yesterday said it is moving forward with the ‘limited use’ of artificial intelligence.  The AI is provided by Epic and Microsoft, and responds to questions that patients send to their doctors. UW’s Chero Goswami says the AI helps doctors focus on other things, and will hopefully reduce burnout.  Goswami says a human reviews each AI message before it’s sent, and

Dane County’s D.A. is asking parents not to spank their kids.  Ismael Ozanne is one of several local leaders featured in a new PSA warning against physically disciplining children.  Ozanne says hitting kids has ‘a real impact’ on children.  He says if Madison doesn’t ‘want violence in our community, we need to take violence out of our homes.’  The PSA is part of Ozanne’s No Hit Zone push, which he started back in 2014.

 It was not what shoppers at the Walmart in Menomonie were expecting on a Tuesday afternoon.  Police shut the store down yesterday after getting reports of someone waving a knife at customers. No one was hurt, but two people were arrested. Menomonie Police say the lockdown was brief, and the store was able to reopen. Prosecutors in Dunn County are reviewing charges in the case.