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Three teenagers accused of making terroristic threats have pled not guilty in court. An attorney entered the plea as 18-year-old Alex Pataska and 19-year-olds Hunter Gundlach and Brady Hove stood silent yesterday. The three are accused of yelling “you die” at elementary school kids out on recess. Gundlach admitted to driving near the school, but says he never yelled anything out the window. Bullets were found in a backpack in the car, but no weapon was found.

A La Crosse man is facing several felony drug charges after he was revived with Narcan after an overdose. Simon Kleinertz was arraigned yesterday after police were called to a home on Ferry Street for two people who had stopped breathing. Hunter Melby was also taken to the hospital for treatment. Police found over 15-thousand-dollars in cash, marijuana cocaine, mushrooms, LSD, nitrous oxide cannisters, and substances believed to be fentanyl or heroin.

A Madison man is going to federal prison for distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.  Marion Johnson was sentenced to 60 months behind bars after pleading in September.  Prosecutors say from May 2021 to August 2021, law enforcement agents conducted four controlled buys of meth from Johnson.  The combined amount of methamphetamine from these controlled buys totaled over one pound.

The Day of the Badger is coming off a successful campaign.  The fundraiser brought in more than one-point-five-million-dollars for programs and funds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  The event this week saw over 62-hundred gifts pledged.

Several Madison based chefs could soon be named the best chef in the Midwest.  The James Beard Foundation named five nominees for their 2023 Best Chef: Midwest award.  The nominees include Francesco Mangano of Osteria Papavero and Itaru Nagano and Andrew Kroeger of Fairchild.  The winners will be announced on June 5th.

Milwaukee County is once again listed as one of the least healthiest counties in the state. That’s according to the University of Wisconsin’s annual report on county-level health rankings. Milwaukee County came in at 70 out of the state’s 72 counties. Ozaukee County topped the list as the healthiest county. Since the University began compiling the health rankings in 2011, Ozaukee has been the healthiest county all but two years. Menominee County ranked at the bottom of the list. The rankings

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is holding a contest to design next year’s Wisconsin State Park and Forest vehicle admission sticker.  The contest is open to Wisconsin high schoolers.  Designs can be sent in until the end of April on the DNR’s website.

Four Wisconsin cities are in the top percentile when looking at where people have the highest credit scores.  The WalletHub study says De Pere, Mequon, Muskego, and Pewaukee all rank in the 99th percentile for high credit scores.  WalletHub says people in De Pere have the third-highest average credit score in the U.S., 798.  Madison is in the 82nd percentile.

ABOVE PHOTO: Daymark in Minneapolis is one of the Weidner Apartment Homes properties in Minnesota.  Private support for the renovation of Heritage Hall at University of Wisconsin-Stout has continued to grow, highlighted by a new, major donation for an important undergraduate program. Dean Weidner, who founded and owns Weidner Apartment Homes based in Kirkland, Wash., has announced a $1,050,000 donation to Stout University Foundation. The gift includes $500,000 for major scholarships benefiting new and transfer students in the real estate property management program. The gift

Thanks to a good long-range forecast, Community Services Director Lane Berg, in accordance with authority granted by the City code of ordinances, has issued an order suspending Alternate Side Parking restrictions in the City of Eau Claire effective today through May 1, 2023. Parking will now be permitted on both sides of the street until November 1, 2023, except in thoselocations where permanent or temporary parking restrictions are posted or marked. The City has historically used the parking restrictions in