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It’s the latest snapshot of just how big UW-Madison is getting. The school says 276 students this year accepted either five thousand-dollars or a free year’s worth of meals to live off campus. University housing leaders say this year’s record-breaking freshman class led to a housing crunch. UW-Madison offered either the five thousand-dollars, a free spot at the Eagle Heights community, and in some cases a free dining plan for one year. The university said there are over 86-hundred people

There is a search for a missing UW-Madison student. University police and city police are looking for 19-year-old Enzhe Xun. He’s an international student from China. Police say he was officially reported missing last week, but officers say his family hasn’t heard from him in over a month. Police say he was staying at a Super 8 off the Beltline, but workers there say he hasn’t been seen since mid-September.

The sheriff in Outagamie County is blaming a drunk driver for starting a series of crashes that left two people dead and sent nine others to the hospital. It started Sunday afternoon on I-41 near Highway 441. Deputies say a drunk driver rolled their car, and had to be cut out by firefighters. That crash caused a back-up on I-41. That back-up led to six other crashes, including one that killed an unborn baby and another that killed a second

The November election is all but over. The Wisconsin Elections Commission yesterday said all 72 counties have completed their vote canvasses. That means the local votes have been counted and sent to the state. The Commission says statewide candidates have until Friday to ask for a recount. After the recount window closes, the Elections Commission has until December 1st to certify the election results. When it comes to the close races in our state, the Republican in the race, Amy Loundenbeck, yesterday

Waukesha’s moment of silence to remember the victims of last year’s Christmas Parade had everything you’d expect, a huge crowd, tears, and a push to continue to move forward. Hundreds of people crowded into Cutler Park yesterday afternoon to mark the one-year anniversary of the Christmas Parade massacre that left six people dead and more than 60 others injured. Local leaders spoke, including Governor Evers and Waukesha’s mayor. Mayor Shawn Reilly told the crowd Waukesha showed how strong it is 

There’s a change coming to the top of Kwik Trip. CEO and President Donald Zietlow yesterday said he will retire at the end of the year. He’s been the boss at Kwik Trip for the past 22 years, but has been with the company for over 50 years. Zietlow has been credited with Kwik Trip’s growth and with helping the company become a staple across Wisconsin. His son, Scott, will take over as CEO next year.

City leaders in Eau Claire are ready to approve the city’s new budget, even though no one is certain just what it will cost taxpayers. The city council is scheduled to vote on the new, 50 million-dollars city budget today. Last week, city officials said they were still working out how much the new budget will cost property tax payers. Voters in Eau Claire okayed a one-and-a-half million-dollar tax increase earlier this month. That new money is earmarked to hire

Wisconsin lawmakers are going to have to decide what to do with another record surplus. The Department of Administrator yesterday said the state’s budget surplus is expected to hit six-point-six billion-dollars next summer. The Republicans who will write the state’s next budget says the extra money will give them ‘flexibility,’ and could help pay for tax cuts. Governor Evers’ administration is looking to spend some of the money. State agencies have asked for an extra three-and-a-half billion-dollars in new spending next

Wisconsin’s attorney general says a new abortion law in the state would scuttle his lawsuit over the state’s near-total ban on abortions, but it wouldn’t end all legal challenges. Attorney General Josh Kaul sued over Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion law back in July. Yesterday he said if lawmakers approve a new law next spring, that new law would end his legal challenge immediately. Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said he’s open to a new law that allows for abortions in cases of

Arrests are made in connection with a deer theft in Columbia County.  The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says a buck was stolen from a property near Portage and Wisconsin Dells Saturday.  The DNR says it used tips from Facebook to track down the deer.  The suspects’ charges haven’t been announced and they haven’t been identified.