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The latest question-and-answer session in Wisconsin’s race for the Supreme Court featured just one candidate. Liberal judge Janet Protasiewicz skipped yesterday’s forum hosted by the Milwaukee Press Club. Conservative former Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly said it’s the latest opportunity to speak to voters that Protasiewicz has ignored. He accused her of hiding from her record of not sentencing people to jail. Protasiewicz’s campaign says yesterday’s Q&A simply didn’t fit into their schedule. Wisconsin’s race for the Supreme Court is the most

The Wisconsin National Guard’s recruiting troubles are not unique. Guard commanders in the state say the Army as a whole is having trouble finding enough new soldiers. In Wisconsin, the Guard hit just 60 percent of its recruitment goal last year. The Guard’s Lt. Colonel Shannon Hellenbrand says there is more competition for young people, and the Guard’s old sales pitch of paying for college isn’t as attractive as it once was. Nationally, the Army fell 15 thousand soldiers short of its goal.

Wisconsin lawmakers want to make the UW’s merit scholarship permanent. The State Assembly yesterday approved a plan that would remove the deadline for the scholarships. Lawmakers created the merit scholarship back in 2018 with an end-date of this year. State Representative Tyler August says since its creation, the merit scholarship has handed-out over one-and-a-half million-dollars to nearly 300 freshmen across the UW System. The plan at the Capitol will continue the scholarship into the future. Yesterday’s vote was unanimous, 96-0.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is asking people to watch for an invasive species of moth that’s eating trees.  The DNR says spongy moths lay their eggs in masses and eat the leaves off trees.  People with certain species of tree should be especially watchful, including oak, birch, crabapple, aspen, willow, and linden.  The DNR says if you have a tree with a spongy moth egg mass you should contact a profession for removal. PHOTO COURTYESY OF WI. DNR

People in Eau Claire can only have five pets, but a new plan before the city council would give them some flexibility in how to get to that limit. The city council is considering a plan that would drop the permit requirement to have three dogs or four cats. The permit costs 75 dollars, and city leaders say most of the people who ask for the permit are given permission for a third dog or fourth cat. If someone wants

The Highway 124 bridge in Lake Hallie is likely going to stay one-lane until later this summer. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation yesterday said crews will likely start repair work on the bridge in June or July, and should be done by August. The bridge has been partially closed since last month when a logging truck hit one of the bridge’s bottom girders. Wis-DOT says 13 thousand cars and trucks use the Highway 124 bridge each day.

There will likely be some pointed questions for Governor Tony Evers’ team at the Wisconsin Capitol today. Lawmakers will hold the first confirmation hearings for the secretaries of Transportation, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and the Department of Financial Institutions. It’s not clear if each of the governor’s secretaries will have enough votes to be confirmed by the full Senate later on. Lawmakers refused to even give the governor’s people a confirmation hearing during his first four years in office.

The company that broadcasts Brewers, Bucks, and Minnesota Wild hockey games says it will continue to do its job even as it moves through bankruptcy. Diamond Sports Group, which owns Bally Sports, filed for Chapter 11 yesterday. The move is seen as a way to restructure debt. Diamond Sports and Major League Baseball say there are plans in place to continue broadcasting Brewer games this season. Diamond Sports owns 19 networks that have deals with 14 baseball teams, 16 NBA

For the first time since 2001, the U.S. Army has introduced a new brand that redefines what it means to “Be All You Can Be” for a new generation. “Serving our nation is a calling, and one that is fundamentally hopeful. We want a new generation of Americans to see the Army as a pathway to the lives and careers they want to achieve.” Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville and Sgt. Maj.

We have an update in the case of an inmate death in Eau Claire. It was on Sunday, March 12, 2023 when a 29-year-old female was found and we now know who that was. Silver O. Jenkins, was found unresponsive in the Eau Claire County Jail. The Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office has requested the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office and the Eau Claire County Medical Examiner’s Office to conduct an independent investigation into this death and that process is