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Some restaurants in Wisconsin like the idea of allowing teenagers to serve drinks. A new plan at the Wisconsin Capitol would allow teens as young as 14 to serve alcohol, as long as it’s not at the bar. The idea is allow teens in high school to work as waiters at places where alcohol is served. Many restaurants say they either have to hire only people over 18, or they have to have the bartender serve the drinks themselves. A number of groups, including

Wisconsin is once again a Top Ten State according to U.S. News & World Report. The magazine came out with its list of Best Overall States yesterday, and Wisconsin is ranked eighth. Wisconsin gets high marks for healthcare, economic stability and infrastructure. U,S. News ranks Wisconsin sixth for education in America. This is the second year in a row that Wisconsin has grabbed the eighth best state title. Utah, Washington state, Idaho, Nebraska, and Minnesota make-up U.S. News’ top five. West Virginia, New Mexico, Mississippi, Alaska, and Louisiana make-up

University of Wisconsin Health and UnityPoint Health Meriter are ending their mask requirements.  The two health systems say masks are no longer required at most of their clinics and hospitals, but they’re still recommended.  UnityPoint says the decision was made because of the improving public health environment surrounding coronavirus.

Photo caption: Dr. Tayo Sanders, a UW-Eau Claire graduate who was selected for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship program, returned to his alma mater this spring to talk about how his faculty mentors and undergraduate research experiences continue to shape his life and career. (Photos by Bill Hoepner) “I actually assumed I was spelling it wrong, so I tried it different ways before calling her back to say I think she made a mistake…” -Sanders Tayo Sanders II was a University of

An incident lead to traffic on Highway 53 being disrupted and we now know more about that incident from officials in Chippewa County: Chippewa County was made aware of a security threat to the Courthouse directed at a specific case that was to take place on Tuesday 5/2/2023. Based on the cooperation of several departments within Chippewa County a decision was made to increase Courthouse security level for business hours. During the morning hours of Tuesday May 2nd 2023 the

We are getting a few new details about UW receiver Markus Allen’s weekend arrest. Madison Police yesterday confirmed that Allen had a stolen gun in his backpack when he was arrested Saturday. Officers are not saying just where the gun was stolen from, however. Madison Police say they arrested Allen because he had an ‘open intoxicant,’ that’s when they searched his backpack and found the gun. Jail records show Allen was arrested on preliminary charges of being armed while drunk,

It’s 17-years in prison for the young man who attacked an Oshkosh school resource officer with a barbecue fork. A judge yesterday handed down the sentence to Grant Fuhrman for the December 2019 attack at Oshkosh West High School. In addition to the prison time, Fuhrman will spend 10 years on parole. Prosecutors say he attacked the officer in the school. The officer shot Fuhrman in the chest. A jury convicted Fuhrman back in February.

 Chippewa Falls is the first community in Wisconsin to okay baby boxes. The city council last month approved a new ordinance allowing for boxes at places like fire stations and hospitals where parents can surrender newborns, no questions asked. Wisconsin law allows for parents to hand-over their new babies without fear of prosecution, but there aren’t any cities which have the boxes to allow for completely anonymous surrenders. Chippewa Falls council member Heather Martell says the new ordinance allows for the boxes, it doesn’t

Wisconsin’s governor is reminding everyone that he has a say in the plan to send more money to local governments across the state. Governor Tony Evers told Milwaukee TV station TMJ4 yesterday that he hasn’t signed-off on anything yet. Assembly Republicans last week unveiled a plan to send a half-billion dollars more to local governments, and allow Milwaukee and Milwaukee County to raise their sales taxes. The new money comes with a lot of strings, however. The governor will have

There’s a plan from a Wisconsin Republican lawmaker to limit social media for kids. Green Bay state Rep. David Stephen introduced a plan yesterday that would stop anyone under 18 from using social media between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.  Parents could opt-out under the plan. Stephen says social media is a threat to the ‘health and wellbeing of our children.’ The specifics of the legislation would require social media companies to verify the ages of all accounts created after 2019, and