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Wisconsin’s new, 80-plus billion-dollar budget may be in trouble because of 32 million-dollars for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of Wisconsin. Governor Tony Evers yesterday said he may not sign the budget if Republican lawmakers push ahead with their plan to strip 32 million from the UW System. Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos wants the university to spend the 32 million on something else, the governor said that’s ‘ridiculous.’ The Republican-controlled legislature is working to finish the new state

Add this to the list of costs of Milwaukee’s reckless driving problem. The city yesterday said it is spending about two-and-a-half million-dollars a-year to replace traffic lights. Milwaukee’s city engineer says many of those traffic lights are knocked-down or taken-out by reckless drivers. City leaders say Milwaukee cannot afford to continue to pay that much, each year. DPW numbers show that since 2017, between 14 hundred and 16 hundred traffic lights have been knocked-down in the city each year.

There’s a tiny problem with the logo for Milwaukee’s Republican National Convention. Photo credit: Milwaukee Republican National Convention Organizers debuted the logo this week, but forgot to add all of Door County. The logo essentially cuts-off at Sturgeon Bay. The folks at Destination Door County are taking the snub in stride, saying they’ve seen worse. The RNC isn’t saying who forgot about Wisconsin’s ‘thumb.’ Milwaukee will host the Republican National Convention in July of next year.

The downtown Eau Claire bear is getting internet famous. The city’s police department shared video of the bear wandering through downtown yesterday morning. The small black bear crossed the street, and avoided traffic. Eau Claire Police say the bear was first spotted along Water Street, and then made its way to Phoenix Park before leaving the city limits. Both the PD and the DNR say if the bear comes back, people should stay away. YOUCAN CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO.

The man who hid in the Kohl’s in Eau Claire then tried to clean-out the jewelry case will not be spending any more time behind bars. A judge yesterday sentenced Thomas McRunnel to time served in his burglary case. McRunnel pleaded guilty to burglary and theft charges. Eau Claire Police say he hid inside the local Kohl’s store, lying down on a shelf behind some luggage. He then emerged after the store was closed and stole 23 thousand-dollars in jewelry.

It’s a million-dollars bond for the two suspects in last month’s retaliation shooting in Fond du Lac. A judge yesterday ordered 19-year-old Lamarion Moore and 16-year-old Adamite Willey to be held on seven-figure cash bond for the shooting that killed a 20-year-old woman back on May 23rd. The shooting also wounded a man and his child when stray bullets came through their walls. Prosecutors say the May 23rd shooting was pay-back for a gang related shooting in Fond du Lac

Searchers spent another day in the woods at Devil’s Lake State Park yesterday looking for a missing 13-year-old. They didn’t find him. The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office says 13-year-old James Yoblonski left his house in Reedsburg overnight Sunday. He took a vehicle and a gun and headed to Devil’s Lake. Deputies found the vehicle Monday, but they have not found James or the gun. James’ father yesterday pleaded for his son to come home. The sheriff’s office says the search

The suspect in the firebombing of Madison’s pro-life office is looking to get his federal case dismissed. Lawyers for Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury earlier this month filed a motion that says the arson charges he is facing are unconstitutional. He is also challenging the search warrant for his home and his phone. Investigators say Roychowdhury was the one who tossed two molotov cocktails into the Wisconsin Family Action Office in May of last year. Federal prosecutors say they linked Roychowdhury to the case

Eau Claire’s city council has approved the plan that could change how trash is picked-up. Council members last night approved a new ordinance that they hope will modernize garbage collection. Part of the hope is to see less frequent recycling pick-up, and fewer garbage trucks on the roads. It is a process. Even though the new ordinance passed last night, it will be next year before any changes could begin.

Western Wisconsin’s congressman is pushing to add more federal rail inspectors. Congressman Derrick Van Orden yesterday introduced a plan that would spend three million-dollars to add 15 new inspectors. He says having enough rail inspectors is key to preventing, and getting answers about train derailments. Van Orden said a lack of inspectors is one reason why we still don’t have answers about the derailment in DeSoto, Wisconsin from back in April.