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A new report says Governor Evers’ push to be carbon-free by 2050 comes with a 250 billion-dollar price tag. The Center of the American Experiment released its report this week. The study looks at the cost associated with closing coal and natural gas power plants, as well as the cost to build new solar farms and wind turbines. The report notes that 65 percent of Wisconsin power currently comes from coal or natural gas. Just two-and-a-half percent comes from wind. The report

The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear a challenge from Wisconsin to President Biden’s student loan cancellation plan. The high court yesterday rejected the appeal from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, again saying the group doesn’t have the standing to sue. WILL challenged the president’s plans by saying President Biden overstepped his authority by ordering between 10 and 20 thousand-dollars worth of student loan debt canceled.

 Prosecutors rest their case in the Darrell Brooks Jr. trial.  Today the prosecution called its last witness to the stand and Brooks started his defense.  The trial is expected to last until October 28th.

The FBI says its getting a number of school threats today including multiple in Wisconsin, but says the threats aren’t credible.  An FBI spokesperson in Milwaukee says some of the calls were swatting calls, where a person calls in a fake shooting report to cause a large police presence.  Madison police say a school shooter was called in at Madison East High School this morning but the threat wasn’t credible.

On Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 10:13pm the Barron County 911 Center received a call of a one vehicle rollover on County Road U just south of Dallas. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with the Mayo Ambulance, Dallas Ambulance, WI State Patrol, Dallas Fire Department, Life Link Helicopter and Mayo Helicopter all responded to the scene. Initial investigation shows a vehicle driven by an 18-year-old male from Rice Lake was travelling south on County Road U when

ABOVE PHOTO: The Eau Claire Carson 5 and 10 race T-shirt designed by UW-Stout student Sara Nyhus features Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.  University of Wisconsin-Stout student has been named a winner in the annual Carson 5 and 10 in Eau Claire even before the foot race begins. Sara Nyhus, from Roberts, won the T-shirt design competition for the 54th annual event, to be held Saturday, Oct. 29, in and around Carson Park. She earned $100 for her work. Even

A child is the latest of Milwaukee shooting victims. Police say a 12-year-old was wounded in a shooting yesterday at 44th and Center. It happened about 7 p.m., officers say the boy is expected to survive. The shooting comes about a week after a 12-year-old girl was gunned down on the city’s northside. Her mother says she was killed because the mom stared at a group of young men. Milwaukee Police say a third 12-year-old was wounded in an accidental

There is a child abuse investigation into a daycare and charges for one of the workers. Police arrested 30-year-old Mercedes Bergeron on two counts of abuse for an incident back in August. Other workers at the Hand in Hand Daycare in Banbury Place say she threw a child about two feet across the room. The child’s parents went to the police after finding bumps, bruises, scratches, and cuts on at least ten different occasions. Bergeron is due back in court

The Waukesha Christmas Parade suspect is getting more argumentative as his trial gets closer to ending.  Darrell Brooks Jr. yesterday argued with the judge in the case, at one point telling her that she can’t “tell him what to do.”  Yesterday’s big piece of evidence was the SUV at the center of the case. The jury was able to see the SUV for themselves, though Brooks argued with the judge about his consent for its viewing.  Prosecutors say they need

There are layoffs coming in Wausau at the Footlocker distribution center.  Eastbay-Footlocker yesterday said it is closing its distribution center by the spring of next year.  The company said the move will “optimize distribution processes in order to serve their nationwide customers more efficiently and effectively.”  The company says 210 people will lose their jobs when the center closes.  Footlocker has been a staple in Wausau for the past 40 years.