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 It is a sign of just how many people turned-out to vote in Madison yesterday.  Dane County’s clerk says some polling places in the city ran out of printed ballots.  Clerk Scott McDonell says no one was turned away, voters used touch screen voting machines until new ballots could be printed.  McDonell says he doesn’t have a voter turnout number yet, but Madison’s clerk says she prepared for 40 percent of voters to cast a ballot.  That’s twice what the

On Feb. 2, Wisconsin Park and Recreation Association held the 2022 Awards Banquet where Dawn Comte, CPRP was the recipient of the “WPRA Professional Award of Merit,” highest professional award given by WPRA to a park and recreation professional in the state of Wisconsin. “Dawn has served WPRA and her community for her entire career and is an outstanding choice for this Award…” Comte has been a WPRA member for 34 years and continues to be admired and respected for

It will be Janet Protasiewicz  and Dan Kelly in the April race for Wisconsin Supreme Court. Protasiewicz easily won yesterday’s primary, getting about 445 thousand votes. Kelly, who is a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, edged-out Waukesha Judge Jennifer Dorow by getting just over 232 thousand votes. Dorow got just under 210 thousand votes. Kelly and Protasiewicz will face voters again in April.  Wisconsin’s race for Supreme Court is the most expensive and most watched in the country. What about the local races? CLICK

Hello winter, our old friend. Forecasters are using terms like “historic” to describe the snow Eau Claire and the Chippewa Valley could see today.  The National Weather Service has the entire area under a Winter Storm Warning until noon tomorrow. Forecasters expect as much as 20 inches of new snow today.  That’s in addition to the snow already on the ground, and the 45 mile-per-hour wind gusts that have been howling.  The Weather Service says travel is not recommended, and

A new report says Milwaukee Police spent a lot of time in the city’s schools last fall. The Badger Institute released a report that says police calls to Milwaukee Public Schools jumped 21 percent during the fall semester. The increase comes after Milwaukee Public Schools voted to end their relationship with the city’s police department following George Floyd’s death in 2020. The report says calls to the police about fights, sexual assaults, and students with guns all jumped during the

There are questions about Milwaukee’s latest officer-involved shooting. Police commanders say an officer shot and killed a 31-year-old man yesterday afternoon following a traffic stop on the city’s north side. Investigators say the man sped off, crashed his car, then ran with a gun in his hand. Chief Jeffry Norman says the officer shot the suspect after the suspect refused to drop the gun. The questions, however, come after a bystander uploaded a video that appears to show officers dragging

The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty is suing over the Biden Administration’s new rules for social aware investing. WILL filed a lawsuit in federal court in Milwaukee yesterday accusing the Biden White House of breaking federal law with its ESG investment rules.  That rule allows retirement plan managers to consider things like environmentalism and social justice when making investment decisions.  WILL says that directly violates a federal law from the 1970s that requires investment managers to try and get the best

Wisconsin is in the top ten when it comes to high property taxes.  That’s according to WalletHub, which ranks Wisconsin seventh-highest when comparing real-estate and vehicle property taxes.  WalletHub says Wisconsin’s effective real-estate tax rate is one-point-seven-three percent.  The state with the highest property taxes is New Jersey and the state with the lowest is Hawaii.

Several more Marshfield Clinic Health System locations are offering new resources in the fight against substance use disorders. Recovery Coaches are now available in Chippewa Falls and Rice Lake, along with Beaver Dam, Wausau and Weston. This expansion is the result of a successful pilot project in Ladysmith. What drew me to the program was the fact that it was people like me, helping people like me.” -Jamie Thibedeau, Recovery Coach in Chippewa Falls “We’re thrilled to see the progress

It is time to vote again in Wisconsin. Today is the Primary Election Day for the April election. Voters could see a handful of local races on their ballots, and will see the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court. Voters will narrow the field of four candidates for the high court down to two. The top two vote getters will then face-off again in April. The polls are open from 7 a.m. til 8p.m