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The freshman class at UW-Madison is a record-breaker. The university yesterday said there are eight thousand-628 freshmen on campus this fall. Nearly 60 percent of the freshmen class at UW-Madison is from outside of Wisconsin. Madison is one of just two UW campuses that saw enrollment increase this year. All others were either flat or lost students.

The rules for poll watchers in Wisconsin are not changing. The state’s Elections Commission was deadlocked yesterday on a plan to clarify the rules for where election observers can stand on Election Day. Republican Commission chairman Don Millis said he wanted to give some guidance to local election clerks who may be nervous about next month’s elections. The Democrats on the Commission blocked his ideas. That means local election managers across the state could interpret the state’s laws differently when voters head

UPDATE: At 7:30 a.m. the Barron County Sheriff’s Department was advised by the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office that one of the 14 year old females involved in the crash from last night has passedaway. ORIGINAL PRESS RELEASE: On Monday October 10, 2022 at 7pm the Barron County 911 center received a call of a one vehicle rollover on 16 ½ Ave near 19 ¾ St, just north of Cameron. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with the

The Waukesha Christmas Parade trial started with an apology and ended with a string of witnesses telling the jury that Darrell Brooks Jr. ran through the parade last November.  Brooks, who showed-up in court in a suit and tie, started the day by apologizing to the judge for his behavior last week.  He said the trial has been very emotional.  Brooks was sent to a different courtroom every day last week because of his outbursts. Yesterday also saw the prosecution

The sheriff in Rusk County is looking for a woman whose home burned down over the weekend. The sheriff’s office yesterday said no one has seen Ginger Bryant since before the fire at her house in the Township of Washington. No one knows where she went. Deputies say they want to make sure Bryant is okay, and make sure that no one else was in her home when it burned.

Add Rice Lake Schools to the list of schools in Wisconsin that are not allowing transgender name changes at school without permission. The school board there approved a policy last night that requires a parent to sign-off before a student can change their name at school. School board president Keven Jensen says the policy is not new, but it does formalize the process that’s been in place for years in Rice Lake. A handful of LGBTQ advocates and parents turned-out last night

The judge’s order that bans voter do-overs in Wisconsin is on hold, for now. An appeals court yesterday gave the Wisconsin Elections Commission a temporary stay so it can make a case for its rules on ‘spoiling ballots.’ That’s the official name for getting a second ballot. Wisconsin law allows voters to get a second ballot, but a judge in Waukesha last week said that law only applies before a voter turns their ballot in. Once that happens, the judge ruled, the vote is final. The

We’re going to get our last snapshot of Wisconsin’s races for governor and U.S. Senate tomorrow. The final Marquette Law School Poll of the election season is due out tomorrow at noon. Both races are close. Recent polls give Governor Evers a slight lead over Republican Tim Michels, and give Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson a lead over Democrat Mandela Barnes. Voters will decide the races in a little less than a month.

Some people in Oconomowoc will be able to hunt deer from the backyards under the city’s newest plan.  The common council there voted last week to allow people to bow hunt deer inside the city as a way to thin the deer population.  Homeowners will need to be at least 50 yards away from their home and their neighbor’s homes to shoot at a deer.  Oconomowoc is also opening-up two pieces of city owned land for hunting.  Bow hunting season

The City of Eau Claire Cemeteries staff will be performing their semi- annual clean-up of Eau Claire’s two cemeteries on Monday, October 17, 2022 and remind everyone that personal items and summer decorations that they wish to keep should be removed from grave sites on or before October 17, items remaining after that date will be removed by staff. Metal flowerpot stands may remain in place but should to be emptied prior to October 16. Both City Cemeteries, Forest Hill