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Wisconsin lawmakers are once again looking to ban a ban on gas.  A State Senate panel is set to meet tomorrow to talk about legislation that would ban local governments from banning gas-powered power plants. The legislation actually bans any ban that is based on any energy source, but it’s mainly focused on rules or ordinances that would impact natural gas-fired plants. The legislation comes after lawmakers approved statewide bans on local governments who may want to ban gas-powered cars or

 We are waiting to see what charges will come after a deadly crash in Eau Claire on Friday.  Police arrested the driver of one of the two cars involved in the wreck.  They are not identifying either the suspect or the person who was killed, but they do believe alcohol may have been a factor.  We could see charges filed as early as today.

What started as a traffic stop ended with a two-county chase through the Chippewa Valley yesterday morning. The State Patrol yesterday tried to stop 61-year-old Paul Smith for speeding and rolling through a stop sign. But troopers say Smith refused to stop, and sped-off. The chase went from Hastings Way near Highway 93, down I-94, and eventually ended in Chippewa County when Lake Hallie Police used spike strips to stop his car. Smith was arrested on a laundry list of

The federal government is looking into last week’s school bus crash in Reedsville that killed a middle school girl. The NTSB confirmed over the weekend that it is investigating the crash as well. The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office is leading the investigation. A pickup truck driver hit and killed the girl, identified by her family and friends as Evelyn Gurney, as she was waiting to get onto the bus Friday morning. There’s a GoFundMe set-up for her memorial, and over

The woman who didn’t know who she was when she walked into the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office last week has been identified.  The sheriff didn’t name the woman, but said she has been identified.  Deputies say she walked into the sheriff’s office last Monday, and was upset and disoriented.  She didn’t know her name or how she got to the sheriff’s office.  The sheriff’s office didn’t provide any answers about those questions either.

There’s a report that a British firm wants to open a battery plant in Chippewa Falls.  The Leader Telegram says Collaborative Engineering Services are eyeing the old EOG Resources sand plant  for the new facility.  It’ll cost between 12 and 15 million-dollars to revamp the old sand plant and buy new equipment.  Company managers say they like the Chippewa Falls site because it is large, it is ready to be put to use, and there’s a rail line.  There’s no

Wisconsin lawmakers may be ready to add something to the new state budget this week.  The budget-writing Joint Finance Committee is set to meet tomorrow to talk about the costs for the court system in the state.  That includes the budget for prosecutors and public defenders.  Both D.A.’s and defense lawyers in Wisconsin say they need more money to be able to properly deal with a growing backlog of cases.  Some communities in Wisconsin have seen their D.A. offices shrink because lawyers can make more

 The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has selected Ashley Hagenow of Poynette as Wisconsin’s 76th Alice in Dairyland. In this position, Hagenow will work for the contract year as a full-time communications professional for DATCP, educating the public about the importance of agriculture in Wisconsin. Hagenow is a senior at the University of Minnesota and will graduate in May 2023 with a Bachelor’s degree in agricultural communication and marketing, with minors in animal science and agricultural

 The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Class of 2023 is the biggest in the school’s history.  UW-Madison awarded 78-hundred-26 degrees Saturday.  62-hundred-25 students received bachelor’s degrees, more than 13-hundred earned master’s degrees, and 224 completed law degrees.  Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder delivered the keynote address.

The Dane County Humane Society is asking the community to help care for 50 cats that were brought to the shelter from a hoarding situation.  The Humane Society is working to raise seven-thousand dollars to provide urgent medical for the rescued cats.  Twenty-two dead cats were found in the home where the cats were rescued.