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The state of Wisconsin is trying to get unclaimed property back to its rightful owners faster. On Wednesday, state officials announced legislative revisions to unclaimed property statutes, allowing the state to not only return property faster, but also account for newer varieties of property, like cryptocurrency.  Officials estimate 1 in 7 Wisconsinites have unclaimed property, and Wisconsin Department of Revenue Secretary Peter Barca says checking into whether you do could pay off. There’s no cost to search or file a

It’s another sub-zero start to the day for the Chippewa Valley. The National Weather Service is leaving a wind chill advisory in place til noon for the entire state. Forecasters say the wind chill could drop as low as 25 below. That’s cold enough to cause frostbite on exposed skin in less than a half-and-hour.

We now know who was shot in the officer-involved shooting in Menomonie last month. The state’s Department of Justice yesterday identified the man as 45-year-old Nicholas Ciccarelli. Investigators say two Menomonie police officers and a Dunn County deputy shot Ciccarelli after he started to point his gun at them. Ciccarelli is accused of breaking into a home on Bongey Drive back on January 21st, then stealing a car. It was during a traffic stop on that car when he was

Lawyers for the woman accused of chopping-up her boyfriend after a day of drug use want another delay in her case. Taylor Schabusiness’ attorneys now say they need more time to review the evidence in the case. Schabusiness is set to go on trial early next month. Her lawyers have asked for several delays in the past, mainly to see if she’s competent enough to stand trial. Doctors have repeatedly said that she is. Police say Schabusiness strangled her boyfriend

Expect a mad-dash from schools across Wisconsin to spend the rest of their coronavirus stimulus money. The Institute for Reforming Government says two-thirds of Wisconsin’s one-and-a-half billion-dollars in ESSER money remains unspent or unallocated. The ESSER money is the money Congress sent the state to help schools recover from the coronavirus. IRG’s Quinton Klabon says of the money that’s been allocated, just over half has gone into classrooms. Schools have until the fall of 2024 to decide how to spend the money, but

 Wisconsin’s voting machines worked like they should have in the November election. The state’s Elections Commission yesterday said there were no voting machine errors in the vote last fall. Commissioners say an audit found a handful of ‘human-forced errors,’ but didn’t find anything wrong with the machines themselves. Commissioner Bob Spindell says the results of the audit should give voters across the state confidence in Wisconsin’s election systems, and in the people who run those elections.

Add Dunn County to the list of local governments who want more for the state. The Dunn County Board of Supervisors says it will meet with local lawmakers to talk about how to get more so-called shared revenue. That’s the state tax money shared with local governments across the state. Many cities, towns, and counties say they need more to keep-up with the costs of basic services. Dunn County Manager Kristin Korpela says the county needs at least five million-dollars

Wisconsin’s new health and wellbeing plan doesn’t talk a lot about health. The state’s Department of Health Services instead is focusing on fairness, decision making, and communities. DHS released the plan yesterday. It focuses on five areas to improve the health of the people in the state. Those include social and community conditions, physical, mental and systemic safety, person- and community-centered healthcare, social connectedness and belonging, and mental and emotional health and wellbeing. DHS managers say everyone in Wisconsin deserves to live

 The race for president comes through Wisconsin, twice. Republican National Committee planners yesterday said the city will see a Republican primary debate next year as well as the Republican National Convention. RNC boss Ronna McDaniel yesterday said Milwaukee can expect a debate, but she didn’t say where the debate will fall in the campaign schedule. The Republican Convention is set for mid-July.

Get ready to see more about the race for Supreme Court in Wisconsin. A new group supporting conservative former justice Dan Kelly called Fair Courts America is launching a series of ads across the state starting today. The ads focus on efforts by what they call ‘Madison liberals’ to take over the court. The TV ads come after Kelly launched radio ads last week. Kelly is not the only Supreme Court candidate on TV. Liberal judge Janet Protasiewicz launched a statewide