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Three women, including University of Wisconsin-River Falls Chancellor Maria Gallo, will be featured speakers as part of the university’s Women’s History Month celebration this month. The Women’s History Month Series, co-sponsored by the UWRF Diversity, Belonging and Inclusion and Women’s, Gender and Sexualities Studies departments, is intended to highlight the many contributions of women to society.  Speakers include Dana Thompson, a trans woman who is a special education supervisor in the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage (Minn.) School District, on Wednesday, March 8; Gallo

There is a plan that would make it more difficult for prosecutors in Wisconsin to dismiss certain charges.  The Assembly Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing today on a proposal that would require D.A.’s to get permission from a judge before dismissing certain reckless driving, domestic violence, weapons, car theft, or harm to a child charges.  Republican lawmakers say some prosecutors in the state are too quick to dismiss serious charges against dangerous suspects.  The plan may pass the Assembly

The young man looking at threat charges for talking about guns and the UW-Madison campus says his comments are being misinterpreted.  Court documents say 26-year-old Thomas Hansen told FBI agents that he made a joke about bringing a gun to Bascom Hall last month.  Investigators say Hansen posted on Yik Yak that maybe he should start “sneaking guns into crowded school buildings” because a girl canceled a date with him.  He told the agents it was a joke.  Hansen’s messages

Local authorities are letting the public know that there have been several “100 Bills” that have been recently found that are marked on the back; “play money.” They all have the same serial # LGO03229158, the above photo is the backside of the bill. These bills have been shown up in the area and the Village of Cadott Police Department have identified 10 of these bills as they were left in a store in Cadott. These bills have been passed around

There’s a suspect in custody following a shooting on Eau Claire’s west side. The sheriff’s office says the shooting happened at a home on Birchwood Lane in the Town of Union. Dozens of police cars and ambulances raced to the scene last night, as did Eau Claire’s SWAT team. There’s no word as to who was shot, or who was arrested.

There are pink slips coming for people who work for Marshfield Clinics. Marshfield yesterday announced layoffs in its Wisconsin hospitals, as well as plans to not fill hundreds of other jobs. The layoffs including locally in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls. Marshfield CEO Susan Turney says eliminating jobs is never easy, but she said the clinic system is not ‘immune’ from the pressure and challenges of the healthcare system. Marshfield is also laying off people in its Michigan facilities.

The Connell’s Supper Club restaurants are back up for sale. Longtime owner Lynn McDonough sold the clubs in Chippewa Falls and Fall Creek back in 2021. They are for sale again. HSC Business Brokers are handling the sale. CLICK FOR MORE INFO.

There is going to be a lot of talk at the Wisconsin Capitol today about how to teach kids to read. The Assembly and Senate’s Committees on Education will hold a joint hearing today to look for solutions as to why so many kids in Wisconsin public schools cannot read or write at grade level. Test scores show two-thirds of kids in the state are behind in reading. State Senator John Jagler, who will lead today’s hearing, says reading is the key to every

The top Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly is once again talking about tolls. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos yesterday told reporters he will look at adding tolls to Wisconsin’s interstates as a way to pay for road maintenance and construction. Vos has talked about a tollway system in Wisconsin for years, but has never found enough support to make it happen. Vos, yesterday, said he’s open to the idea but doesn’t think the governor and other Republican lawmakers are ‘there yet.’

A new piece of legislation at the Wisconsin Capitol looks to force troubled schools to hire school resource officers or armed school security guards. The plan, which is up for a hearing today, would require schools across the state to report all ‘incidents’ that involve the police, a crime, or an arrest. If there are 100 incidents at a school, and 25 of them end with an arrest, that school would then have to hire a police officer or armed guard for