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Wisconsin’s governor says it will be fine if he’s invited to be on the stage with President Biden when he comes to Milwaukee on Labor Day. The governor yesterday wasn’t too excited about the president’s recently announced campaign plans but plans to attend the event. Evers said it will be up to the voters to decide if the president’s presence, and low approval ratings, helps or hurts his campaign. Meanwhile, Democratic US Senate candidate Mandela Barnes yesterday wouldn’t say if

A former supervisor at the state prison in Sturtevant is looking at sex charges for her relationship with an inmate. Prosecutors in Racine County yesterday filed formal charges against 37-year-old Jacqueline Heidt. Investigators say she had sex with an inmate at least three times per-week between April and last week. She’s a licensed social worker and has been at the prison since 2010. She is looking at sexual assault and misconduct charges. Her lawyer says her relationship was romantic and

A new online survey says Milwaukee is in the Top 10 most polite cities in America. The folks with the language learning app Preply say Milwaukee is the ninth nicest city according to their findings. The app based its politeness rankings on things like people being absorbed by their phones, refusing to let people merge in traffic, and being noisy in shared spaces. Austin, San Diego, and Fort Worth are the top-three most polite cities, while Philadelphia, Memphis, and New

 A man is dead after going to the water during a fishing tournament in La Crosse. Police say the man went into the Black River Saturday afternoon. Fishermen in the Bassmaster Elite Tournament saw the man go in, and saw him go under. No one is saying what led-up to his fall into the water. The man has not yet been identified.

There are some people who aren’t happy that Cadott’s Dollar General has been closed. Cadott Area Fire and Rescue ordered the store closed because it’s a fire hazard. Investigators say there are too many boxes and unsold merchandise in the store’s aisles, and that could be deadly if a fire were to break out. Store managers say they are working to fix their issues, and reopen the store as quickly as possible.

Eau Claire Schools need teachers, but not as badly as some communities in the state. Superintendent Michael Johnson yesterday said there are 16 open teaching jobs right now, and another 40 open jobs in non-teaching positions. That is far better than some Wisconsin schools who are dozens or even over 100 teachers short heading into the new school year. Johnson says Eau Claire schools hired about 200 new people this summer, he’s not saying just how many of them are new teachers.

Victims of clergy sex abuse are not happy with the public funeral plans for Milwaukee’s former archbishop. The church is holding Rembert Weakland’ funeral at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist later this afternoon. After that he will be laid to rest in Pennsylvania. Weakland led the church in Milwaukee when the first allegations of sex abuse by priests because public. Sex abuse survivors say Weakland should not be honored with a public remembrance, and they are asking Catholics

Almost all of the rescue-beagles sent to Milwaukee have found new homes. The Wisconsin Humane Society yesterday said all but three of the 62 dogs that came to Milwaukee in July have been adopted. The dogs came from a massive rescue in Virginia. The adoptions come as the Humane Society just picked-up another batch of dogs. There are now 30 more beagles waiting with foster families before they will be available for adoption in the coming weeks.

The investigation into the 2020 election in Wisconsin is officially over. A judge in Waukesha yesterday dismissed former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman’s cases against the mayors of Madison and Green Bay. He wanted a judge to order the mayors to sit for a deposition in his investigation into the last presidential election. Gableman’s investigation came to an end when the state’s Assembly Speaker fired him earlier this month. A judge in Madison yesterday also dismissed a separate case, this one from Wisconsin’s attorney

 It’s that time of year at UW-M. The university yesterday began freshman move-in. UW-Milwaukee expects about 33 hundred students to move into the dorms this week. Yesterday saw the beginning of the move-in rush. The school is suggesting that anyone not involved in move-in stay away from the area near campus to give students more of a chance to unpack and get settled.