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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is holding a contest to design next year’s Wisconsin State Park and Forest vehicle admission sticker.  The contest is open to Wisconsin high schoolers.  Designs can be sent in until the end of April on the DNR’s website.

Four Wisconsin cities are in the top percentile when looking at where people have the highest credit scores.  The WalletHub study says De Pere, Mequon, Muskego, and Pewaukee all rank in the 99th percentile for high credit scores.  WalletHub says people in De Pere have the third-highest average credit score in the U.S., 798.  Madison is in the 82nd percentile.

ABOVE PHOTO: Daymark in Minneapolis is one of the Weidner Apartment Homes properties in Minnesota.  Private support for the renovation of Heritage Hall at University of Wisconsin-Stout has continued to grow, highlighted by a new, major donation for an important undergraduate program. Dean Weidner, who founded and owns Weidner Apartment Homes based in Kirkland, Wash., has announced a $1,050,000 donation to Stout University Foundation. The gift includes $500,000 for major scholarships benefiting new and transfer students in the real estate property management program. The gift

Thanks to a good long-range forecast, Community Services Director Lane Berg, in accordance with authority granted by the City code of ordinances, has issued an order suspending Alternate Side Parking restrictions in the City of Eau Claire effective today through May 1, 2023. Parking will now be permitted on both sides of the street until November 1, 2023, except in thoselocations where permanent or temporary parking restrictions are posted or marked. The City has historically used the parking restrictions in

ABOVE PHOTO: Tom Barnett, UW-River Falls marching band director, leads the UWRF pep band at Smith Stadium at Ramer Field in October 2022 prior to the start of a home game against UW-Eau Claire. This fall, UWRF will restart its marching band program after more than 30 years without such a band at the university. The marching band will perform at Ramer Field, pictured in the background, for pre-game and halftime performances. More than three decades after it last appeared

ABOVE PHOTO: JPM power plant. A major spring maintenance project at Dairyland Power Cooperative’s John P. Madgett (JPM) power plant (Alma, Wis.) will support grid reliability. The planned outage of the 387 MW coal-fired JPM facility will commence on April 22, with plant operations expected to resume on June 18. During that time, up to 200 business partners will be onsite.State of Wisconsin economic modeling estimates the impact of the influx of workers to be a minimum ofa $500,000 benefit

An Illinois woman accused of killing her husband’s grandmother is bound over for criminal trial Lafayette County.  Shannon Bussan is facing first-degree intentional homicide charges in connection with the death of 83-year-old Lynne Montgomery.  Detectives with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office say Bussan possibly smothered Montgomery at her home in the Village of Benton in late February.  Investigators say cell phone data shows Bussan at or near the victim’s residence hours before she told police she arrived there.

A University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire student is pleading guilty to making terrorist threats for a post on YikYak last fall. Mason Waymire admitted to making the post that “there’s a bomb at Towers,” which is a residence hall on campus, after a night of drinking. Waymire said he was dared to do it. The plea deal means he has to remain sober for a year and a half, write an apology letter to the campus, and not commit crimes.

 A Madison man is charged in a firebombing last year of the Madison office of a prominent anti-abortion group.  Hridindu Roychowdhury was arrested yesterday in Boston, Massachusetts on one federal count of attempting to cause damage by means of fire or an explosive.  Police say two Molotov cocktails were thrown into the offices of Wisconsin Family Action on Mother’s Day, 2022.  The firebombs didn’t ignite, but a separate fire was lit in their place.  Roychowdhury was identified as possible suspect after DNA

The Eau Claire City Council has voted 9-1 to annex land from the Town of Washington. The over 430 acres previously known as Orchard Hills will be added to the south side of the city. Residents rallied in opposition to the move before the city council meeting yesterday. The council last June approved annexing what is now known as the Stewart/Hauge/CDPG Development.