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Prospective school bus drivers in Wisconsin won’t need to learn their carburetors and fuel pumps, at least not anytime soon. The DMV yesterday said it will continue the waiver for the engine parts portion of the bus drivers’ test. Wisconsin began waving that part of the exam in January of last year to make it easier for schools to hire drivers. The new waiver will last until November of next year. The DMV says all other parts of the bus drivers’ test, including the

There is a lot of support for the Brewers, and just about everybody wants to keep them in Milwaukee, but not everyone is happy with Governor Evers’ plan to do that. The governor yesterday announced a plan to send the team nearly 300 million-dollars from the state’s record surplus to pay for long-term maintenance projects at American Family Field. A lot of taxpayers, and some conservative groups in the state. Don’t want to see hundreds of millions of dollars in

Governor Tony Evers won’t deliver his budget speech til later this evening, but Republicans are already blasting it as too big and too expensive. State Senator Steve Nass yesterday said the governor is looking to ‘fleece’ taxpayers out of the state;s record seven billion-dollar budget surplus. The governor has previewed key pieces of his budget over the past several days, and all of them look to spend more money. Nass said he expects Republican lawmakers to ignore most of the

Wisconsin’s race for Supreme Court now has a six million-dollar price tag. The ad tracker, Medium Buying, yesterday said there have now been six million-dollars worth of ads purchased in the race. Most of the ads are coming from outside groups, as opposed to the candidates themselves. Voters will narrow the field down next week. There are four candidates, two liberals and two conservatives. The top two vote getters will then move-on to the election in April. The record for

Data shows the most popular Valentine’s Day candy in Wisconsin is a heart-shaped box of chocolates.  Candy-store-dot-com says second and third in Wisconsin are M and M’s and conversation hearts.  Candy-store-dot-com says it uses 15 years of online bulk candy sales data to determine the most popular Valentine’s Day candy in each state.  It says a record 57-percent of consumers are expected to buy Valentine’s Day candy this year.

The Chippewa County Dairy Promoters Inc. will hold their annual meeting on Thursday, March 2, at 11:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Back 40 Dining and Cocktails, 19037 ST HWY 40, Bloomer. Pizza lunch will be provided courtesy of Chippewa Valley Financial Services, LLC. The meeting will include reports, promotional activities of the committees, and the election of officers and directors. The program is designed to aid grassroots dairy promotion efforts in Chippewa County. Anyone interested in

Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin announced that Wisconsin will receive over $25.2 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants and forever chemicals, like per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. Senator Baldwin voted for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in 2021.  “This investment will put Wisconsin to work helping our small and rural communities address PFAS contamination so we can provide safe and clean drinking water to people across the

Included in Governor Tony Evers’ budget is a plan to keep the Brewers in Milwaukee.  Today the governor said he wants to spend 290-million dollars on repairs to American Family Field.  However, in order for the repairs to be made the team would have to extend its lease on the stadium until at least 2043.  Evers says the money for the stadium would come from the state’s budget surplus.  His full budget will be released tomorrow.

Due to poor weather conditions and rain forecasted for this evening, the Luminary Hike for Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, in Hamus Park in Marshfield is canceled.  You are invited to instead join next week for the next hike beginning at 6 PM in Weber Park.   

The winner of the biggest Powerball jackpot in history is finally coming forward.  The California Lottery is planning to reveal the winner at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time.  The winning ticket worth just over two-billion dollars was sold in November in a Los Angeles suburb.