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Representative Janel Brandtjen is no longer serving on the State Assembly’s elections committee.  Speaker Robin Vos has removed her from the panel that she previously chaired.  The Menomonee Falls Republican has often been at odds with Vos, including over the 2020 election investigation that conflicted with the Vos-endorsed probe by former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman.  Brandtjen was dismissed from the Republican caucus last month.

 Snow totals are coming in and the amounts get higher the further north in Wisconsin.  The National Weather Service says Madison is seeing anywhere from three to over five inches of snow.  In far northern Wisconsin some places are reporting nearly two feet of snow.

Madison is adjusting a city ordinance that limits the amount of salt that can be put on sidewalks to melt ice and snow.  The city says accumulating salt must now be removed from sidewalks.  Property owners that don’t remove their salt could be fined the same way they could be fined for not removing snow.  The first offense is a 124 dollar fine and the second offense is 187 dollars.

A city in central Wisconsin is one of the fastest growing in the nation.  The U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey says Wausau is the eighth-fastest growing metro over the last five years.  The Census Bureau says the Wausau metro has grown 22-point-six percent during that time.  The only other Midwest city in the top 20 is Ames, Iowa at fifth.  The Census Bureau says the fastest growing metro in the country is Jackson, Tennessee.

Above Photo: Graduates take part in a spring 2022 commencement ceremony at Johnson Fieldhouse. Fall commencement will be held for 594 graduates on Saturday, Dec. 17, at University of Wisconsin-Stout. A total of 473 undergraduate and 121 Graduate School students will receive degrees. Two ceremonies will be held in Johnson Fieldhouse: The ceremonies also can be seen via livestream on the UW-Stout commencement website and at the Memorial Student Center. Provost Glendali Rodriguez will host the ceremonies. Chancellor Katherine Frank will provide

 The white stuff is back and we return to our winter weather habits here in Wisconsin. Road crews in and around Eau Claire are asking for a bit of patience. The County Highway Department yesterday said a plow driver shortage means it will take longer to get the roads clear. The county says in some cases, some roads will have to wait up to eight hours to see a plow. In the meantime, plow drivers are asking for space and

A Walmart worker from Ladysmith is accused of stealing nearly 13 thousand-dollars by simply walking away with it. Prosecutors in Rusk County filed formal charges yesterday against 32-year-old Saybre Graeff. Investigators say she was in charge of collecting cash from the registers each night, but would only deposit some of it. The D.A.’s office says she walked-off with just under 13 thousand-dollars between January and May of this year. Police say she told them she stole the money because she’d

 A suspect is dead and two Waukesha police officers are recovering after a shootout. It happened at an apartment yesterday evening. Police responded to a call about an erratic tenant. That’s when officers say the shooting started. One officer was shot, and the other was injured. Waukesha Police say they found the tenant dead in the basement, but it’s unclear if she died from the officers’ bullets or her own gun. An autopsy is scheduled in the case.

The 10-year-old Milwaukee boy accused of killing his mom over a virtual reality headset will stay in jail on 50 thousand-dollars bond, despite a plea from his attorney to set his bond at just 100 bucks. The boy’s attorney yesterday argued that the boy doesn’t have the money to get out of custody, but could afford to pay 100 dollars. The judge says the serious nature of the crime, and the fact that none of the boy’s family wants him

Investigators in Janesville say they are finding new victims of a Navy recruiter accused of preying on underage girls. Prosecutors yesterday added new charges against Bryan Bradley-Hubbard. He’s the former Navy recruiter who police say would meet high school girls, then reach-out to them on social media for sex. He’s accused of the sexual assaults of at least four young women. He’s being held on 50 thousand-dollars bond, and could soon face charges from the Navy as well.