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Dairy farmers across Wisconsin got less for their milk to end last year, but it’s more than they were getting a year-ago. The USDA released its latest milk price report yesterday. The report says Wisconsin dairy farmers got 23-dollars and 30-cents per hundredweight in December of last year. That’s down 30 cents from November of last year, but a dollar-80 more than farmers got back in December of 2021. Nationally, milk was $24.70 per hundredweight to end 2022, compared to $21.70 at the end

Wisconsin’s race for governor was the most expensive in state history. A new report from Wisconsin Democracy Campaign puts the total price tag for last November’s race at 164 million-dollars. That includes the 42 million-dollars Governor Evers spent and the 28 million-dollars Tim Michels spent. The rest of the money came from outside groups. The report says Democratic groups were the biggest spenders in the race. The 164 million-dollars spent shattered Wisconsin’s previous record of 93 million-dollars spent on Governor Evers’ first race

Republican lawmakers in Madison are open to the idea of new safe water regulations, specifically for so-called forever chemicals. State Senator Rob Cowles yesterday said he intends to push for PFAS regulations in the state budget. Wisconsin currently doesn’t have any. A lot of environmentalists and conservationists are worried the PFAS chemicals, commonly found in firefighting foam, may be poisoning the state’s rivers, lakes, and streams. Governor Evers has said setting new PFAS guidelines is one of his biggest priorities.

Eau Claire has made one list of the best small towns in America.  The folks at Thrillist yesterday put Eau Claire on the list along with Bloomington, Indiana, Hot Springs Arkansas, Bozeman, Montana, and others. Thrillist gives Eau Claire high marks for the local music scene, the homegrown beer, and of course the city’s riverfront. Thrillist says visitors to the city, in the summer, must take advantage of what’s going-on along the river.

One of the McDonald’s in The Dells is on the list of most beautiful McDonald’s in the world. Architectural Digest ranked the log cabin-looking McDonald’s on Dells Parkway as one of the 13 Most Beautiful McDonald’s. The AD piece says Mickey-D’s is an example of McDonald’s ‘leaning into local culture.’ The restaurant does feature taxidermy animals, antler chandeliers, a wood-carved bear holding a burger, as well as a fieldstone fireplace. The Dells’ McDonalds joins the Roswell, New Mexico alien-themed Mickey-D’s

The Wisconsin governor’s race in 2022 involved record spending.  That’s according to the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, which says a combined 164-million dollars were spent on Governor Tony Evers’  and challenger Tim Michels’ campaigns.  That’s a record for a governor election in Wisconsin.  The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign says the previous record was 93-million, set in 2018.

A police report released today shows Madison officers are still investigating a stabbing from last week.  Police say a 29-year-old man showed up at the hospital Thursday afternoon with non-life threatening stab injuries.  Police say they’re still unsure where the stabbing happened, and they don’t know what led up to the stabbing.  Police also haven’t identified a suspect.

One of Wisconsin’s environmental groups is out with a critique of the state’s new wolf management plan.  Wisconsin’s Green Fire yesterday released its thoughts on the DNR’s new wolf hunting plan. The group is happy that Wisconsin wants to end its specific number for the state’s wolf population, and that the DNR wants to limit hunting and trapping. Green Fire would like to see some more protections for wolves, particularly when it comes to using dogs to hunt the wolves. Green Fire says

The Eau Claire Fire Department was dispatched to a fire alarm at Realityworks at 2709 Mondovi Rd in Eau Claire at 01: 04pm on Monday January 30th. The first unit on scene reported smoke in the building and called for a full structure  fire response to the facility. Heavy smoke was encountered throughout the building but crews were able to identify the  origin of the fire which was a manufacturing machine. The fire was extinguished with a fire extinguisher and

The City of Plymouth’s Chamber of Commerce has announced a new summer festival that will celebrate the city’s status as the “Cheese Capitol of the World”. The Cheese Capital Festival will be Saturday, June 24th.  Live music and a downtown cheese themed parade are all part of the scheduled activities.