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A new state survey shows half of Wisconsin school kids say they’re anxious, and a third say they’re depressed. The state’s Department of Public Instruction released the results yesterday. They show that about 52 percent of students self-reported ‘significant problems with anxiety.’ The survey also says about 34 percent of students reported feeling sad or hopeless almost every day for more than two weeks in a row. That’s up five percent from the last time the survey asked kids about their feelings

Chippewa Falls is looking to charge more for parking tickets. The city’s police chief wants to raise the fines in Chippewa Falls to match those in Eau Claire, Altoona, and Rice Lake. The biggest increase would be for parking in a handicapped space. That’s currently a 50 dollar fine, the chief wants to raise that to 150 dollars. A parking ticket in a two hour zone is currently six dollars, the city wants to take that to nine dollars.

Jim Leonhard will not stick around with the Badgers next week. Leonhard yesterday said he will leave the team after Wisconsin’s bowl game on December 27th. He did not say where he will be going. Leonhard coached the Badgers for a few months after the university fired coach Paul Chryst midseason. He was thought to have an inside track on the job, but lost it to newly hired head coach Luke Fickell.

Eau Claire is getting a new sandwich shop. ‘Jersey Mike’s is coming to the shopping center in front of the old Shopko on Clairemont Avenue. There’s no word just when the new shop will open. Jersey Mike’s website says it is opening soon.’Jersey Mike’s is coming to the shopping center in front of the old Shopko on Clairemont Avenue. There’s no word just when the new shop will open. Jersey Mike’s website says it is opening soon.

 The Post Office is having trouble delivering the mail in Stevens Point. Post Office managers say they simply don’t have enough people to deliver the mail. Some folks say they go more than a week between getting mail deliveries.

Federal investigators have some questions for the clerks in Milwaukee and Madison. The Justice Department subpoenaed Milwaukee and Dane counties’ clerks about two weeks ago as part of the new investigation into former President Trump’s behavior after he lost the 2020 election. The Justice Department wants copies of any emails or calls from the Trump campaign, Trump himself, or a handful of Trump-connected lawyers and political players here in Wisconsin. The Justice Department sent similar subpoenas to election managers in Arizona

 Somebody who bought a five dollar Holly Jolly Raffle in De Pere is 100-thousand-dollars richer. The Wisconsin Lottery says the winning ticket was sold at the Kwik Trip on Main in De Pere. It was drawn as the winner Monday. The Holly Jolly Raffle launched back in October, and sold out of all 125 thousand tickets by mid-November. In addition to the 100 thousand-dollar winner, the Lottery says 65 tickets for one thousand-dollars and 15 hundred tickets for 100 dollars were also

The Wisconsin nurse accused of amputating a dying man’s foot is being let out of custody on a 150-thousand-dollar signature bond.  Mary Brown appeared in court this morning where she was released on the conditions she has no contact with the victim’s family or Spring Valley Senior Living and doesn’t work as a caregiver.  Brown is charged with physical abuse of an elder person, accused of cutting off a frostbitten man’s foot in Pierce County back in March.  Investigators say she didn’t

 Wisconsin Republicans are asking Governor Tony Evers to ban the social media app TikTok from government devices.  Today U.S. Representatives Mike Gallagher, Scott Fitzgerald, Glenn Grothman, Bryan Steil, and Tom Tiffany along with Senator Ron Johnson sent Evers a letter criticizing TikTok and asking him to delete the app.  A spokesperson from Evers says his office will defer to law enforcement and cybersecurity experts in regards to the issue.  The spokesperson also says Evers doesn’t have TikTok on any of his devices.

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has awarded $1 million in producer-led watershed protection grants (PLWPG) to 43 farmer-led groups for 2023. Grants support producer-led conservation solutions by encouraging innovation and farmer participation in on-the-ground efforts to improve Wisconsin’s soil health and water quality. This is the eighth round of grant awards since funding was first made available in the 2015-17 state budget. Annual interest in DATCP’s PLWPG program continues to exceed the program budget. This