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Add three more shootings to Milwaukee’s growing 2022 tally. Police say three people were shot, two of them in a double shooting yesterday. The third shooting also saw a car crash that sent three other people to the hospital. Milwaukee Police say everyone involved in that shooting and crash are dealing with serious injuries. Yesterday’s shootings mean Milwaukee has seen at least one person shot each day for the past 11 days.

Dunn County is considering an advisory referendum on health care. The county board will decide tomorrow if it wants to put a question on the November ballot asking voters if they want to see the federal government create a single payer system of health care. The question is just advisory, so nothing will change no matter what voters say. County board members say they want to gauge the public’s interest.

There’s one less choice for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin. Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson yesterday dropped out of the Democratic race. Nelson said he ran out of money. Nelson was distant fourth in the race according to the latest Marquette Law School Poll. He said on Twitter that he is endorsing Mandela Barnes in the race, saying Barnes is the only candidate not trying to buy the state’s Senate seat.

The Wisconsin Republican who wants to overturn the 2020 presidential election hopes getting past the primary for governor helps his cause. State Rep. Tim Ramthun yesterday said he is extending his resolution that would recall the state’s 2020 presidential electors until after the August Primary. Right now, just two other lawmakers support Ramthun’s plan. He said that may change after the primary in two weeks. Ramthun is running for governor in the Republican Primary, but is running a distant third.

Public health managers with the state want people to know that a call to 988 will most likely not end with a police officer at your door. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday pushed back on what it is calling misinformation about the new mental health helpline. Online posts say calling 988 could send the police to your home, or end with an involuntary hospitalization. DHS’s Caroline Crehan Neumann says 98 percent of 988 calls in Wisconsin don’t involve the police,

Eau Claire Fire Department and the Eau Claire Police Department were dispatched to a report of a fire in a residence at 3626 Seymour Road lot 79. On the fire department’s arrival, smoke and fire were coming from the windows of a mobile home. All occupants were out of the house on arrival but two pets were lost in the fire. There were no reports of injuries and the fire remains under investigation. The home is believed to be a

On Friday, July 22, 2022 at 6:33 pm, Sawyer County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted by Sawyer County EMS, Stone Lake Fire Department and the Wisconsin State Patrol responded to a single vehicle crash on County Highway F near Langham Lane in the Town of Sand Lake. Upon arrival on scene, deputies learned from eye witnesses that a 1982 Chevrolet Corvette operated by Raymond J. Wilcox, age 62, of Stone Lake, WI was traveling south on County Highway F and attempted to

 Wisconsin police are launching an internal review of an incident involving an officer appearing to shove a Green Bay Packers’ player during a soccer match over the weekend.  That’s according to TMZ.  It happened Saturday when a Green Bay cop and AJ Dillon were on the field during a weather delay of a match between England’s Manchester City and Germany’s FC Bayern Munich.  The incident was caught on camera by fans and circulated on social media.  Dillon called it a miscommunication,

 Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson is no longer running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin.  This morning Nelson announced on Twitter he’s suspending his campaign and endorsing Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes for senate.  Nelson says his campaign ran out of money.

A new report says Wisconsin has some of the best schools in America.  WalletHub says Wisconsin’s schools systems rank tenth in the country.  WalletHub says Wisconsin schools rank fifth for quality but just 31st for safety.  WalletHub says the state with the best schools is Massachusetts and the state with the worst is New Mexico.