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ABOVE PHOTO: UW-Stout Assistant Professor Nicole Hayes, left, guides students as they conduct tests in summer 2022 on Gilbert Creek west of Menomonie.  The 11th annual Red Cedar Watershed Conference will feature three keynote speakers and several breakout sessions, including one with two University of Wisconsin-Stout professors. The conference brings together professionals, educators, activists and residents from around the region to discuss ways to improve water quality within the Red Cedar River watershed, which includes about 40,000 acres of open water

Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s proposed guidance last week allowing nut, oat, soy, and other non-dairy products to use the name “milk,” Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jim Risch (R-ID), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Peter Welch (D-VT) today introduced bipartisan legislation to combat the unfair practice of mislabeling non-dairy products using dairy names. The Defending Against Imitations and Replacements of Yogurt, milk, and cheese to Promote Regular Intake of Dairy Everyday Act(DAIRY PRIDE Act) of 2023 would require non-dairy products made

The price tag for Wisconsin’s race for Supreme Court continues to go up.  Ad Impact, which tracks ad buying in races across the country, yesterday said a pro-Dan Kelly group bought 180-thousand-dollars in ads.  That’s small compared to the one-point-four-million-dollars in ads that Janet Protasiewicz bought last week.  The two candidates, and the groups that support them, spent nine-million-dollars in the primary.  They’re expected to spend millions more between now and the April election.

Giannis’ love of free burgers, and a huge night a couple of weeks ago, now means thousands of diapers for needy families.  Culver’s yesterday announced it donated 54-thousand diapers to the Milwaukee Diaper Mission. Giannis has worked with the group for years.  Culver’s took the idea from Giannis’ request a couple of weeks ago for free burgers.  He said he chose Culver’s because Chick-Fil-A didn’t give him anything for free after he won the NBA title a couple of years

The Green Bay woman accused of chopping-up her boyfriend after a day of drug use is getting a new lawyer. A judge yesterday appointed Taylor Schabusiness a new attorney after she attacked her last lawyer in court. Schabusiness smashed her lawyer in the head with an elbow during a hearing on whether she is competent enough to stand trial. She’s accused of killing her boyfriend last March, then chopping him into pieces and hiding his body throughout the house.

Wisconsin’s governor is ready to let Republicans drink early into the morning when they come to Milwaukee next summer. Governor Tony Evers’ new state budget proposes a 4 a.m. bar closing time for the Republican National Convention. It’s not an uncommon request for convention host cities, in fact Evers made a similar request for the Democratic National Convention back in 2020. Currently bars close as late as 2 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. The governor’s proposal is not just for Milwaukee,

The latest home sales snapshot in Wisconsin sees a drop. The Wisconsin Realtors Association’s latest report says home sales fell 34 percent last month compared to a year ago. The Realtors say just over 31 hundred homes were sold in Wisconsin last month, compared to over 47 hundred in January of 2022. The Realtors’ Michael Theo says a lack of available homes is part of the problem. So are high interest rates, and rising prices. The Realtors’ report says the median price for a home in Wisconsin is

Eau Claire’s city council will vote tomorrow on a plan to pay a developer five million-dollars to build apartments above the city’s new bus transit center. City attorney Steve Nick says it’s been tough to find a developer who wanted the project, so the five million-dollars in grants and incentives is necessary. Planners hope to make the new transit hub a marquee project in Eau Claire. Work began on the transit hub a year-and-a-half ago. Work on the apartments will

They are moving barracks at Fort McCoy. Not troops, not guests, the base is moving entire barracks complexes this week. Crews loaded the first of four barracks buildings onto trucks this week and will move them across the base. The hope is to set the barracks on new foundations and get a few more years of life out of the World War II-era buildings. Commanders say the barracks should be ready for troops to move back in by the summer.