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Police will be back at Oshkosh West High School today to try and keep the peace. The school’s principal says a fight yesterday forced the school to keep kids in their classrooms for about a half an hour. Officers rushed to the school to help contain the fight. No one is saying how many students were involved or what the fight was about. Police say they will have a noticeable presence at West High School throughout the day today.

Add UW-Eau Claire to the list of UW schools with 70-percent of students vaccinated. The university made the announcement yesterday. Hitting the 70-percent threshold means students are now eligible for some of the school’s nearly half-million dollars in coronavirus vaccine scholarship money. UW President Tommy Thompson created the 70 for 70 program to incentivize students to get their coronavirus shots. Once one of the state’s smaller campuses hits 70-percent, it qualifies for one of 70, seven-thousand-dollar scholarships.

Wisconsin’s jobless rate is glued in place. The state’s Department of Workforce Development yesterday reported the unemployment rate for August remained at three-point-nine-percent. That’s exactly where it’s been for months. DWD says the state lost over eight-thousand jobs last month. The national unemployment rate is five-point-two-percent.

Public health managers in Wisconsin say two counties in the state are seeing critically high levels of the coronavirus. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said Buffalo and Forest County are looking at positivity rates over 10-percent. They are the only two counties in the state that are ‘in the red.’ Overall, DHS says Wisconsin is seeing coronavirus cases on-par with what we saw back in January. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

 Republican lawmakers in Madison want to give parents the option to opt-out of classes on sexual orientation and gender identity. The Assembly’s Committee on Education yesterday listened to parents and advocates who say moms and dads should talk to their kids about sex and gender. Democrats and LGBTQ-plus advocates say allowing parents to opt kids out could harm gay and lesbian students. State Rep. Bob Whitke says the idea is to give parents a choice about what their kids are

Three judges in Madison are setting the stage for the court to draw Wisconsin’s next political map. The federal judges yesterday allowed a lawsuit brought by Democrats and some activist voters to move forward. That lawsuit claims lawmakers and Governor Evers won’t be able to agree on new boundaries for Congress and statehouse seats, so the court should step-in and draw them. The judges say they will allow lawmakers to try their hands at a map first. But the court also

Milwaukee County’s clerk is thumbing his nose at the man leading one of Wisconsin’s election investigations. Clerk George Christenson says the request from former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gablemen to save any and all voter data from the county’s voting machines raises a lot of questions. One, Christenson says the request to keep that data is off, because clerks already save that information for almost two years. Two, Christenson says the email that he got looks like it could be a scam

The new chief of the Green Bay Police Department is officially sworn-in.  Chris Davis comes to Green Bay from Portland, Oregon where he was deputy chief.  Davis says gun violence, mental health issues and substance abuse are just a few of the issues his officers will face and his goal his to make Green Bay the safest city in America.  Davis succeeds Chief Andrew Smith who retired in May.

Several positive COVID-19 tests is forcing the UW marching band to cancel rehearsals.  University officials say band practice has been canceled for the next two days.  The Madison campus vaccination rate is over 91-percent.  Officials say anyone who is vaccinated but came in close contact with a band member doesn’t need to quarantine.  But if symptoms develop the university health services should be contacted to set up an appointment for a test.

Wisconsin Business World announced on Wednesday it is launching two statewide business-focused competitions in partnership with Kwik Trip for students in grades 6-12. Students will choose to create a marketing plan for a new product for Kwik Trip convenience stores or a training video to showcase the soft skills they feel are important to build a strong corporate and customer culture. Wisconsin Business World is awarding $500 cash prizes to the top three entrants in each of the competitions. The