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The herbal extract Kratom  could be legalized in Wisconsin in the future.  The Wisconsin State Journal reports this week the Wisconsin Controlled Substances Board agreed to study Kratom and give a recommendation to the state legislature.  Mayo Clinic says Kratom is often used to treat chronic pain and prevent opioid withdrawal, but that there are many safety concerns and no clear benefits to taking it.  Kratom is currently illegal in Wisconsin and has failed to pass the state legislature in the past.

 A brewery in Madison is closing its doors after more than a dozen years in business.  The Ale Asylum on Pankrazt Street posted the news on Facebook yesterday.   The post thanks its patrons for a good run the past 16 years but says “under the circumstances we cannot control” the decision has been made to close for good.  The business’s precise closure date is still pending.

Most of us have a special spot for the place we call home. For this week’s Friday Feel Good we meet Jill, Kellie, and the story that now means both of them share a special tale for the place they share and call home.  There was a shelter dog named Jill in Texas, who won’t be a shelter dog any longer. She was finally adopted after ten years. She first arrived at the shelter ten years ago as a stray, heartworm-positive, one-year-old dog. She was

Ramone’s Ice Cream, owned by hometown couple, Blayne and Kayla Midthun, are excited to announce the 2nd Annual Ice Cream Fest at their parlor ( located at 503 Galloway Street in Eau Claire) on Saturday, July 23rd from Noon to 4pm! The event is free to attend. The inaugural event in 2021 saw hundreds of people come out for family fun activities, food, entertainment, and an ice cream eating contest! This year the event will be even more significant and

 Milwaukee’s string of shootings is now a week long. Police in the city say five people were shot yesterday, three of them died. Milwaukee Police that includes a double-shooting just after midnight yesterday. Milwaukee has seen a shooting every day since last Friday. In all, 37 people have been shot. City leaders don’t have any answers for the spike in shootings.

It’s time for the owners to get together in Green Bay. The Packers are getting ready for Monday’s shareholders meeting. The team yesterday said several thousand people have asked for tickets to the event. The annual meeting will be held rain or shine, and Lambeau Field will be open. Anyone who doesn’t want to brave the weather can watch the meeting online at the Packers website.

Prosecutors in Burnett County say a deputy was justified in shooting a suspect earlier this month. The D.A. cleared the deputy yesterday. Investigators say the deputy shot a man who was making threats over the Fourth of July weekend at the Fishbowl Bar. The man was outside when the deputy said he pulled a gun, that’s when the deputy drew his gun and fired. The man survived the shooting.

Wisconsin’s Elections Commission is not backing down in the latest fight over its absentee ballot rules. A Commission spokesman yesterday said the Elections Commission cannot end its guidance to local clerks that says they can add information to absentee ballots unless there’s a new vote by commissioners. That vote would have to override the rule, and because of the political make up of the Commission that’s unlikely to happen. State Senator Steve Nass said the Elections Commission is not above

The Wisconsin Elections Commission is looking to go to high schools across the state to talk about the 2020 election. The Commission is set to meet today to approve an Election Education program. The Commission says it wants to speak to young people about how elections work given what it’s calling the ‘heightened public interest in election administration.’ The education program also comes as Wisconsin’s Republican lawmakers are growing increasingly frustrated with how the Commission is preparing to run this year’s elections.