LWV-GCV will be selling raffle tickets for a chance to win this beautiful, handmade quilt. Purchase one ticket for $5.00 each or five for $20.00.

The quilt drawing will on August 26, 2023, during LWV-GCV’s 1pm-4pm celebration of Women’s Equality Day! The drawing will at 3pm. You do not need to be present to win.
Russell J.Rassbach Heritage Museum
1820 John Russell Rd.
Menomonie, WI 54751

Have you ever seen a child throw a fit when they are losing a game? They may argue that the rules are unfair, they may change the rules or even flip the game board over and stomp off. I’ve witnessed that behavior, and the best way to respond is to ignore it and continue to move forward with the rest of the game. The only person they hurt is themselves and they must learn to accept that you cannot always win and have your best day.

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Last week the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee, made up of 12 Republicans and 4 Democrats, were supposed to begin deliberating on the Governor’s biennial budget proposal. Instead, in a 12-4 party line vote, Republicans’ first action was to remove the vast majority of Governor Evers’ proposal. No deliberation, just flat out dismissal for the third time since Governor Evers became Governor.

by Matt Rothschild, Wisconsin Examiner
May 5, 2023

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos wants to take your voice away.

The shared revenue bill that the Assembly Republicans just introduced “would ban counties, municipalities from putting advisory referendums on the ballot,” according to JR Ross of WisPolitics.

Vos and his cohorts don’t even want your advice! They don’t want to hear from you at all, it seems.

On May 3rd, 2023 at 2304 hrs our Office was advised of a pursuit westbound on I-94 initiated by the Eau Claire County Sheriff's Office. The pursuit was initiated after their office responded to a report of occupants of a vehicle passed out in a vehicle with the operator observed having a needle in his arm.

There are many issues that grab headlines. Too often the hot topics hold our attention for a day or two and then are relegated to the back pages or disappear entirely. These are the issues that typically compel us to come together to act as a community.

Closures related to the replacement of the safety and weight enforcement facility (SWEF) near Hudson: