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The New Lisbon School Board approved a resolution for short term borrowing at its meeting on Monday night. Superintendent Dennis Birr said each year at the annual meeting in August the district voters approve authorizing the school board to borrow money on short-term loans. The resolution was for the district to borrow from time to time in an amount not to exceed $1.4 million through Royal Bank. The resolution was approved unanimously. The board also approved a science curriculum course proposal. Junior High/High School Principal Gary Syftestad said Chanyn Dorn proposed combining the Natural Resources class with the Ecology class to create a Wildlife Ecology Class, as there was a

Officials will study the Wisconsin's prison needs – but the Assembly speaker is doing it without the input of Democrats from his chamber.        Source: GreenBayPressGazette.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | How often does Gov. Scott Walker, seeking re-election in 2018, hold events open to the public? Gov. Scott Walker has repeatedly been criticized for not being accessible to the general public. In 2013, state Sen. Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, went extreme, saying Walker "hasn't done a public event this entire year." That rated Pants on Fire. We noted a number of events, such as a Martin Luther King Jr. ceremony in the Capitol rotunda attended by hundreds of people (including a few who booed during Walker’s remarks). In 2016, we rated as True a much narrower statement from state Rep. Dana Wachs, D-Eau Claire, that Walker's

Five suspects, between the ages of 12 and 17, are in custody following a police chase and crash that injured seven people. Source: WAOW.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Five juveniles, including a 12-year-old, are in custody following a police chase and crash that injured seven people in Milwaukee. Police say officers were trying to stop a stolen Jeep that was tied to an armed robbery when it crashed west of the Marquette University campus downtown about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. Five juveniles in the fleeing vehicle were arrested after it crashed, struck two other vehicles and flipped. Police say seven people with minor injuries were taken to the hospital to be evaluated. Source: WRJC.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]