WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) – Here’s a look at the 7 events happening this weekend in Wisconsin.

Tickets are still available Friday night to see the ELO tribute band Evil Woman at the Grand Theater. ELO’s hits include ‘Evil Woman’, ‘Mr. Blue Sky’, and ‘Roll over Beethoven’. Tickets start at $30.

Friday night in Stevens Point, you can enjoy a comedy show while helping the Humane Society of Portage County. Mike Merrifield is the headliner for Comedy for a Cause. It’s at the Moose Family Center. The show starts at 7:30. Tickets are $30 at the door.

The Midwest Horse Fair starts Friday in Madison. It’s at the Alliant Energy Center. They have just about everything you can think of when it comes to horses, plus competitions and rodeos. It runs through Sunday.

Saturday, the YMCA of the Northwoods will host Healthy Kids Day. It starts at 9 a.m. and is free to attend. There will be family-friendly activities and a chance to see the newly renovated Y in Rhinelander.

The YMCA in Weston is also hosting that event. It’s from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Aspirus branch. Again it’s free and open to everyone in the community.

On Sunday, Kathy Griffin will perform at the Overture Center in Madison. Tickets start at $45. The show is at 7:30 p.m.

And if you’re heading to the Weidner in Green Bay for Jerry Seinfeld, you won’t be alone. The comedy legend will perform for a sold-out audience.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) – An anchor of the Indians’ boys tennis team has found his new college home, as Mike Ellison will continue with the sport at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

He was a key part of Central’s success in the 2023 season; Ellison was the Indians’ number one singles player– serving as their leader on the court. He finished fourth overall at the South Regional last season, and ultimately helped Central to a second place finish as a team at the state tournament. As he moves on with his playing career, Eau Claire has some top notch facilities for their tennis players– something Ellison is very excited about utilizing to help further his game.

”It looked bigger than I ever thought. It was the nicest indoor courts I’d ever seen. I thought it was pretty funny, they had a ping pong table up the stairs, they had all kinds of stuff upstairs. They had tournaments every weekend they were doing it which was pretty cool,” Ellison said.

Congratulations to Mike Ellison on furthering his tennis journey.

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MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Wisconsin’s Supreme Court held oral arguments on Wednesday in Democratic Governor Tony Evers lawsuit against the Republican-led legislature. The case could ultimately change the way Wisconsin’s government is run.

Currently, if a funding request from Gov. Evers is over $250,000, any single member of the Legislature’s Republican-led Joint Finance Committee can block the request all by themselves, and do so anonymously.

“That’s the system Evers is challenging,” Howard Schweber, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison said.

Gov. Evers argues the Joint Finance Committee is unconstitutionally overstepping its powers.

“The idea that somehow they have the ability to essentially work as a fourth arm of our state is just wrong,” Gov. Evers said to press on Tuesday during a Joint Finance Committee special meeting Evers called to release PFAS funds that no Republicans came to.

From PFAS funding to raises for University of Wisconsin employees to Department of Natural Resources grants, the Committee and the Governor do not tend to agree much on how to spend money. The lawsuit specifically cites the legislature’s refusal to fund what would have been the largest land conservation project in Wisconsin’s history.

“We also learn the sort of Schoolhouse Rock separation of powers idea legislature makes laws and the executive carries them out,” Schweber said. “It’s never been that simple in practice.”

During oral arguments, the legislature’s attorney, Misha Tseytlin, argued against limiting the legislature’s ability to block Gov. Evers’ funding requests.

“[Evers’ lawsuit would] overturn how our state government has functioned for almost a century,” Tseytlin said.

Gov. Evers has vetoed more legislation than any other Wisconsin governor in history. Schweber says the incessant disagreement is a symptom of the times.

“Extreme partisanship can create a constitutional crisis,” Schweber said.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s public information officer told our Wisconsin State Capitol Bureau Chief they do not have a publicly established timeline for when the court is expected to make a decision.

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