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their pets in Tel Aviv, authorities will track them down.

Now, dog owners in Tel Aviv are required to provide DNA samples for their pet when they renew their dog ownership licenses or receive a new dog. When authorities find dog excrement on the streets, they will sample the waste and track down the dog’s owner to fine them for not picking up after their dog.

On Monday night, the Tel Aviv-Jaffa City Council approved an amendment to the Municipal bylaw, making it compulsory for dog owners to register their pets to a DNA database. According to the bylaw, dog owners will also be charged for the sampling and testing expenses.

The law has been submitted to the Interior Ministry for examination, and is awaiting approval.

The municipality calculated that an estimated 500 kilos of dog feces are not picked up from the street every month, and hope that this new law will work to decrease the amount.

“The municipality, for its part, has worked hard to eradicate the issue of collecting feces, by distributing tickets to dog owners, placing bag collection facilities in gardens and parks, and establishing dozens of dog parks throughout the city – but this does not diminish dog owners’ responsibility to keep the public space clean,” a municipality representative declared.

The ratio of humans to dogs in Tel Aviv-Yafo is one of the highest in the world, with one in every 11 people in the area owning a dog.

The Big Cheese

A bill to name Colby the official Wisconsin state cheese on Wednesday received a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Local Government.

The bill, introduced by a bipartisan group of state lawmakers, would require that the designation be included in the Wisconsin Blue Book.

The bill was originally proposed in 2019 but failed to advance to the full Assembly and Senate; a similar 1997 bill did pass the Assembly, but was not voted on by the Senate.

Colby cheese was first developed in Colby, Wisconsin, in 1885.

According to a historical state marker, Joseph Steinwand named the cheese after the township where his father had built northern Clark County’s first cheese factory three years prior.

Residents of Colby expressed support for the bill, and the bill’s lead authors, Rep. Donna Rozar and Sen. Kathy Bernier, both of whom represent Colby, said the proposal is a celebration of the state’s dairy heritage and of rural history.

Some lawmakers have expressed concerns that the designation could detract from other types of cheeses produced in the state.

Rep. Rick Gundrum said, “I just have an issue making one cheese the state cheese. We have a wide variety of stores and shops in my district that have a wide selection of Wisconsin cheese varieties that they sell. Cheese is very popular in Wisconsin, along with beer and sausage. I can’t get behind it one hundred percent.”

Rozar asserted, “It was important to recognize a local municipality, where something very small kind of launched Wisconsin on the dairy state path. I believe that Colby cheese, because of its history, has a very deserving place in our Blue Book.”

If the Assembly Committee approves the bill, it will need to pass through the Senate committee prior to being voted on by the full Assembly and Senate. After it passes the Senate, it would need the signature of Governor Tony Evers before becoming law.

Ammunition Bust Near MLB All-Star Game

One of the suspects arrested in connection with an ammunition bust near the site of this week’s major league baseball All-Star Game has a history of both weapons and drug charges.

According to Newsweek, Richard Platt has faced charges in three differ-