Halei Heinzel is getting ready to learn who the next Alice in Dairyland will be.  The final phases of interviews begin today in Crawford County.  Jill Welke talks with Heinzel about her year-long experience and what memories she'll be taking away when she departs officially in July.

Severe weather is on the way for a good chunk of Wisconsin today.  Stu Muck draws the lines where heavy weather's expected.

Stephanie Hoff introduces us to another one of the six finalists for the Alice position.  Natalie Roe from Monticello first found out about the Alice program when the selection process came to Green County.  She says her love of agriculture's been apparent since she was a little girl.

Ben Jarboe gets in a quick conversation with the incoming executive director of the Wisconsin Farmers Union in Chippewa Falls.  Danielle Endvick grew up in agriculture and previously served as communications coordinator for WFU.  She shares some of the priorities she's bringing to the post.

Keep an eye on the cheese market.  Beginning next week, barrel cheese essentially "goes away" in Chicago and the Class III pricing formula.  That's according to Matt Tranel, dairy analyst with EverAg.  He joins Pam Jahnke for the discussion.