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Hello and welcome to your weekend! We’re glad you are here. As the hustle and bustle of the holiday season returns it seems time is moving faster all the time. Trying to “wrap” up the to-do lists, RSVP to the parties, and also keep the holiday cheer can feel a bit overwhelming. Hey, we get it. That’s why we like to slow things down on Saturday mornings with our “scroll down memory lane.” But before we scroll, we should know

Governor Evers has declared a state energy emergency due to pipeline disruptions and extreme cold.  High demand for heating oil and propane triggered the order, which waives certain state and federal hours-of-service rules to speed fuel delivery.  This comes amid supply issues in the Midwestern pipeline system.  Terminals are reporting long lines and drivers traveling longer distances to obtain fuel.  The measure is expected to stay in place through January 2nd.

Governor Tony Evers is celebrating Shop Small Wisconsin Season during his weekly radio address.  He’s encouraging Wisconsinites to shop at the state’s many small businesses during the holidays.  Governor Evers proclaimed November 29th through December 31st as Shop Small Wisconsin Season for the fifth consecutive year.  The U.S. Census Bureau says the holiday season accounts for more than a third of annual revenue for many retailers.  Data shows 86 percent of shoppers made retail purchases during the holidays in Wisconsin

Governor Tony Evers has vetoed a bill that would have allowed new cigar bars in Wisconsin.  The state’s current ban on indoor smoking doesn’t allow for any bars that allow indoor smoking.  Cigar bars that were built before 2009 are exempt.  The bill would have expanded the exemption to include new tobacco bars.  Several public health organizations like the American Cancer Society and American Lung Association urged the Governor to veto the bill.

Frigid weather is expected for Sunday’s Bears-Packers game at Lambeau Field. Forecasters expect partly cloudy skies with a temperature of 16 degrees for the 3:25 p.m. kickoff. The wind chill will hover around five. Temps could hit single digits by the time the game ends.

Last week at this time we were still running on turkey fumes and leftovers, and for this week’s Friday Feel Good we dish up a fresh Thanksgiving meal all over again.  An Illinois family celebrated their second Thanksgiving dinner with a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier who came to their father’s aid last year after he fell while walking the family’s dog.  Here’s the mailman, Jaylen Lockhart, and Marcia Miller. The celebration was even sweeter this year when Jaylen proposed to his

After heartache, perseverance and a previous teaching career, Sean Mormino will receive a nursing degree from Chippewa Valley Technical College during commencement on Thursday, Dec. 11. What makes the 33-year-old’s graduation extraordinary is what he survived to get here. His father passed away on his first day of finals during his first semester at CVTC. In his second semester, his great aunt and uncle died within a month of each other. In the third, he lost his grandmother. “Every semester,

A man charged following a stabbing incident at a Tomah group home is pleading guilty.  Investigators say that Jorge Luis Santos-Martinez stabbed someone with a knife in May of 2024 at a group home in Tomah.  He had faced charges including attempted first-degree intentional homicide but pleaded guilty yesterday to a lesser charge of first-degree reckless injury.  Santos-Martinez was then given a ten-year prison sentence.

In Clark County, Neillsville Police say they recovered a firearm and illegal drugs during a Thursday traffic stop.  Driver Michael Strader and passenger James Cooley were pulled over for an equipment violation yesterday in the in the Township of Mentor.  Police say Strader was found to be in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia while more drugs including cocaine and a short-barreled shotgun were found in the vehicle.  He was arrested on drug and weapons charges while Cooley was taken

More than four months after the body of 22-year-old Viterbo University graduate student Eliotte Heinz was recovered from the Mississippi River, authorities are releasing results of her autopsy.  Heinz had been missing for nearly four days when her body was found near Brownsville Minnesota.  Newly-released test results say she had a high Blood Alcohol Content and her death has been confirmed as an accidental drowning.