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It’s been six months since Lily Peters was murdered. She was 10, the 14-year-old suspect in her death is still waiting for trial. He’s not due back in court until next August. As time marches on, Altoona state Rep. Jesse James pushed for a new Lily Alert law in Wisconsin for cases that don’t quite rise to the level of an Amber Alert. He says he shelved that plan after speaking with the state’s Department of Justice and realizing there’s already an

  Wisconsin’s latest test scores show kids in the state are falling further behind. The results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, better known as the National Report Card, came out yesterday. Wisconsin saw its scores for fourth graders dip a tiny bit, but the scores for eighth graders fell by several points. Wisconsin’s state superintendent of schools blames the poor test scores on the coronavirus, and is once again asking for more money for public schools. Education reformers say the scores were

Wisconsin’s elite search and rescue team is back. Members of Task Force One held their first training exercise in nearly four years this month. The task force disbanded back in 2018 because of contractual issues, those had to be settled by lawmakers back in the spring. Task Force One has about 90 members who are trained in search and rescue and emergency response. They can be deployed anywhere in the state or the country, usually within a matter of days.

Award-winning Ghanaian and Armenian American writer Nadia Owusu has always turned to reading and writing as ways to process the world and the events of her life. …”But eventually, I realized that this was a story I needed to tell.” Owusu “Writing rigorously requires us to complicate the often too-easy stories we subconsciously create for ourselves. I believe that every person has work to do in interrogating the stories we’ve been given, particularly the ones that cause harm. We can revise those

Door County Custom Meats and Venison Processing in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., is issuing a voluntary Class I recall for a variety of ready-to-eat meat products sold at farmers markets and retail stores in Door County. The recalled products include: Jalapeno Cheddar Beef Sticks, approximately 0.6-lb. vacuum-sealed packages, packaged on or before Oct. 10, 2022. Beef Hot Sticks, approximately 0.6-lb. vacuum-sealed packages, packaged on or before Oct. 11, 2022. Sweet Bourbon Smoked Beef Strips, approximately 0.4-lb. vacuum-sealed packages, packaged on or

The updated fall booster doses for COVID-19 are now available for everyone age 5 and over. These booster shots help protect against the Omicron variant as well as the original strain of COVID-19. The CDC recommends that anyone age 5 or older who has already received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine make a plan to get this booster. The Health Department is now taking appointments for the updated fall booster (and first doses of Pfizer or Moderna). Appointments

Bring your unused or unwanted medication to one of two local sites on Saturday, October 29, National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, to help prevent potentially dangerous situations before they happen. It’s anonymous, easy, and free to drop off your unused medication! Just open your medicine cabinet, gather what you no longer need, remove or cover up personal information on the prescription label, and drop off. This year’s take-back day will be held on Saturday, October 29 from 10 a.m. to

Authorities say a Michigan family of four that unexpectedly left their home and went missing for close to a week has been found.  Police in Fremont say Anthony Cirigliano, Suzette Cirigliano, and their two teenage sons who both have autism, were found in the city of Steven’s Point, Wisconsin.  Family members had not heard from the Cirigliano family since October 16th.  Investigators said Anthony had previously exhibited paranoid behavior in a call to 911.  Authorities interviewed all family members and determined

Milwaukee’s weekend shooting tally stands at 14 wounded, one dead, all in 36 hours. Police in the city say there were seven separate shootings between late Friday and early yesterday morning. That includes an early Saturday morning shooting near Fond du Lac and Hoyt that left six people wounded. Police say they found 100 shell casings at that shooting scene. Four other people were shot early yesterday morning near 34th and Wright. There’s no word about arrests in any of

Pete Buttigieg is coming to Madison to campaign for Mandela Barnes. Buttigieg is the latest high-profile Democrat to jump into the races here in Wisconsin. Former President Obama last week cut an ad for Governor Evers, and Obama will campaign in Milwaukee for Evers and Barnes at the end of the month. Buttigieg will be in Madison on Friday.