Home

Wisconsin’s coronavirus hospitalization numbers are inching up. The state’s Hospital Association said on Friday that 482 people are hospitalized with the virus, that includes 85 people in the ICU. Those numbers are up from the state of last week, and are in-line with where Wisconsin was in March of this year. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

The state of Wisconsin has enough monkeypox vaccines to give shots to just under 750 people. The state’s Department of Health Services on Friday said the state has a limited number of shots, and is saving them for a select few. The high risk groups in Wisconsin include people who’ve been exposed to the monkeypox, people who have been to a know monkeypox hotzone, and men who have sex with other men. The CDC says there are 13 monkeypox cases in Wisconsin right now.

More than 15 hundred voters in Wisconsin have asked for a do over. The state’s Elections Commission on Friday said they are tracking ‘spoiled’ ballots. A spoiled ballot is what election managers call it when voters change their minds, and want to vote again. Tom Nelson, Alex Lasry, and Sarah Godlewski all recently dropped out of the Democratic race for U.S. Senate in the state. Election officials said that has prompted voters to ask to vote again. Primary Election Day in the

There is now a state investigation into claims of voter fraud in Racine County. The state’s Department of Justice on Friday opened its case into the Racine County man who admits he asked for other people’s ballots to prove a point about voter fraud. It’s not clear if the investigation will focus solely on the man, or if investigators will also look into the county sheriff’s office for its role in the case. Harry Wait last week said he applied

A Canadian candy company is searching for a professional taste tester.  An Ontario-based company called Candy Funhouse is looking for what it describes as the world’s first chief candy officer.  The role involves taste testing roughly 35-hundred products each month and comes with a salary of up to 100-thousand dollars per year.  The job listing states applicants must have an “obvious” love for sugar.  The taste tester will be able to work from home or in-person in Newark, New Jersey,

A Chippewa Falls man lost his life in a motorcycle crash. It was on Saturday, July 30th, a bit before 5 in the evening when the Wisconsin State Patrol and the Chippewa County Sheriffs Department responded to a single motorcycle crash on CTH X near 210th Street in Chippewa County. Upon arrival, it was discovered the operator of the motorcycle, 64 year old Randy Stewart, of Chippewa Falls, was deceased. The initial investigation indicates the motorcycle traveled off the road,

Hello. We are glad you are here. Thanks for taking time to stop by and check in. We know the days can get busy, the week’s sometimes feel long. Which is why we like to slow it down a bit on the weekend and take a “scroll down memory lane.” It’s a simple look back at events that happened on this day in history before we head out into a new day and make more memories along the way. So,

The Illinois Lottery says a billion-dollar Mega Millions ticket was sold at a convenience store near Chicago.   Lottery officials say the two-dollar ticket was purchased at a Speedway filling station in Des Plains that matched all six numbers in Friday night’s drawing.  The jackpot is worth an estimated one-point- three billion dollars before taxes, making it the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot ever.

Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes is officially endorsed for his U.S. Senate run by Wisconsin Democrats.  The state’s Democratic Party endorsed Barnes yesterday.  Party Chair Ben Wikler says Barnes “has won the support of working people in every corner of this state.”  The primary election is Tuesday, August 9th.

The St. Croix County Sheriff’s office is investigating a deadly stabbing.  The Sheriff’s office says several young adults were tubing on the Apple River yesterday afternoon when a 52-year old suspect who was also tubing in a separate group attacked them.  A 17-year old male from Minnesota died from stab wounds while two other males and a female in their 20s suffered stab wounds and are in critical condition.  Sheriff Scott Knudson says the suspect is in custody.