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It wasn’t a laptop or a lunch, it was a live puppy in someone’s backpack at the airport in Madison. TSA agents yesterday found the dog inside someone’s carry-on backpack only after it went through the x-ray machine. TSA says anyone traveling with a dog needs to take it out of their bag before going through security. TSA has a whole procedure for traveling with pets. The dog wasn’t injured, though the owner now has an interesting picture to share.

There’s now a Narcan vending machine in the lobby of the sheriff’s office in Janesville. The sheriff installed it this week. The vending machine is free, and is open to anyone who wants or needs Narcan to avoid an opioid overdose. Anyone who grabs a dose will have to watch a two minute video about how to use the drug. A public health grant from the county and the state helped pay for it.

The western Wisconsin nurse accused of cutting off a man’s foot is out of jail, but cannot work in health care. The judge in 38-year-old Mary Brown’s case yesterday set conditions for her release. Pierce County prosecutors say Brown cut a man’s foot off back in May. She didn’t have permission to amputate the foot, and the man’s family says there was no need to do so. Brown told investigators the man’s foot was dying because of frostbite. He later died. She’s

We’re getting a few more answers about the second death investigation tied to Racine’s so-called dating app predator. Channel 12 last night reported that Racine Police found a body inside the home that Olson used to share with his mother. The M.E.’s office was at the home on November 8th, and neighbors say there were also a lot of cops. Olson is also a person of interest in the death of a South Milwaukee woman. The theory there is that

We’re getting some more information about that toddler who fell at the high school in Plymouth last weekend. The little boy, 20-month-old Cainan Hardenburg, was at his brother’s wrestling match at the high school last Saturday when his mom says he squeezed through the railings in the bleachers, and fell 15 feet to the floor. He was rushed to the hospital with an orbital fracture. That’s the bone around your eye. Mom says little Cainan is recovering and trying to

A new state survey shows half of Wisconsin school kids say they’re anxious, and a third say they’re depressed. The state’s Department of Public Instruction released the results yesterday. They show that about 52 percent of students self-reported ‘significant problems with anxiety.’ The survey also says about 34 percent of students reported feeling sad or hopeless almost every day for more than two weeks in a row. That’s up five percent from the last time the survey asked kids about their feelings

Chippewa Falls is looking to charge more for parking tickets. The city’s police chief wants to raise the fines in Chippewa Falls to match those in Eau Claire, Altoona, and Rice Lake. The biggest increase would be for parking in a handicapped space. That’s currently a 50 dollar fine, the chief wants to raise that to 150 dollars. A parking ticket in a two hour zone is currently six dollars, the city wants to take that to nine dollars.

Jim Leonhard will not stick around with the Badgers next week. Leonhard yesterday said he will leave the team after Wisconsin’s bowl game on December 27th. He did not say where he will be going. Leonhard coached the Badgers for a few months after the university fired coach Paul Chryst midseason. He was thought to have an inside track on the job, but lost it to newly hired head coach Luke Fickell.

Eau Claire is getting a new sandwich shop. ‘Jersey Mike’s is coming to the shopping center in front of the old Shopko on Clairemont Avenue. There’s no word just when the new shop will open. Jersey Mike’s website says it is opening soon.’Jersey Mike’s is coming to the shopping center in front of the old Shopko on Clairemont Avenue. There’s no word just when the new shop will open. Jersey Mike’s website says it is opening soon.

 The Post Office is having trouble delivering the mail in Stevens Point. Post Office managers say they simply don’t have enough people to deliver the mail. Some folks say they go more than a week between getting mail deliveries.