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The smell of new crayons, sharpening those #2 pencils, and the squeak of new shoes in the hallway can only mean one thing…Back to School is coming again. For this week’s Friday Feel Good we stretch far past those first emotional Kindergarten drop offs and follow a mother and daughter into years of education that lead to celebrating the achievements of many hard years.  There was a proud mom who didn’t just brag to her friends and family about her doctor

August 12th is National Vinyl Record Day.  It’s the perfect time to bust out a record player and listen to the classics.  The day was founded by a California man who said the objective was to get people to “remember that, whatever we go through on a personal or national level, life has its goodness.”  Although Vinyls are typically associated with music from decades past like the Beatles, Elvis, or Johnny Cash, records are still wildly popular today.  Record sales have steadily increased

Dane County’s sheriff will be buying guns this weekend, no questions asked. The sheriff’s office will run its gun buyback from 10 a.m. til 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Alliant Energy Center. Deputies are trading gift cards for guns, the amount on the gift card depends on the type of gun being turned-in. The sheriff’s office says all guns must be unloaded, should be boxed, and must actually work.

The man charged with killing a woman then setting his house in Chippewa Falls on fire is due in court to be formally charged later this month. Prosecutors yesterday said 58-year-old Scott Vaningan’s arraignment is set for August 31st. Police say he stabbed a woman to death, then set fire to his home back on July 27th. Fire investigators said the fire was suspicious from the get-go.

Prosecutors in Chippewa County are not taking a woman to trial for stabbing her boyfriend. The D.A.’s office yesterday said it won’t file charges against Leah Mickelson. Police say she stabbed her boyfriend to death back in May after he spent the night drinking, then came home and beat her. There’s video of the man chasing Mickelson before he’s stabbed. Prosecutors say they are moving-on from the case.

The two men wanted for last week’s shooting at the Mall of America are now in custody.  Bloomington, Minnesota Police Chief Booker Hodges yesterday said 21-year-old Shamar Lark and his accomplice 23-year-old Rashad May were arrested in Chicago. The chief says the FBI arrested the two after they were spotted getting haircuts. Lark is accused of opening fire after a fight at the Nike store in the mall, police say May encouraged him to pull the trigger. It’s not clear

Voter turnout for Tuesday’s primaries hit a 40-year high.  The unofficial results from Election Day show 26 percent of voters cast a ballot, that’s a near-record for an August primary.  Over 690-thousand Republicans and over a half-million Democrats voted on Tuesday. The campaign for governor is in full swing. Governor Tony Evers made a campaign stop in Eau Claire yesterday. He talked-up his priorities of abortion and education. The governor is trying to show the difference between him and the

Milwaukee County has seen a 170 percent increase in fentanyl deaths over the past five years.  The county’s medical examiner yesterday said there have been 211 confirmed fatal drug overdoses this year as of June 15th. Last year saw 613 deadly overdoses.  Not all of them are related to fentanyl, but a growing number of them are. The M-E says this year is on pace to break last year’s drug-death-mark.

Wisconsin is ending the week with 540 people in the hospital with the coronavirus. The state’s Hospital Association yesterday said the 540 people in the hospital with the virus is up over 30 people from the start of the week. Wisconsin is seeing the kind of coronavirus hospitalization numbers that it saw earlier this spring. Wisconsin may be about to drop its close-contact quarantine rules. The CDC yesterday said people in the country no longer need to quarantine after coming into contact with someone

Packer fans got a 102-year slideshow from the team on social media yesterday.  The Packers celebrated their 103rd birthday by highlighting every team photo from 1919 up until last year.  It was on August 11th, 1919 that the Packers were created as a team.  The Packers begin their 103rd season tonight with a preseason game against the 49ers.