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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is trying to get library card holders interested in visiting the state’s parks.  The DNR says next month it will give one-thousand Wisconsin library card holders a free day pass to any park, forest, or recreation area in the state that requires admission.  The DNR says the passes will be given to 20 libraries across Wisconsin to give to library card holders.  The list of libraries is available on the DNR’s website.

Madison’s homicide rate is going down.  According to WalletHub, Madison’s homicide rate is down by nearly two homicides per capita this quarter compared to the same time last year.  WalletHub says Madison had point-seven-seven homicides per 100-thousand people this quarter.  Milwaukee’s homicide rate this quarter is sixth-highest in the country.

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott is giving millions of dollars to a community health center in Watertown.  The Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation announced today Scott has awarded it five-million dollars to improve housing, education, and other needs in the community.

Nearly 60,000 pounds of unused or expired medication was collected in Wisconsin at PrescriptionDrug Take Back Day in April 2022 – the largest amount collected in the country, according to the Wisconsin Department of Justice. HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital is encouraging community members to help boost that number even more during the next event on Saturday, October 29. “These items can be stolen, misused or ingested by children or pets resulting in accidental poisonings.” The hospital is partnering with the

On Thursday, October 20, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin will join Climate Power and Eau Claire-based Solar Forma to celebrate the installation of an E-Cacia Solar Tree in Eau Claire’s Boyd Park and highlight how recent federal investments will benefit Wisconsin’s green businesses, make renewable energy more accessible, and drive down energy costs for consumers. Senator Baldwin recently voted for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which President Biden signed into law earlier this year. The IRA includes federal tax credits for individuals that will cover 30 percent

Governor Evers’ former parole chief is no longer in the position of Madison’s first police monitor.  Madison’s Police Civilian Oversight Board last night said John Tate the Second has accepted another job.  Tate was selected to be the first civilian to oversee Madison’s police department last week.  He was pushed-out at the state’s Parole Commission as critics said he released too many dangerous criminals.  It’s not clear what Tate’s new job is, or who will take the police monitor’s job

Prosecutors may have to prove where an elderly Altoona man was killed before they can go to trial.  Lawyers for the pair accused of killing 79-year-old Dennis Schattie last spring told a judge yesterday no one knows for sure where Schattie died, so it’s not clear where the pair can be tried.  Prosecutors say Tracey Clark and her boyfriend killed Schattie so they could inherit his house and car.  His decapitated body was found in Rockford, Illinois last April.

The lead detective in the Waukesha Christmas Parade attack investigation says Darrell Brooks Jr. never told them why he did it.  Detective Jay Carpenter spent another day on the stand yesterday.  He told the jury that he was originally cagey with Brooks after his arrest to see if Brooks was telling the truth.  Brooks, when it was his time to ask questions, asked the detective why he wasn’t more honest.  Carpenter said he wasn’t sure Brooks drove through the parade

The sheriff in Shawano County says he’s interested in finding-out what happened, not ticketing people for underage drinking at the weekend bonfire that exploded.  Authorities yesterday made it clear they are not looking to punish the high schoolers who were likely drinking at the early Saturday bonfire in the Town of Maple Grove.  It’s still not clear just what caused the fire to explode, or who poured what into the fire.  As many as 40 people were hurt when the

The father of the little girl killed in a crash in far northern Wisconsin last summer is now suing the state lawmaker who was involved.  The father of five-year-old Khaleesi Fink filed the suit in Ashland County last week.  He accuses state Senator Janet Bewley of being distracted when she pulled out in front of the car his daughter was in back in July.  Police say the little girl died in the crash, her mother later died at the hospital.  The lawsuit