Home

NASA is releasing new images from deep space thanks in part to a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate.  Doctor Ken Sembach is the director of the Space Telescope Science Institute and helped launch the James Webb telescope back in December.  Sembach stood with President Joe Biden while the first images from the telescope were released Monday night.  Sembach graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1992.

The Humane Society of Southern Wisconsin is having a sale on adopting adult dogs.  The Humane Society says all this week you can adopt eligible adult dogs at its main shelter in Janesville for just 50 dollars.  The Humane Society says photos are available online WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

La Crosse-based Kwik Trip is holding a sweepstakes in partnership with Winnebago to give away an RV.  Kwik Trip says every day customers can use the Kwik Trip app to play the Mountain Dew pull tab game, which earns entries into a drawing to win a 2022 Winnebago Revel.  The winner will be announced in late September.

On Thursday, July 14th the City of Altoona will consider an ordinance to allow electric bicycle and scooter rental within the City of Altoona. The ordinance would allow rental companies to operate within the City of Altoona after executing a contract with the City. The contract would address general operations of electric bicycles and scooters, including maintenance requirements, speed limits, age restrictions, availability, reporting, safety, parking restrictions, insurance requirements and rental of any city-controlled property. The City has been approached

Governor Tony Evers is ordering flags in the state lowered for murdered Juneau County Judge John Roemer. His services are being held today in Mauston. The governor’s order lasts from sun-up til sundown. Police say a convicted criminal broke into Roemer’s home and shot him to death last month. Roemer had retired from the bench, but had sentenced the suspect to prison years-earlier on a burglary charge.

An Eau Claire man wanted on sex charges was at the center of a high-speed chase down in Vernon County. Deputies arrested 37-year-old Aaron Trumble last week after he tried to speed away from a traffic stop. Trumble was wanted as part of a sexual assault investigation in Eau Claire County. Trumble is likely to go back to prison because of the chase and the new case, he was out on probation when he started the chase last week.

The family of the suspect in Milwaukee’s weekend shootout at the El Rey grocery store says he was paranoid, wanted by the police, and wearing a ski mask when the shooting happened Saturday. Fox6 spoke with Luis Lorenzo’s family yesterday. They say he was wanted on both state and federal drug charges, but claim he was profiled by security guards Saturday because he wore a backpack and a ski mask into the store. Milwaukee Police say Lorenzo shot and killed

It will be adult charges for the Mayfair Mall shooting suspect. Prosecutors in Milwaukee yesterday filed formal, adult charges against now 17-year-old Xavier Sevilla. He was 15 when police say he opened fire at the mall back in November of 2020. Police say he wounded eight people in the shooting, including four random shoppers. The charges come about two weeks after the Wisconsin Supreme Court overruled a Milwaukee County judge who kept the case in juvenile court. Sevilla could be looking at

Firefighters in Outagamie County say Friday’s fire response may be the largest in state history. Combined Locks, Wisconsin fire chief Ken Wiedenbauer says dozens of crews from across the area used six million-gallons of water on the fire at the Warehouse Specialists building. It took 67 fire crews more than 24 hours to contain the fire. No one was hurt in the fire, and investigators say they have not yet figured out what started the fire.

Eau Claire’s coronavirus stimulus money looks to be going toward the city’s transit center and a couple of new hires at city hall. The city council will vote tonight on 13-and-a-half million-dollars in American Rescue Plan money. A big chunk of that, about five million, is earmarked to finish work on the new transit hub. There are also plans to hire a new city inspector and a diversity, equity, and inclusion coordinator. There are also calls to use some of