Another day, another doubler. Kwik Trip on 4611 8th St. in Wisconsin Rapids sold a winning Badger 5 Double Jackpot ticket for the Thursday, September 22 drawing, going from $40,000 to $80,000. The Double Jackpot win marked the fifth time a Badger 5 jackpot has doubled this month. During September, in addition to the standard Badger 5 drawing, the Lottery is conducting a double jackpot drawing. If the Badger 5 jackpot is won and a doubler is drawn, the jackpot is doubled for that drawing. The limited-time offer has hit all over Wisconsin.
Read MoreSometimes love can get down and dirty, but for this week’s Friday Feel Good we polish off a story about the power of faith and the never ending circle of love. A Colorado woman who lost her diamond engagement ring was reunited with it weeks later when an employee at a bar found it. It wasn’t just the object that mattered to her. The ring was very important since it was given to her by her fiancé shortly before he died. The bar employee
Read MoreThe Eau Claire County Parks & Forest Department announces that all trails at Lowes Creek County Park will be closed to the public on September 24th and 25th. The Wisconsin High School Cycling League will be hosting race events both days. Trails will re-open for all public use again on Monday, September 26th. Any questions regarding this press release can be directed to the Parks & Forest Department.
Read MoreAs Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and other nearby Caribbean islands have been impacted by Hurricane Fiona and suffer from floods, power outages, home displacements and access to basic necessities such as safe water, many charitable organizations are seeking to provide emergency relief and assistance. To help assist donors seeking to support relief efforts in this area, BBB Wise Giving Alliance is providing the following giving tips along with a list of BBB Accredited Charities (i.e., those that meet all
Read MoreThere could be a delay in the trial for the man accused of speeding through the Waukesha Christmas Parade. Darrell Brooks Jr.’s lawyer yesterday filed a motion to withdraw from the case. Brooks is supposed to go on trial in a little less than two weeks. This is just the latest change for Brooks’ defense. He originally planned on an insanity defense, but later changed his mind. Brooks is facing life in prison for killing six and injuring 60 others
Read MoreVice President Kamala Harris’ Milwaukee visit included a chat with Democratic state prosecutors, but it was politics on her mind. Harris spoke to Democratic attorneys general yesterday, but she also visited with young voters and Hispanic leaders in the city. Milwaukee is key to the Democrats’ plans to win Wisconsin, and Wisconsin is key to their plans to retake the U.S. Senate. Milwaukee Congresswoman Gwen Moore traveled with the Vice President, Senate candidate Mandela Barnes did not.
Read MoreGet ready for the 353. Folks in parts of south-central and southwestern Wisconsin will see that as their new area code starting next year. Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission voted yesterday to add the new area code. Commissioners say the 608 area code is simply out of numbers. Anyone who currently has a 608 number will keep it, anyone in the 608 area who gets a number will be assigned something starting with 353.
Read MoreThere are more new students this fall at UW schools than at any time since 2018. But not every campus is seeing an increase. The university yesterday said UW-Madison, UW-Green Bay, UW-Superior, and UW-La Crosse all saw their enrollments go up this fall. The state’s other campuses were either flat or saw fewer students. Total new student enrollment topped 26 thousand students for the first time since 2018. UW System President Jay Rothman says new enrollment plans and the end
Read MoreWisconsin is ending the week with under 400 people in the hospital with the coronavirus. The state’s Hospital Association yesterday said there are 392 people in the hospital with the virus, that includes 66 people in the ICU. Those numbers are both down from last week. Wisconsin has seen its coronavirus hospitalizations drop for the past few weeks. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.
Read MoreIt was a double clean-up on a county highway in Dodge County. The sheriff’s office says a milk truck and a Fed-Ex truck collided outside of Rubicon, Wisconsin yesterday morning. It happened at the intersection of County Highway P and County Highway N. The wreck spread boxes along the side of the road, and ripped a hole in the milk truck that left milk pouring down the street. Both truck drivers were taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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