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The University of Wisconsin-Madison extends an incentive program intended to attract Education majors.  Yesterday, School of Education Dean Diana Hess said the UW-Madison Wisconsin Teacher Pledge is being extended another year.  The program covers the cost of in-state tuition and fees including those for testing and licensing for those students studying to become teachers.  To qualify, the student must work three or four years as a teacher in a Wisconsin school.  Details about the program are online WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

Madison’s gasoline prices are on the rise.  GasBuddy-dot-Com said as of yesterday, the price per gallon has taken a 45-cent leap compared to last week.  The report says in the Madison area the average is now three-72 a gallon.

Hello. Welcome to your weekend. We like to start each Saturday on a lighter note with a “scroll down memory lane.” It’s just an easy way to look back at events that have lead us here before we head out into a new day. So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll! Today is Saturday, March 5th, the 64th day of the year.  There are 301 days until the end of the year. On This Day: In 1770, the

Maybe you saw people gathered on overpasses and in certain places along I-94 in our area yesterday. Hundreds of supporters show up to greet the Freedom Convoy truckers on their way to Washington, D.C.  A group of the trucker convoy made a stopover in Portage yesterday at the Petro Travel Center.  The trucker protest covers a range of issues from mask and vaccine mandates to restrictions on personal freedoms.  The convoy members set out again this morning from Portage to

A group of high schoolers raise money for Ukraine war relief.  The students with Monona Grove High School’s Model UN Club sponsored the fundraiser this week.  By yesterday afternoon, the fund drive had raised over eleven-thousand dollars.  The monies will go to CARE’s Ukraine Crisis Fund.  The details are available with a CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE.

The Wisconsin National Guard traces its history to the days before Wisconsin had achieved statehood, and just as Wisconsin evolved and developed over the years, so too the Wisconsin National Guard transformed into something quite different from its humble origins. Henry Dodge, governor of what was then the Wisconsin Territory — a swath of land consisting of all of current Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, along with roughly two-thirds of North Dakota and one-third of South Dakota — commissioned Morgan L.

An overnight spike in gas prices in Wisconsin.  Triple-A says the average price for regular unleaded in Wisconsin is up nine cents a gallon from yesterday at 3.54.  Gas prices are up over ten cents a gallon in the last day in Madison.

Another 16-million dollars is going toward the jail consolidation project in Dane County.  The Dane County Board approved the money yesterday.  Under the plan three jail sights would merge to create a single public safety building in Madison.  The project’s now expected to cost around 174-million dollars.

Wisconsin natives and U.S. Olympic curlers John Schuster and Matt Hamilton are getting the bobblehead treatment.  The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum recently unveiled limited addition bobbleheads of the gold medalist curlers.  They’re available on the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum website for 30 dollars each.

Belly rubs, fetch, and those kisses…dogs often hold a special place in our hearts…if not, our couches. For this week’s Friday Feel Good it’s more than just the warm fuzzy feeling of a four legged friend. It’s a hero in action.  There is an 81-year-old Florida man who was saved by his dog when he fell out of his wheelchair into a lake.  Sarah Jane is his dog and she started barking until two bystanders and a police officer came over and