Hello. Welcome to your weekend and thank you for starting your day here. We are glad you stopped by! Sometimes the week can be long and stressful which is why we like to kick off Saturday mornings with an easy “scroll down memory lane.” Grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s see what events have happened on this day in the pages of history before you head out to a new day ahead! Today is Saturday, June 11th, the 162nd
Read MoreA judge finds Michael Gableman in contempt of court. Dane County Circuit Court Judge Frank Remington held Gableman in contempt yesterday after Gableman refused to say whether his office is complying with Judge Remington’s order to release documents on the elections fraud probe. Judge Remington oversees a lawsuit against the former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice and his Office of Special Counsel assigned by the state assembly to look into alleged fraud in the 2020 election. Gableman has already released hundreds of records
Read MoreThe Wisconsin Parole Commission chairman is stepping down. Yesterday, Racine City Council President John Tate the Second announced he is leaving the Parole Commission chair position at the request of Governor Tony Evers. In a statement Tate said his three years of service as Parole Commission chairman have been “the honor of a lifetime.”
Read MoreTim Michels is staying on the November ballot. Yesterday the Wisconsin Elections Commission voted unanimously in favor of dismissing a complaint intended to remove the Republican candidate for Governor from the ballot. Michels also has the endorsement of the 45th President, Donald J. Trump.
Read MoreThe secret to living to 100 could be linked to being optimistic. A study from the American Geriatrics Society indicated people who generally expected “positive future outcomes” had a higher chance of living past 90. The study was gathered over almost 90 years and consisted of almost 160-thousand racially diverse women. It found optimists lived about four years longer than their less positive-thinking counterparts on average.
Read MoreJune is here and we are coming up on Fathers Day. This is the month and get to celebrate all those special moments that Dads bring to our lives. But for this week’s Friday Feel Good, we take a moment to meet a mother and son with a special story to share. What began as an adoption in a hospital so many years ago recently landed them back IN a hospital again-this time in much different roles. A Utah man, Benjamin has
Read MoreProsecutors in Eau Claire say a Minnesota man hid-out in the local Kohl’s back in April before he stole 23 thousand-dollars in jewelry. The D.A.’s Office on Wednesday filed formal charges against 26-year-old Thomas McRunnel from Rosemount, Minnesota. Police say he hid on a luggage shelf at the store in Eau Claire for more than four hours after the store closed, then began stealing things when the night shift clocked-out. He was caught after he tripped an alarm. McRunnel is
Read MoreIt could be a de-facto life sentence for the man who shot and wounded two Delafield officers back in 2020. A jury in Waukesha yesterday found 25-year-old Nathanael Benton guilty of attempted murder and other charges. He’s looking at 78-years in prison when he’s sentenced. The shooting outside of the Holiday Inn in Delafield touched-off a massive manhunt. In addition to the attempted murder charges, Benton is facing charges for a jailhouse fight in Waukesha County, and a murder charge
Read MoreIt’s a little over three years in prison for a man who set a furniture store on fire during Kenosha’s nights of violence back in 2020. A federal judge yesterday sentenced 23-year-old Devon Vaughn to three-and-a-third years behind bars. He pleaded guilty in the case. Prosecutors say Vaughn lit a fire at B&L Office Furniture in Kenosha during the riots in August of 2020. That fire burned the business to the ground. The judge also ordered Vaughn to repay B&L’s
Read MoreUPDATE: We recently received word from NBC News PR. Senior Communications Manager, Alex Butcher-Nesbitt, that Todd will not be moderating. Representatives released this statement: …”a scheduling conflict has prevented Chuck from participating Sunday as originally planned. He is very grateful to Charles, Shannon, and the TMJ4 team for the opportunity to join in their coverage, and while he won’t be able to participate in the way he would have hoped this time, he looks forward to reporting from the state later
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