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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is just now installing carbon monoxide detectors in all of its dorms.  The school yesterday said crews are doing all they can to make sure students are safe.  The move comes after a carbon monoxide leak at a dorm late Monday night sent 17 students to the hospital, and put about 400 or so out on the street overnight.  The school said, up until now, none of its dorms had carbon monoxide detectors.  UWM says building codes

Investigators in Wisconsin say what started out as a day of smoking meth led to a night of kinky sex, that eventually ended with a woman chopping a man’s body into pieces.  Prosecutors in Green Bay filed homicide and sex charges this week against 24-year-old Taylor Schabusiness.  They say she strangled a man last week while they were having sex.  After he was dead, prosecutors say she continued to perform sex acts on him, but she eventually decided to cut

Nearly 90 percent of car thieves in Milwaukee get away with it. The latest numbers from Milwaukee Police show that just eleven percent of Milwaukee’s stolen car cases last year ended with an arrest. Just five percent ended with charges filed. Milwaukee saw more than 10 thousand-500 cars stolen in the city last year. That’s more than Chicago saw in 2021. Of the people who are charged, Milwaukee’s D.A. Office says 300 were under 18 last year compared to just

We’re getting a glimpse at the line-up for the Wisconsin State Fair. Fair managers yesterday said the Happy Together tour will take to the stage on the first Sunday of the fair. The Happy Together tour includes a number of groups that had hits in the 60s and 70s, including The Turtles, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, and The Cowsills.

President Biden was in the Superior area today as expected and was busy promoting his domestic agenda after the State of the Union address. Speaking in our state, Biden said the trillion-dollar infrastructure bill will make major upgrades while providing good new jobs.  He noted that the measure will address faulty bridges, bad highways, poor water systems and wide swaths of rural communities without decent Internet service.  Biden also said the infrastructure bill will help restore the Great Lakes.  President Biden

Green Bay is reducing the penalties for getting caught with marijuana.  The city council passed a resolution last night saying anyone caught with 28 grams of marijuana or less on private property will only have to pay court costs.  Getting caught in public could result in a fine of up to 500 dollars or community service.  Anyone under 21 caught with marijuana could be fined between 100 and 200 dollars for their first offense.

Gov. Tony Evers today announced that the City of Altoona will receive a $1.37 million grant through the Neighborhood Investment Fund grant program. The funded project consists of redeveloping blighted property in Altoona’s traditional downtown core to attract new businesses.The City of Altoona plans to partner with Containers Up, a Wisconsin based contractor hard-hit by thepandemic, that specializes in creating unique buildings from refurbished shipping containers. When theproject is complete, businesses impacted by the pandemic will be provided a chance

 Wisconsin has some of the highest property taxes in the U.S.  WalletHub says the effective real-estate tax rate in Wisconsin is one-point-eight-five percent, sixth-highest in the country.  Based on the median home value in Wisconsin, WalletHub says the average Wisconsin resident pays over 33-hundred dollars in property taxes a year.  WalletHub says the state with the lowest property taxes is Hawaii and the state with the highest is New Jersey.

 Firefighters in Milwaukee say a problem with a boiler caused a carbon monoxide leak at a UW-Milwaukee dorm late Monday night that sent more than a dozen students to the hospital.  In all, more than 400 students were evacuated from the Cambridge Commons.  The students say they had trouble breathing and were feeling dizzy about 10 p.m. Monday.  Milwaukee firefighters say 17 students were taken to the hospital for treatment.  Students were allowed back into their dorms early yesterday morning

WAXX Cares is welcoming a new month with a new local cause that aims to make tuck-in-time a safe and special part of a child’s day. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT WAXX CARES Child bedlessness is a national problem, and as a national nonprofit with chapters spread across the country, SHP has provided the solution. They are a volunteer organization that builds beds for kids who are sleeping on the floor and there are multiple ways to get involved