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From left, UW-Stout Fostering Success students Kate McCraig, Lisa Driver, Cameron Hunter, Katie Gordon, Olivia Johnston and Adam Warner meet with Gov. Tony Evers during his 2020 visit to campus. A groundbreaking program at University of Wisconsin-Stout that helps former foster care youth has been awarded state funding. Fostering Success recently was approved to receive $70,000 this fiscal year, a major boost for a program that has relied largely on donations and community grants to support students who have been in foster

The City of Waukesha has announced a new date for their Christmas parade. According to a press release, the parade will be held Sunday, December 4th, at 4 p.m. For nearly 60 years, the parade was held the Sunday before Thanksgiving, but the city said it must “consider lessons learned” from last year’s parade attack. By adjusting the parade’s date, more police, fire, and medical resources will be available.

Madison Police say they’ve arrested a girl after she tried to exchange a puppy that was in a car when it was stolen last week for a cash reward.  Police have not disclosed the girl’s age.  They say the owners of the dog were contacted by someone after the reward was announced.  The puppy’s owners and police met at West Towne Mall to make the exchange and that’s when the girl was arrested.  She’s accused or receiving stolen property.   

 A man is being charged with homicide and arson for allegedly killing a woman then setting a home on fire. Scott Vaningan made his first appearance in court yesterday for the fire in Chippewa Falls on July 27th. Officials say the body of a woman was found in the home burned beyond recognition, but investigators were able to determine that she was killed before the fire was set. The victim has not been identified. Vaningan faces up to life in

 Authorities in Eau Claire say a man is facing felony charges for vandalism. Tyler Goplin is accused of causing more than 25-hundred dollars in damage to his ex-girlfriend’s vehicle and apartment last month. Officials said Goplin sent angry text messages to the victim prior to the incident, including one that said he was in her apartment. Goplin is facing up to ten years in prison.

U.S. Marshals in Alabama have arrested a Michigan man wanted in connection with a Green Bay homicide.  Police have been searching for Caleb Anderson since Tuesday when they found a person dead at a West Side apartment complex.  Twenty officers in the Alabama community of Helena assisted marshals in the arrest as they were all gathered together for specialized training when reports that Anderson had been sighted came in.

The Republican race for Wisconsin governor has competing endorsements. Former Vice President Mike Pence campaigned alongside Rebecca Kleefisch yesterday. She and Pence held a law enforcement roundtable yesterday with Governor Scott Walker. Pence’s endorsement comes just two days before President Donald Trump is set to visit Wisconsin to endorse her GOP opponent, Tim Michels.

Flags will be flown at half-staff in Wisconsin tomorrow to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the mass shooting at a Sikh temple. Seven people died and several others were wounded when a white supremacist gunman entered the Oak Creek Sikh Temple on August Fifth, 2012. Governor Tony Evers, who issued an executive order to lower the flags, said the anniversary is a “painful day” for Wisconsin, and called a shooting a “reminder of the work that still must be done against the threat

More than ten-thousand Wisconsin residents lost power during the severe weather overnight Tuesday. The storms reportedly caused about 14-thousand people to lose electricity in several counties, including Eau Claire, Chippewa, and Sawyer. Power has since been restored to almost all of those affected.

The Wisconsin State Fair begins today. The Department of Safety and Professional Services, along with a third party, performed one final safety check yesterday of the more than 40 rides. There are also several safety signs that have been installed to portray the most detailed information to guests. The fair turns 171 this year and runs through August 14th.