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The Memorial High School SAFE (Students Advocating for Excellence) organization, Mayo Clinic and other community partners are sponsoring a mock car crash event in the Memorial parking lot beginning at 9:30 am on Thursday, May 12 The event is in advance of Memorial’s prom on Saturday, May 14, and is meant to create awareness on decisions that can affect every aspect of students’ lives. After the mock car crash, Memorial juniors and seniors will attend an event in the auditorium

On May 7, 2022, at 6:55 p.m., the Barron County 911 center received a call of a subject yelling for help from a pontoon on Prairie Lake. Subject stated that they could not locate a male in the water. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene along with the Cameron Fire Department, Chetek Fire Department, Chetek Fire Dive and Rescue Team, Chetek Ambulance, WI DNR and Lifelink Helicopter. At about 8:00 p.m., a diver located the

It was arson, and it was targeted. Madison Police say yesterday’s fire at the local Wisconsin Family Action office was not an accident. Investigators are treating the case as arson. Madison Police are also looking into who spraypainted the threat ‘If abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t either’ on the side of the building. A group called Anarchy 1312 took responsibility for the fire. Madison Police said in a statement that they are calling in federal partners in the case.  Wisconsin Family Action’s

Milwaukee’s weekend shooting total is expected to grow. Police in the city say 16 people were shot between late Friday night and early yesterday morning. That includes a triple shooting on Saturday and a triple shooting on Sunday. Just one person, a 16-year-old, died in one of the triple shootings. Milwaukee Police say they made just two arrests in one of the shootings, they are looking for suspects in all of the others.

Barron County appears to be the center of Wisconsin’s bird flu outbreak. The state’s Department of Agriculture on Friday said a fifth farm in Barron County tested positive for the flu. That brings Barron County’s bird flu total to six cases, and over 245 thousand birds put down. Barron County has the most confirmed bird flu cases of anywhere in the state.

Wisconsin is starting the week with just over 250 people hospitalized with the coronavirus. The state’s Hospital Association on Friday said 257 people are in the hospital with the virus, including 37 in the ICU. Wisconsin has seen coronavirus cases tick-up over the past month. But Wisconsin continues to be far below our omicron peak of over 22 hundred hospitalizations from back in January. FOR MORE FROM WI DHS CLICK HERE.

There will be more options for kids in Eau Claire looking to enjoy some time outside this summer. The city is close to finishing work on new playgrounds at Newell Park and McDonough Park. The new playground and skate park over at Boyd Park should be ready by the end of the summer. Work there is not as far along as at the other parks.

Mother’s Day is here! As far as what mom wants? The top most desired gifts are a nap, chores, and a meal planned by someone else. In 18 states, especially mid-west states, an afternoon snooze ranks as the number one desired gift.  In California, moms most want you to do the chores. ‘Time2play.com’ surveyed moms across the country, and it turns out they don’t want a vacuum, they want someone to vacuum. Also positive go-to’s; spa treatments, flowers, or a thoughtful card.

Governor Tony Evers’ list of pardons is growing. On Friday, the Governor announced 49-pardons.  The Governor’s press release yesterday says the list now stands at a total of four-hundred-98 pardons spanning Ever’s three years in office so far.  Evers said he’s “grateful for being able to give a second chance” to those who are “working to move beyond their past mistakes.”  The full list of the beneficiaries of Friday’s pardons is available in the newsroom press releases at Evers-dot-WI-dot-Gov.

Hello. Thank you for making us part of your day. We know the week can sometimes feel long and stressful, so on Saturday mornings we like to take a little break with a lighter approach to start the day. A simple “scroll down memory lane.” It’s a quick look back at some of the events on the pages of history that lead us to this day. A way to warm up to the weekend before heading out into it. So,