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Fire crews battle a blaze in a store at a Janesville mall.  Janesville Fire crews responded to the call yesterday evening at the Kohl’s in the Uptown Janesville Mall on Milton Avenue.  Firefighters say prior to their arrival the sprinkler system helped minimize the spread of the flames which had erupted in the store’s bedding section.  The store was evacuated and one customer suffered an anxiety attack.  There are no other reports of injuries from the fire the cause of

The City of Altoona is excited to announce River Prairie Festival – Celebration of Art, a community event that celebrates the kickoff to the 2022 season of programming in River Prairie Park and art in the Chippewa Valley! The River Prairie Festival will take place in River Prairie Park on Saturday, May 7, 2022 from 10AM – 4 PM.   Confirmed activities at the River Prairie Festival include live music, artist market, food trucks, family dance party, yoga in the park,

Mother Nature may have pranked us a bit with the weather this week and the colder than average temps, but for this week’s Friday Feel Good we head to Sunshine State to soak up some good vibes and hopefully warm your heart.  A group of 5th graders out of Florida are sending positive vibes your way and have decided to make messages their mission.  All it takes is a quick call!  The number to call is: 574-832-4965.  It’s their new happiness hotline.  Go

On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, the Barron County Drug Unit arrested Golia Xiong, 39 of Eau Claire, as part of an undercover drug investigation. Xiong was in possession of over quarter pound (138 grams) of methamphetamine. The street value of this meth when broken down is over $13,000. Currently Xiong is being held in the Barron County Jail on charges of Possession of Meth with Intent to Deliver with a repeater enhancer and a probation hold. Charges are expected later

On Wednesday March 31, 2021 at approximately 8:07 PM. the Marshfield Police Department responded to 301 W. 4th St. Ave after receiving a 911 call for help. Shortly after, officers received another call that the victim was engaged in a domestic dispute with the possibility of a gun being used. The Marshfield Special Response Team was activated and through negotiations the female was able to exit the residence.  Officers continued to attempt contact with the suspect, a 35-year-old Marshfield man.

A new mural will soon adorn an exterior wall of University of Wisconsin-Stout’s Applied Arts Building, telling the story of art through the ages, from the cave paintings of horses in France and Spain to music, photography, pottery and more, representing the different majors in the School of Art and Design. The nearly 400-square-foot mural – 40 feet long and about 10 feet high – was designed by four UW- Stout students and will be painted in late May and

A former teacher in Ladysmith is heading to prison on child pornography charges. A judge yesterday sentenced 34-year-old McKenzie Johnson to 26 years in federal prison. Investigators say he had inappropriate pictures of a 13-year-old girl on his iPad.  Johnson resigned from his job at Ladysmith High School immediately after his arrest last fall.

A Sawyer County man is looking at election fraud charges for voting when he wasn’t supposed to. Prosecutors this week charged Jeffery Billyboy with voting as a felon.  Billyboy was on supervised released in the fall of 2020 when he cast his ballot. No one is saying just who he voted for. The election fraud charges carry a penalty of up to six months in jail.

The permanent memorial for the victims of the Waukesha Christmas Parade attack will be built just south of downtown. Waukesha’s Parade Memorial Commission yesterday said they will build the memorial to the six people killed and 60 others who were injured in the attack in Grede Park. The park is nestled along the river, and just off Wisconsin Avenue a few blocks south from where the attack happened. The next task is to design, then build the memorial. Planners hope to have

The Waukesha Christmas Parade attack suspect says he doesn’t feel safe in jail.  Darrell Brooks Jr. wrote a letter to his mother complaining that other inmates were spitting in his food, and accusing jail guards of using racial slurs and making vague threats about him dying in prison. Waukesha County’s sheriff says Brooks filed a complaint with them about his treatment. But the sheriff says a review found Brooks is being treated appropriately. He’s facing life in prison for the