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Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that comes from the soil beneath and around some of our homes. About 1 out of 10 homes in Wisconsin have radon levels above the US Environmental Protection Agency guideline of 4 pCi/L (picocuries per liter). Having a home with levels above 4pCi/L increases your risk of developing lung cancer. Radon has no smell, taste or color, and therefore, it is impossible to detect with the human senses. It can be easily measured

It’s a simple case of the truth coming out and Chandler Halderson killing his parents because of it.  Dane County prosecutors began their case against Halderson yesterday by telling the jury that he killed and dismembered his parents last summer because his ‘web of lies’ about school and work came undone.  This is the first time that prosecutors have offered a motive for the killings.  Halderson’s lawyers say, despite the evidence, that prosecutors will not be able to prove beyond

There’s a dire warning from a UW Health doctor about the near-future of the coronavirus.  UW Health chief quality officer Doctor Jeff Pothof yesterday said ‘the darkest days’ of the virus are coming in the next few weeks.  He says Wisconsin is seeing an increase in coronavirus cases and an increase in the number of people in the hospital with the virus.  Pothof says UW Health is one of several hospitals across the state that have had to turn patients away because

On Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 12:24pm, a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle for an equipment violation on I-94 near mile marker 73. The driver, 42 year old Harold J. Hill, showed signs of impairment. A subsequent investigation, including standardized field sobriety testing, indicated that Mr. Hill was operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant. Mr. Hill was arrested and transported to a local hospital for an evidentiary chemical test of his blood, then

The Eau Claire man charged with raping a woman in a restroom at the Oakwood Mall is out of jail on 10 thousand-dollars bond. Police say David Allen blackmailed a woman he met on Facebook into meeting him at the mall last week. Officers say Allen pushed the woman to take a series of naked pictures over the past two year, then promised to delete them all and pay her 40 thousand-dollars if she’d let him see her naked in

There’s been an arrest in connection to Sunday’s murder of that 16-year-old girl at a Milwaukee Burger King. Milwaukee Police yesterday said they arrested a 38-year-old woman in connection to Niesha Harris-Brazell’s death. Police say the woman is not the person who pulled the trigger, but they are not saying how she’s connected to the case. Investigators are looking for a heavy-set man who they say shot and killed Harris-Brazell while she was closing-up the Burger King at 51st and

Wisconsin’s latest coronavirus snapshot shows just how quickly case numbers are growing. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported over eight thousand new cases. Two weeks ago that number was five thousand cases in one day. Nearly all of the cases are of the omicron variant. DHS says the positive-by-test number is about 24 percent. DHS says that’s a better measurement than the seven-day positivity rate because so many people are being tested more than once. CLICK HERE FOR

Wisconsin is inching closer to a milestone-number for coronavirus hospitalizations. The state’s Hospital Association yesterday said over 19 hundred people are now in the hospital with the virus. That includes over 460 people in the ICU. Both of those numbers are higher than last week. Wisconsin has not had more than two thousand people hospitalized with the virus since the virus’ peak in November of 2020.

The Mayo Health System’s coronavirus vaccine mandate has cost over 700 people their jobs. The hospital yesterday said it fired about one percent of its workforce system-wide. That comes to about 730 people. No one is saying how many doctors or nurses are included in that number, and no one is saying how many of those people used to work in western Wisconsin. Mayo gave its employees til Monday to get their coronavirus shots.

Republican lawmakers in the state want to use some coronavirus relief money to hire more cops. A number of lawmakers yesterday unveiled a plan to spend 25 million-dollars in American Rescue Plan money to pay newly hired officers five thousand-dollars each. Cops could get an additional one thousand-dollars per-year-of-service if they move to Wisconsin from out of state. State Rep. Jim Steineke says Wisconsin has a police officer shortage. He expects lawmakers to agree to the plan but isn’t sure the Governor Evers will