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On Saturday March 19, 2022 at 12:05 am the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a 911 call of a snowmobiler that went through the ice on Prairie Lake, near the Wolf’s Den Resort. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with the Chetek and Cameron Fire Department and Mayo and Chetek Ambulance responded to the scene. When deputies arrived, they made their way onto the ice. They located the subject in the water and attempted to rescue him. The

Senator Tammy Baldwin pays a visit to cheese makers in Plain as part of her advocacy for the state dairy sector.  Baldwin toured Cedar Grove Cheese yesterday.  She is promoting a federal program called the Dairy Business Innovation Initiative designed to support the marketing success of dairy farmers.  Details on the federal program are online with AN EASY CLICK HERE FOR MORE.

La Crosse based convenience store chain Kwik Trip is on a hiring campaign.  The company held a job fair yesterday at Valley View Mall.  The company needs to fill several hundred available positions at the retail store level around the state as well as in the corporate office.  Those interested can find out online about specific jobs and locations with AN EASY CLICK HERE.

Hello. Welcome to your weekend and thank you for making us part of it! As you likely know, sometimes the weeks can feel long and you crave a little break. So, that’s what this is. Each Saturday morning we like to lighten things up a bit and take a simple “scroll down memory lane.” It’s a quick look back on some events that have happened on this day and landed in the pages of history before you head out and

A death investigation is underway in La Crosse after the discovery of the body of a missing student.   UW-La Crosse psychology student 25-year old Hamud Faal was found in the Mississippi River near the Division Street landing on Thursday.  Faal went missing early on February 20 after leaving a downtown La Crosse bar.  Jason Melby,  La Crosse Police Assistant Chief says the fire department and water rescue team helped find Faal.  Melby didn’t reveal much about the death investigation so

A cold case death investigation is solved and a suspect is in custody.  Yesterday, the Dodge County Sheriff’s office said DNA evidence helped solved the case of the death of Baby Theresa.  She was named for the Town of Theresa where her remains were found by a roadside in April of 2009.   A comparison of Baby Theresa’s DNA with DNA in genealogical studies company Family Tree’s customer database ultimately led to the identity of the child’s mother.   Karin Luttinen was

Marathon County approves putting up to 195-thousand dollars toward attracting new flights to the Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee The board of supervisors says it wants flights to three destinations, Orlando, Florida, southwest Florida, and Phoenix, Arizona.  The board says those locations are all in the top five of a recent study about where people go on vacation.

Altoona’s library is turning the page on another year! If you would like to be a part of celebrating the birthday, you have a chance that shouldn’t be “shelved.”

A lighthouse on the Door Peninsula is added to the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places.  The Wisconsin Historical Society says the Kewaunee Pierhead Lighthouse was added to the register of historic places because of its role in maritime transportation and commerce.  The lighthouse was built as a fog signal building in 1909 and converted into a lighthouse in 1931.

A lost and found box can be full of treasures, but for this week’s Friday Feel Good we unearth a treasure that has stories to tell.  This week’s Friday Feel Good starts in the skies of World War II and lands here on Earth many decades later.  There was a bomber jacket from World War II, that was accidentally left behind at a Washington restaurant in the 1950s. Since then, the person who found it had held tight and been searching for