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Rodgers a Record Holder

By Morgan McCarthy | December 26, 2021

Aaron Rodgers sets a new team record for the number of completed touchdown passes in the Packers defeat of Cleveland.  Yesterday in the first quarter, Rodgers connected with Allen Lazard for Rodgers’ four-hundred-43rd career high number of passing touchdowns.  That number broke Brett Favre’s team record.  The Packers went on to win the Christmas Day game against the Browns by a score of 24-22 in Lambeau Field.. 

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A.D. Not Making the Bowl Trip

By Morgan McCarthy | December 26, 2021

UW-Madison’s Athletic Director isn’t going to the Badgers’ bowl match up against Arizona State because of COVID-19.  The news hit on Thursday in regard to AD Chris McIntosh’s diagnosis as testing positive for COVID-19.  A statement from the school Thursday afternoon says McIntosh wouldn’t be traveling with the team on Friday to Las Vegas.  The Las Vegas Bowl game against Arizona State is December 30.

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On This Day…

By Morgan McCarthy | December 25, 2021

It’s here! Hopefully you and yours are waking up to a Merry Christmas, no matter how you choose to celebrate. As many around the world celebrate the season with family traditions, we will take a peek at a some Christmas Cliff Notes this morning. So, grab the cocoa and let’s unwrap, shall we? Did Santa leave crumbs behind on the cookie plate? If he did those, crumbs might be different depending on the state he was in. Tech giant Google

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Friday Feel Good: Christmas Is For Kids

By Morgan McCarthy | December 24, 2021

It’s almost here… Perhaps you are getting the plate of cookies and cold milk ready for Santa..a carrot or two ready for the reindeer and those hooves you might hear “click, click, click” tonight… Christmas is upon us again, which has many saying “How did this year go so fast?!”” For this week’s Friday Feel Good we try to slow it down a bit and revisit the magic that comes along with the season when you see it through the

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I-94 Reopens After Massive Pile Up

By Morgan McCarthy | December 24, 2021

I-94 is open after yesterday’s 50-car pile-up in which no one was killed or seriously hurt. The Highway Patrol says there were only minor injuries in the massive wreck near Black River Falls yesterday. Investigators are blaming icy roads for the chain-reaction-crash that closed I-94 for hours. At least one semi-truck and two cars burned in the crash. Crews were able to open a single lane on both sides of the interstate by about 8:30 last night.

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Gavel Drops: Potter Found Guilty

By Morgan McCarthy | December 24, 2021

Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter has been found guilty of manslaughter for killing an unarmed man during a traffic stop back in April.  Potter appeared emotionless as the verdict was read yesterday afternoon. She always maintained she shot Daunte Wright by accident when he resisted arrest, mistaking her service weapon for her Taser.  She faces over 20 years behind bars.  She will remain in custody until she is sentenced in mid-February.  Following yesterday’s decision, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison

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Fond Du Lac Mother Facing Charges

By Morgan McCarthy | December 24, 2021

A Fond du Lac mom is looking at 40-plus years in prison for the death of her daughter. A judge in Fond du Lac found Shauntina Fuller-Pankey guilty of reckless homicide yesterday. Investigators say she smashed her baby in the head in 2018. The case lingered for years, in part prosecutors say, because of poor work by a former Fond du Lac police detective. The D.A.’s office says that detective made the case much more difficult to prove. Fuller-Pankey is

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WI December Tornado Count Climbs

By Morgan McCarthy | December 24, 2021

Wisconsin’s tornado from last week’s windstorm is now up to eight. The National Weather Service in Minneapolis yesterday confirmed that two more tornadoes touched down in western Wisconsin last Wednesday. Both of the newly confirmed tornadoes are rated EF-1. One was in Winona County, the other was confirmed near Greenwood in Clark County. Forecasters say the storms did plenty of damage, but there are no reports of any serious injuries.

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Permanent Memorial Planned for Parade Victims

By Morgan McCarthy | December 24, 2021

Waukesha is getting ready to move the city’s makeshift memorial to the Christmas Parade victims. The mayor’s office yesterday said crews will remove the flowers, teddy bears, and signs that are currently in Veterans Park by next Wednesday. The idea is to eventually build a new, permanent memorial. The items will be housed with the county’s historical society. Six people died and more than 50 others were injured in that attack last month

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Ballot Back and Forth Continues

By Morgan McCarthy | December 24, 2021

The back and forth between the state’s special election investigator and a western Wisconsin Republican lawmaker is not ending. Former Supreme Court Justice Mike Gableman told a crowd at the Chippewa County Republican Party this week that state Senator Kathy Bernier should resign. Bernier has been critical of Gableman’s election, and last week she said he was ‘jazzing-up’ people who don’t know what they’re talking about. Gableman said if Bernier is afraid of her constituents, then perhaps she should resign. Gableman said

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