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Madison’s police department is getting more money to try and stop crimes from occurring in the first place. The city yesterday announced it’s been awarded 125 thousand-dollars for ‘wrap-around’ services aimed at teens. The idea is to provide teenagers enough support that they don’t fall into a life of crime early. Madison Police Captain Mike Hanson says the idea actually came from social workers who said a holistic approach could keep some kids from following down the wrong path.

One of the attorneys assigned to Darrell Brooks Jr’s defense is walking away from the case because of a conflict. Attorney Joseph Domask told the judge that he knows some of the victims of the parade tragedy in Waukesha. Brooks is accused of killing six and injuring over 50 others when he drove through the parade two weeks ago. Brooks will be assigned a new lawyer in the case.

We’re getting a look at the moment when a Kenosha police officer discovered an MSNBC producer was following the Rittenhouse jury. Kenosha Police released bodycam footage of the traffic stop that led the judge in Rittenhouse’s case to ban MSNBC from the courthouse. The footage shows the producer trying to explain that while he was following the jury bus, he was not trying to make contact. You also see a phone call between the officer and an MSNBC producer in

There are now six kids in the hospital after Waukesha’s parade tragedy. Doctors at Children’s Hospital say 16-year-old Erick Tiegs went home yesterday. He is one of 16 kids injured in the parade, he was playing trombone for the Waukesha South High School marching band when a driver plowed through the band. Tiegs suffered some very serious injuries, including a fractured skull, a spinal fracture, and several broken ribs. His family says they are ecstatic to have him home.

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court is promising to leave the state’s political map largely unchanged. The court ruled 4-3 yesterday that it is going with the ‘least-change approach’ to the state’s new political map. Democrats in Wisconsin have complained that the Republican-drawn map is gerrymandered, and gives Republicans too strong of an advantage in statehouse and Congressional seats. Republicans say their map reflects the reality that Democratic voters are largely centered in Milwaukee and Madison. The court fight is not over, however, Democratic leaders

The woman in charge of one of Wisconsin’s election investigations says she’s very interested to hear what the state’s Elections Commission has to say today. State Rep. Janel Brandtjen said the Wisconsin Election Commission has plenty of explaining to do about both the recent state audit that found dozens of problems at the Commission, and about the 2020 election in general. The Elections Commission has a meeting scheduled at 8 o’clock this morning to talk about the audit. Brandtjen then has her Committee

There are fewer students on campus at both UW-Eau Claire and UW-Stout. The schools say the latest enrollment figures show a drop of a few hundred students at each campus. Eau Claire lost nearly 500 students compared to last fall, and has just over ten-thousand students on campus. Stout lost about 300 students, and has just over 76 hundred students on campus this year. The drops are not surprising, enrollment is down at most UW campuses across the state.

Chippewa Falls’ new Crime Stoppers chapter is looking for a logo. The new group this week asked kids to help them come up with a design. The logo must be at least three inches by three inches, and include the words ‘Chippewa County’ and ‘Crime Stoppers.’ Kids from kindergarten through high school can compete, the deadline for a design is January 14th.

Wisconsin’s piece of the national opioid settlement will come to 420 million-dollars. Lawmakers yesterday approved the settlement with opioid-maker Johnson & Johnson, and three companies that distributed the pills. Overall, the companies are paying the states 26 billion-dollars. The state, as well as 87 local governments across Wisconsin are all part of the settlement. The money will be paid out over the next 18 years, and will be split between the state and local government for recovery, treatment, and addiction services.

Wisconsin’s public health managers say all adults in the state should get a booster shot. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said it is backing the recommendation from the CDC that everyone over 18 get a booster shot. DHS Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake says booster shots are ‘one more layer’ of protection against the coronavirus, and the omicron variant. Wisconsin’s booster shot count is closing in on one million-doses. That’s about one-third of all people who’ve gotten at least one dose