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Wisconsin’s farmland is more valuable than a year ago. The  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago says a survey of over 150 Midwestern farm banks shows the value for farmland in the state is up 10 percent over 2020’s prices. Strong commodity prices, and non-farm buyers are helping to drive the increase in farmland values.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is closing in on new regulations to limit the amount of toxic chemicals in drinking water.  The DNR has been working to make sure fluorinated compounds stay out of Wisconsin’s water.  The DNR will discuss one of two drinking water regulations at a public hearing Wednesday.  Another hearing will take place December 10th.

Madison is being named the top city in the country for single people.  WalletHub says Madison ranks 60th in economics, 20th in fun and recreation, and 2nd in dating opportunities among over 180 U.S. cities.  Other cities in the top five include Seattle, Portland, Denver, and Austin.

The boyfriend of a missing southern Wisconsin woman is in jail in Illinois, but not for her disappearance. Deputies in Stephenson County, Illinois say Derek Hammer is being held on 200 thousand-dollars bond on a marijuana possession charge. Investigators in Green County, Wisconsin want to know if Hammer had anything to do with the disappearance of Melissa Trumpy. She’s been missing since Halloween. Both she and Hammer are facing drug charges in Wisconsin. Trumpy’s family fears he did something to her to keep her from

Gov. Evers today signed Executive Order #143 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff tomorrow, Tues., Nov. 30, 2021, as a mark of respect for Wisconsin State Patrol Master Trooper Daniel Stainbrook, who lost his life in the line of duty due to complications from contracting COVID-19.

We now know that seven kids remain in the hospital following Waukesha’s parade tragedy, and none of them are in critical condition. Doctors at Children’s Hospital delivered that news yesterday. Two kids were released over the weekend, one on Saturday and the other yesterday. At one point 16 kids were in the hospital. Things in Waukesha came to a halt yesterday afternoon, and parts of the city turned blue to remember those hurt or killed in last week’s parade tragedy.

The search for a missing northwestern Wisconsin mother of four may be over. The private detective agency hired by Ashley Miller’s family says they found her remains Saturday in Minnesota. Miller has been missing since late September. The detective agency says it found her remains near Hinckley, Minnesota. An autopsy is scheduled. No one is guessing how Miller, who is from Grantsburg, Wisconsin, died.

Wisconsin’s coronavirus map is looking a lot more red. The state’s Department of Health Services last week said just over 40 percent of the state’s 72 counties are reporting critically high coronavirus activity. That’s a sharp increase since the beginning of the month. DHS says 18 counties are seeing their coronavirus activity growing, while most of the rest of the state is staying about the same. DHS says coronavirus activity measures case burden and case trajectories. CLICK HERE FOR MORE

Eau Claire’s small businesses say they saw quite a few shoppers for Small Business Saturday. Saturday was the day that a lot of communities put an extra emphasis on getting people to show local. The first-ever Wisconsin Makers Market set-up at the Oxford to help bring some face-to-face time with people who’ve mostly sold their things online for the past year or two. Organizer Chelsea Higley said it’s the first of what she hopes will be several chances for small business owners

 City leaders in Waukesha will be holding observances in honor of last week’s parade attack victims.  Later today, Mayor Shawn Reilly and city council members will hold a moment of silence at 4:39 p.m., local time.  The time represents the moment when a driver used his vehicle to plow through participants in a Christmas parade last Sunday.  Six people died and more than 60 were hurt, nine of whom are still in the hospital.  On the pollical stage, a rare connection