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Frontier Airlines is adding nonstop service between Green Bay and Florida.  The airline announced today that beginning February 19th Frontier is offering a weekly non-stop from Straubel International in Green Bay to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International.  The introductory fares are under fifty-dollars.

Madison is named one of the best midsize college towns in America.  That’s according to WalletHub, which ranks Madison eighth for midsize college towns.  WalletHub also ranks Madison as the 30th overall college town.  The city ranks best in social environment at 58th.  The top college town in the U.S. is Austin, Texas.

The suspect in Blooming Grove’s deadly shooting was out of jail despite a history or bail jump and seven open felony cases. The Dane County Sheriff’s Office identified the suspect in Sunday’s shooting at 29-year-old Trevon Adams. Investigators say he shot and killed a man Sunday night at the Kwik Trip on Milwaukee Street. The sheriff says Adams was facing seven felony charges prior to his arrest, he’s now facing two more. Prosecutors are expected to file formal homicide charges

The suspect in last week’s deadly buggy wreck in Taylor County is looking at a six-figure bond. A judge in Medford yesterday set 35-year-old Skyler Opelt’s bond at 100 thousand-dollars. Investigators say he was high when he smashed into the back of a buggy full of kids last Wednesday. Nine people went to the hospital, one of them died. Opelt is due back in court in January.

It’s now six counts of homicide for the deaths at Waukesha’s Christmas Parade. Prosecutors filed the additional count against Darrell Brooks yesterday. The charge covers the death of eight-year-old Jackson Sparks. Brooks was already facing a slew of homicide and other charges. Police say he plowed-through the parade crowd last week. No one, however, is offering a motive. This, as time marches on and some of the victims of Waukesha’s parade tragedy have already been laid to rest, others will

There’s hope and excitement heading into this Giving Tuesday. The United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley says Giving Tuesday is one of their biggest opportunities to raise money and do some real good. The United Way’s Andy Neborak says small contributions today add-up, and mean more opportunities for charities in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls.

Lawmakers are looking to create a new law that could be called the Rittenhouse law. Kenosha’s three Democratic lawmakers yesterday introduced a plan to make it illegal for anyone under 18 to carry a rifle or a shotgun unless they are hunting. Prosecutors in Kyle Rittenhouse’s case tried to charge him with illegal possession of a firearm, but that charge was dropped because Wisconsin law allows some teenagers to carry certain rifles and shotguns. Senator Bob Wirch along with Representatives Tod Ohnstad

The power is back on for folks in rural Eau Claire and Chippewa counties. The lights went out for about 200 Eau Claire Energy Cooperative customers yesterday afternoon. No one is saying just what knocked the lights out. The power went-out a little bit before 4 p.m., and came back on about an hour-and-a-half later.

Get ready to hear a lot more about the investigation into Wisconsin’s 2020 election. Both the Wisconsin Elections Commission and the Assembly’s Committee on Elections are scheduled to meet tomorrow. The Assembly’s committee is leading an investigation into last year’s election, and WEC is ready to respond to the recent election audit that found several problems at the agency. This will be the first time elections commissioners will speak about the audit. Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Mike Gableman, who is leading a second election

Wisconsin’s coronavirus hospitalizations are spiking. The state’s Hospital Association says over 14 hundred people are now hospitalized with the virus. That’s an increase of over 200 people in the past week alone. The Hospital Association says there are nearly 400 people in the ICU. The Hospital Association does not track how many people are in the hospital with the virus, as opposed to how many people are hospitalized because of it.