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Kalahari Resorts made a splash during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with their float. Kalahari’s float featured elephants and rhinos one water slides. One of the elephants shot glitter from its trunk. The crowd seemed to love the float. Kalahari had plenty of fun with the float, and that glitter, on Twitter yesterday.

As the smells of Thanksgiving fill the air, we wish you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving. The clock is ticking closer to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.  The annual tradition will be back in full form this morning after being scaled down last year.  And for the first time ever, it can be watched live on NBC’s Peacock streaming service.  Fans will see celebrities, floats, marching bands, and those iconic giant balloons.  Twenty-eight of them will be soaring, including

Chippewa Falls’ other Thanksgiving tradition is ready to go. Organizers say they are ready to flip the switch and turn on the lights at the Christmas Village. The village in Irvine Park opens this evening at 5 p.m. Visits are limited to just an hour-and-a-half today, but starting tomorrow cars can drive through each night until 9:30.

It’s going to be a happier Thanksgiving for three families in Waukesha. Doctors at Children’s Wisconsin say three kids left the hospital yesterday. But doctors say ten more remain. Among them are five kids who are still in critical condition. Originally 16 kids were rushed to Children’s after police say Darrell Brooks drove through the parade. One of them, eight-year-old Jackson Sparks, died Tuesday. The community continues to come together. The line to grab a burger at the Culver’s in Waukesha was

The sheriff in Racine County wants a county supervisor removed from office for posting a suspect’s bail. Sheriff Christopher Schmaling said Supervisor Nick Demske bailed-out a suspect arrested with a high-powered rifle. That suspect, Adrian Jefferson, is accused of stealing several guns from a Racine SWAT team member. The sheriff says Demske has put the community at risk. Demske says the sheriff’s anger is a political stunt.

Chippewa County firefighters are looking for the cause of the fire that gutted a home in the Town of Wheaton. The first calls came in at about 11 a.m., and crews from Tilden, Elk Mound, and Howard all responded. Three people were home at the time, but none of them were hurt. Wheaton Fire Chief Adam Blaskowski says the fire started in the garage. The home is a total loss.

We’re just now seeing the heroics of a Dunn County deputy and a Boyceville police officer. The two rescued two people who were trapped inside a burning car after a wreck on Monday. The crash happened near Hay River Township. Body camera footage shows the officer and the deputy pull the two people from the wreckage. Both had to be airlifted to a local hospital for treatment of serious injuries. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

Kevin Zeitler, Joe Schobert, and Derek Watt are going to help those involved in the deadly Waukesha parade.  The NFL players and southeastern Wisconsin natives are taking part in an online fundraiser paying for medical expenses and funeral costs.  The fund was set up by the United Way and Waukesha County Community Foundation.  Six died and dozens more were hurt when someone drove into the parade last Sunday.

The inventor of the “Lambeau Leap” is a semi-finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.  Former Packers safety LeRoy Butler was named as a modern-era player semifinalist today.  He was a finalist last year.  Butler is in the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame and was on the NFL 1990s All-Decade Team.

A Beloit police officer who died from the coronavirus is getting another honor. Governor Tony Evers yesterday ordered flags across the state lowered to honor Officer Dan Daly. He died last week after a battle with the virus. Daly had been with the Beloit Police Department since 1994. He leaves behind a wife and two children.