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Gov. Tony Evers and First Lady Kathy Evers invite members of the military family community in Wisconsin to contribute ornaments for this year’s “Tribute to our Troops” holiday tree at the Executive Residence in Maple Grove, Wisconsin. The “Tribute to our Troops” tree began under Gov. Jim Doyle to recognize service members from Wisconsin. The tradition continued through the Scott Walker administration and, now, the Evers administration. “We still have service members from Wisconsin who are deployed across the state

 University of Wisconsin-Stout Veterans Club President Eric Gritzmacher believes in the power of helping each other. Gritzmacher and other members of the club have started a clothing drive to help Afghanistan refugees restart their lives. Some 13,000 Afghan evacuees are at Fort McCoy, a western Wisconsin military base, after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. New and like new clothing is being collected at the Memorial Student Center in bins inside the Involvement Center and Stoutfitters, the university bookstore. The bins will be up until Monday, Nov.

HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital’s community garden produced more than 3,500 pounds of locally grown food during the 2021 growing and harvest season; all was donated to eleven area food pantries. Since 2013 when hospital volunteers began the garden project, more than nine tons of produce have been donated.  Each spring HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital volunteers prepare the soil, ready the irrigation system and pull weeds so the garden plots are ready for planting. Any community member can rent a plot

The feud between Brett Favre and Mississippi’s state auditor isn’t dying down. Favre took to Twitter on Friday to blast Auditor Shad White, Favre was paid for speeches and a PSA campaign with what turned-out to be misspent welfare money. White has been pressing Favre to repay the money. Favre says he’s returned the nearly one million-dollars, but then blasted White for what he calls lies about no-show speeches. White says Favre still owes a few hundred thousand-dollars in interest,

Wisconsin’s elections chief says she’s not going anywhere. Elections Commission administrator Meagan Wolfe on Friday said she is not going to step down for the commission. A growing number of Wisconsin Republican lawmakers say Wolfe needs to resign because of mismanagement at the commission, and questions about how Wisconsin’s election was managed last year. Wolfe said elections in the state were safe and secure. The calls for her job come after new allegations of voter fraud from Racine County’s sheriff.

Jury selection starts today in Wisconsin in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.  Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder is presiding over the legal proceedings.  Rittenhouse is charged with homicide and attempted homicide in the shooting deaths of Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber in August of 2020.  The shootings happened during a street protest in Kenosha. The defense claims Rittenhouse fired his weapon in self defense and was in Kenosha to help protect businesses from looters.  The prosecution says the accused, who was 17-years

Wisconsin is now in-line for as many as 850 Afghan refugees. Jewish Social Services of Madison on Friday said they’re being told to prepare for more families to stay in the state. Most of the Afghans who are staying in Wisconsin will live in Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Wausau, and the Fox Valley.

An Eau Claire man who got into a fight in the city’s jail will not spend more time behind bars. A judge on Friday sentenced 30-year-old James Rogers to 18 months’ probation. He got into a fight with another prisoner back in August. Prosecutors say Rogers pleaded no contest in the case.

Most of Wisconsin is simply abnormally dry. The National Weather Service released its latest drought update on Friday. There are some spots in the state dealing with a moderate drought, but most of the state is just dry. Forecasters say things won’t get better anytime soon, they’re expecting below normal temperatures and below normal rains over the next few weeks.

It’s another milestone number in Wisconsin’s fight against the coronavirus. The state’s Hospital Association yesterday said 897 people are hospitalized with the virus. It’s the first time Wisconsin has seen fewer than 900 people in the hospital with the virus in months. The Hospital Association says 279 people are in the ICU across the state. The Hospital Association does not track how many people are hospitalized with the virus, compared to how many people are hospitalized because of it.