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Madison state Senator Melissa Agard is not giving-up on legal marijuana in the state. She held a virtual roundtable on the idea yesterday. Agard is one of several Democrats at the State Capitol who say legalizing marijuana will bring money into the state and keep people out of jail. But legal weed is, mostly, a non-starter at the statehouse. The Republicans who control the state legislature don’t support it.

Three-year-old Major Harris is still missing. Milwaukee Police swarmed a parking lot on the city’s north side yesterday when they found the SUV belonging to the suspect in the murder of Major’s mother. Police say the little boy was not inside the SUV. The AMBER Alert for him is still active, though he hasn’t been seen since mother was killed last Thursday. She’s from Onalaska, but was found dead in Milwaukee. Her parents say they don’t know the man who’s

Some of the Afghan refugees at Fort McCoy will be leaving soon. Commanders at the fort last week gave some of the nearly 13 thousand refugees a pre-departure briefing. That included information on traveling inside the U.S., and what the Afghans can expect when they arrive at their new homes. Meanwhile, some of the Afghans at Fort McCoy are moving to new homes and have already made that trip. Karmen Lemke of Catholic Charities of Green Bay says they’ve settled

Fewer people are getting the coronavirus vaccine in Wisconsin. The state’s Department of Health Services says doctors and nurses handed-out just over 31 thousand-doses last week. That’s down from 36 thousand-doses the week before, and down from 71 thousand-doses at the end of August. DHS says just 57-point-four percent of people in Wisconsin have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

An Eau Claire man out hunting for deer says he got too close for comfort with a black bear. Dalton Roach says the bear climbed-up to his tree stand in Trempealeau County over the weekend. It wasn’t until the bear started to bite at Roach’s back that he got-up and confronted the bear. Roach says he made himself as big as possible and started screaming. The bear backed down, and Roach was able to escape with nothing more than a

Eau Claire schools are updating the survey that shows a lot of kids are unhappy with school and don’t feel like they are accepted, but a recent reexamination shows that data might not have been accurate. The survey from last month showed 80 percent of kids are not happy at school and 70 percent said they don’t get along with other kids, or think kids don’t like each other. Another nearly 80 percent of kids said they don’t feel socially

Local law enforcement are searching for two suspects they say crashed into a squad car while fleeing police early this morning.  Officers with the Town of Madison Police Department responded to the area near South Sunnyvale Lane for a report of someone shooting out of a car.  When police spotted the suspect’s vehicle, which had been stolen from Janesville, the suspects crashed into a squad car while trying to escape.  Both suspects fled on foot afterwards.  Officers also found a

A motel on Lake Wisconsin is destroyed after being engulfed in flames last night.  The Columbia County Sheriff’s’s Office said fire crews responded to Lucky’s Bridge Motel in Okee around 8:00 p.m.  It’s not clear how many people were inside the motel when the fire started, or what sparked the flames.  There were no injuries reported.  The Lodi Fire Department will be handling the investigation.

The Badger State is home to 41 of the 50 “drunkest” counties in the U.S.  According to a survey conducted by 24/7 Wall Street, Wisconsin had four times as many counties listed in the Top 50 than all other states combined.  The survey ranked each county by their excessive drinking rates, which included adults who either binge drink or drink heavily.  Going down the list, Badger State counties filled the top eleven spots.  In fifth place was Polk, followed by Pierce County,

The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office took a report of a stolen 16 foot 2002 PJ Trailers MFG INC flatbed/car trailer bearing WI CA90880. The item is pictured below. Trailer has aftermarket metal silver fenders and is missing a piece of wood on the dovetail. Trailer was stolen form a storage unit location adjacent to the city of Menomonie. If anyone has information on its theft contact the Sheriff’s Office or anonymously at dunncocrimestoppers.com.