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Mississippi’s state auditor says Brett Favre owes over 800 thousand-dollars in embezzled welfare money. State Auditor Shad White says Favre received over a million-dollars for speeches he gave in the state in 2017 and 2018. The problem is that Favre was paid with money that was supposed to go to needy families. Favre has already repaid a half-million dollars to Mississippi. The auditor says he needs to repay the rest or he will face a lawsuit.

The price tag to give folks on one western Wisconsin island fresh drinking water is expected to be over a half-million dollars a-year. The state’s Department of Natural Resources says it could cost as much as 600 thousand-dollars to provide bottled water to folks on French Island, which is just outside of La Crosse. The state is shipping bottled water to the island because of high PFAS levels in their drinking water. DNR’s Dave Rozeboom says spending that much money on bottled

Surveillance cameras could soon be coming to the beaches in Milwaukee County.  The sheriff’s office is looking at a plan to place cameras at the beaches, both to keep an eye on swimmers and to deter crime. The sheriff’s Ted Chisholm says they are not looking to spy on people. He says the cameras would simply keep people safe.  Some county supervisors are not buying that explanation. The camera plan comes with a 700 thousand-dollar price tag.

The Minnesota Legislature is introducing a new state office dedicated to missing and murdered Indigenous people.  State officials say they hope the Office of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives brings attention to the crisis of missing Natives which is largely unknown to the broader public.  According to reports, Native Americans make up just one percent of Minnesota’s population but account for as high as nine percent of all murdered girls and women in the state in  most of the last

The new Flesch Family Welcome Center on the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus will be dedicated on Friday, Oct. 15, during the university’s weeklong Homecoming activities. The dedication and open house hosted by the UW-Eau Claire Foundation will be at 2 p.m. at the new building on lower campus. The center honors the families of alumni Tom and Jeannie Flesch, Blugolds who met on campus as undergraduates and eventually married. The Flesches made the lead gift for the building, a

U.S. Senate hopeful Mandela Barnes reports raising over a million dollars since announcing his intention to run for Congress about ten weeks ago.  The Wisconsin Democratic Lieutenant Governor is seeking the party nomination and the Senate seat currently held by Ron Johnson.  Johnson has not confirmed whether he will run for re-election.  Barnes meanwhile announced his one-point-one-two-million-dollar fundraising tally today.

DeForest police find the semi tractor-trailer involved in a hit-and-run and make an arrest.  Police today say a person came forward with information that allowed them to make an arrest in the hit-and-run on Monday that injured a pedestrian.  Authorities have not identified the suspect except to say he is a 54-year-old man.  The victim is reported in stable condition. 

South Farwell Street will be closed starting Wednesday, October 13, starting at 7:00 am, from East LakeStreet to Main Street for traffic control placement. A signed detour will be in place. The street is expected to be reopened Thursday, October 14 by 7:00 pm, pending weather. The planned detour is East Lake Street to South Dewey Street to Main Street.

Madison has grabbed the top spot on another ‘best places to live’ list. The website Livability.com yesterday released its Top 100 Best Places to Live, and Madison came in at number one. Madison gets high marks for its economy, the university, and the opportunities for people who are both old and young. Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce President Zach Brandon says the new ranking could bring people to Madison who may not have thought about southern Wisconsin before. Madison was third on