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The Madison Police Department plans to hold several public forums on the possibility of putting body cameras on all officers.  The first forum is Thursday at University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Memorial Union.  A second in-person event is scheduled for February 24th and online forums are scheduled for February 17th and March 3rd.  Online preregistration is required for the in-person events.  The Madison City Council has approved spending 83-thousand dollars on a body cam pilot program but the plan has been delayed until

A new children’s museum is open in Sun Prairie.  The Explore Children’s Museum has ten interactive exhibits and several exhibits that rotate throughout the year.  The museum officially opened at the beginning of the year but the grand opening takes place today.  The museum opens at 9 a.m. seven days a week. CLICK HERE TO EXPLORE THE DETAILS

If you have ideas about what you would like to see in our community, your ideas are welcome! Eau Claire County will be conducting 3 virtual community engagement sessions to prepare for Board strategic planning in May. The sessions are designed to learn from our community about what is important to them, and how it effects the services the County provides.The sessions are planned for 90 minutes each and will be held virtually. You can sign up for Tuesday, March

On February 7, 2022 at 9:49pm Marshfield Police responded to a call in the 800 block of E. Harrison St. reference a 19-year-old Stratford male who was pointing a handgun at two people inside of a residence, threatening to kill them. The male suspect fled the residence prior to police arrival. Marshfield Police received additional information that the suspect went to a residence in the 1300 block of N. Peach Av. (a short distance away) and again pointed the handgun

Phishing is when scammers try to scam you through your email, smishing is when they try the same thing through your text messages.   Wisconsin’s DMV is warning of a smishing scam.  The DMV says several people have complained about fake text messages asking for personal information and a credit card number to validate their driver’s licenses.  The DMV says it doesn’t send out texts like that, and is warning it is 100-percent a scam.

A Chippewa County woman is looking at charges after police say she stole 50-thousand-dollars from a local Subway over the course of the couple years that she worked there.  Prosecutors filed theft charges yesterday against 34-year-old Jessica Guthman from Holcombe.  Investigators say she would ring-in items as cash sales, then pocket some of the money.  She was caught after the store’s owner noticed a dip in profits.  Guthman is looking at 10-years in prison if convicted.

A Minnesota man was stopped for OWI in Eau Claire. 62 year old BYRON HOWARD, has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 1st offense, with one child in the vehicle under the age of 16. It was on Monday afternoon just before 3:30 when a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for speed. A subsequent investigation, including standardized field sobriety testing, showed the

Voters in Menomonie have a bit better of an idea as to what the people who want to be on the local school board think.  There was a question and answer session last night.  The League of Women Voters of the Greater Chippewa Valley hosted the forum, all seven candidates were on-hand.  Voters asked about diversity, finding new teachers, and how to improve student achievement.  Voters go to the polls for the primary election for school board next week.

There won’t be a Leinenkugel in charge at the Leinenkugel brewery.  Dick Leinenkugel, who has run the business since 2014, yesterday said he is retiring.  Dick is the great-great grandson of company founder Jacob Leinenkugel.  While there won’t be a Leinie in charge, the new CEO is a family member.  The brewery says Leinenkugel’s nephew, Tony Bugher, will take over.

There are a number of former thieves and scammers included in Governor Tony Evers’ latest round of pardons.  Yesterday, Governor Evers pardoned 25 more people, bringing his total for the past three years to 416 pardons.  Every one of the new pardons is for people who committed their crimes years ago, and who have gone on to live crime-free lives.  Evers says giving them a pardon will help them move beyond their past and stay on the right path.