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Hello. Welcome to your weekend. We are glad you are here. Thank you for choosing to spend some of your time with us! As we slip into the end of October and into Halloween week, it is almost scary to think about how fast time creeps by! Boo! We get it. For that reason, we try to simply things a bit with a slower start to your Saturday. It’s a “scroll down memory lane.” This is just an easy look

An initial court date has been set for the suspect in the shooting death of a UW-Whitewater gymnast. Kara Welsh was shot to death on August 30th in an apartment near the UW-Whitewater campus. The 21-year-old was a management major and won a national championship in the vault exercise. Her boyfriend, 23-year-old Chad Richards, is facing charges of felony first-degree intentional homicide with use of a dangerous weapon. According to court records, an arraignment is set for November 8th at

On October 24, 2024, around 12:15 p.m., the Eau Claire Police Department responded to an incident unfolding outside an apartment complex in the 4600 block of Kappus Drive in the city of Eau Claire. The Eau Claire Communications Center received a report that a man threatened someone with a knife and held it to their throat. The victim was able to flee and the suspect, identified as Mohamed Iman, 39 of Eau Claire, barricaded himself inside his residence. At that

The state superintendent is proposing free meals for all Wisconsin students. Dr. Jill Underly says all students would get free and healthy breakfast and lunch if her proposal is approved. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction says a quarter of high school students in the state report a lack of food at home. Dr. Underly says children need their basic needs met in order to succeed. The universal meals idea is part of her 2025-2027 biennial budget proposal, which would

The new Amtrak train running between Saint Paul and Chicago through Wisconsin has had 100-thousand riders. Amtrak says the Borealis line reached the milestone in less than six months of operation. The trains stop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Dells, and La Crosse daily. Every passenger on the celebratory ride today got an extra 500 Amtrak rewards points and a 100 Grand candy bar.

Twelve nature conservation projects across Wisconsin are getting more than seven-million dollars in funding. The Department of Natural Resources says grants are coming from the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program. Beloit will get more than three-quarters-of-a-million dollars to complete Riverwalk construction downtown, and Milwaukee gets more than 400-thousand for a paved walking loop at Metcalfe Playfield. Other projects include recreational boating facilities and park land development.

 Agriculture programs at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls have placed first and second nationally in recent college rankings, evidence of the university’s renowned agriculture coursework. The university’s dairy science program is the top program of its kind among U.S. colleges, according to College Raptor, a college search and comparison organization. UWRF placed second nationally in the Best Colleges for Animal Science, General category, placing behind only Kansas State and ahead of larger universities well known for their strong agriculture programs.  UWRF received high national rankings in other

As we prepare for the spooky season and get the treats ready for the little ghosts and goblins, we take a trip to knock on the door of a woman on the East Coast who put together a display not just for fun, but also for a good cause.  A woman in Massachusetts, Melissa Krygowski has a display featuring more than 30 skeletons she calls “the Funny Bone Bunch” which she uses to help raise the money for the Jimmy

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We are getting some more answers about a death investigation in Buffalo County. The sheriff’s office says deputies went to serve an eviction notice on Wednesday, that’s when they found a 57-year-old woman who’d died. Investigators say she was likely dead for more than a month. Deputies arrested a man who lived in the woman’s trailer, but they are not saying why. In addition to the body, deputies say they found more than 70 pets. They have all been turned