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The Fond du Lac sheriff says a man and his baby who went missing overnight are both found safe.  Authorities say Jordan Smack and his four-month-old daughter were found at a home in Fond du Lac this morning.  They had been missing since last night when the car Smack and his daughter were riding in was in a crash.  He walked away from the scene with the little girl and the driver was not able to reach him for several

The oldest military band in the country will play at Camp Randall.  The Wisconsin Badgers host the Army Black Knights tomorrow night and West Point features it’s band established in 1817.  That makes it the oldest continuously serving Army Band.  The Badgers are coming off a shutout win over Illinois and have a 1-and-2 record at home and a 2-and-3 mark overall.  Kickoff tomorrow is 7 p.m.

The average price for regular gas in Wisconsin is just a penny higher than a week ago and 19-cents lower than the national average.  Triple-A says the cost of gas across the Badger State is three-dollars-and-eleven-cents today while the national average is three-30.  Drivers are paying three-oh-three in Appleton, three-oh-eight in Madison, three-oh-nine in Milwaukee and three-eleven-a-gallon in Green Bay.  The price at the pump in under three-dollars a gallon in Fond du Lac and Oshkosh. 

When you walk down the aisle, you probably plan to go through a few Kleenexes along the way-but for this week’s story, we need to reach for the tissues for reasons far beyond the I DO’s.  Recently a bride  was brought to tears-of-joy during her wedding-but it didn’t have everything to do with the vows alone.  CLICK TO HEAR MORE WITH MORGAN MCCARTHY: There was a special reunion that surprised the couple.  The bride’s son, who is a member of the United

World Food Day is tomorrow.  It’s a worldwide initiative by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization to combat hunger and encourage healthy eating.  This year’s theme is Celebrating Food Heroes, emphasizing those who have contributed to building a sustainable world where no one has to go hungry.

It’s been a year since police found a former UW-Madison student dead at Devil’s Lake State Park. Investigators yesterday said they are not giving-up on finding 24-year-old John Schmutzer’s killer. He was stabbed to death in what police are calling a random killing. The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office says they’ve taken DNA samples from eight possible suspects, two have been cleared and they are waiting for results on the other six. Investigators say they have not forgotten Schmutzer, and are

It is finally here. Culver’s ‘Curder Burger’ is on the menu today. It is National Cheese Curd Day, and Culver’s is celebrating by offering its regular butter burger with a giant, fried cheese curd on top. The burger actually started out as an April Fool’s joke, but Culver’s says the response was so overwhelmingly positive that they decided to make it for real.

The coolest thing made in Wisconsin is a 140-ton crane on a barge.  Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce yesterday said the crane from Broadwind Heavy Fabrications in Manitowoc is the winner of their Coolest Things Made in Wisconsin contest. The crane beat out Kwik Trip’s glazers, an engine from Mercury Marine, and a rope shovel from Cat. In all, WMC says more than 210-thousand votes were cast during the contest.

A quick change scam usually works like this, a scammer buys something small then confuses a cashier by asking for change with a 100 dollar bill, and eventually walks away with more money than they were owed. Police in Menomonie are looking for two men who they say pulled a quick change scam at two gas stations in town. Police are warning businesses to be on the look-out.

The latest plan to get tougher on catalytic converter thieves involves a paper trail, not more jail time. State Rep. Clint Moses’ plan would require scrap metal dealers in Wisconsin to ask for proof of ownership and keep records on all catalytic converters that come into their shops. Catalytic converters are very popular among thieves because of the precious metals inside. Moses says Minnesota recently adopted a similar law, and thefts there dropped. He said, sadly enough, once catalytic converter thefts dropped