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If the devastation post hurricane Helene has you wondering how you can help, there is a local option! Come enjoy a BBQ plate with  The Brewing Projekt on 10/20. $10.00 gets you a pulled pork sandwich, sauce, a side of coleslaw, and choice of baked beans or chips. All proceeds go to the victims of the 1,000 year flood in the Swannanoa Valley caused by hurricane Helene. CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS.

The first of four men to be sentenced for a 2022 murder in Eau Claire will spend less than two years behind bars. A judge yesterday sentenced 29-year-old Kemone Golden to 22 months in prison. Golden pleaded no contest to murder charges back in July. Police say he’s the one who shot and killed Christopher Conner back in September of 2022. Three others were in the car with Golden, they’ve all pleaded guilty as well. Golden was an out of

Elijah Vue’s mother and her boyfriend are now being charged with his death. Prosecutors in Manitowoc County yesterday upgraded the charges against both Katrina Bauer and Jesse Vang. Vang is charged with physical abuse of a child, repeated acts causing death, concealing a corpse, and obstructing an officer. While Bauer is charged with chronic neglect of a child resulting in death, child neglect, and obstructing an officer. Elijah Vue was three-years-old when he went missing in February. He was considered

Firefighters in Rice Lake are blaming a downed power line and a broken gas line for a fire that destroyed several downtown businesses yesterday. Below are the details from the Rice Lake Fire Department: At approximately 1540 on October 17th, the Rice Lake Fire Department was dispatched to a reported  building on fire at 17 East Messenger Street in the City of Rice Lake. The building housed Kitchen and  Floor Décor warehouse, Finewood Inc., Cheese Louise, and Agonic Brewing.  The

Kamala Harris got-in another visit to western Wisconsin. Harris brought her campaign for president to La Crosse yesterday. She rallied younger voters from UW-La Crosse on abortion. Harris criss-crossed Wisconsin yesterday, she also stopped in Green Bay and Milwaukee. She is making her closing argument in the race for the White House. New polls show she is either tied, or slightly behind former President Trump in the state. On the other side of the ticket, Republican nominee Donald Trump has

Voters will have to find a TV tonight if they want to watch Wisconsin’s candidate for U.S. Senate answer questions. You can click on their names below for more campaign and candidate information. The only debate between Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin and Republican challenger Eric Hovde starts tonight at 7 p.m. The debate will be in Madison, but it will be broadcast across the state. Baldwin is leading in the race, but polls differ on just how big of a

The Green Bay Packers and the city of Green Bay continue to squabble over Lambeau’s lease. The Packers sent two letters this week, one to the city and the other to Green Bay’s Stadium District, that accuse Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich of avoiding new lease negotiations. The city responded with a letter of its own claiming that it doesn’t want to negotiate a new lease in public. The issue is who will pay for about a billion-and-a-half dollars worth

There won’t be any ice castles in Lake Geneva this winter. The company that brings the ice castles to town yesterday said they’re not even going to try this winter. It’s been too warm for the ice to properly set for the past couple of years.  Ice Castles, LLC said their ‘hearts are melting’ over the decision. But the company says they are looking forward to new adventures.

A former Western Wisconsin treasurer is getting probation for stealing 67-thousand dollars from the local library. Village of Hawkins official Marcia Lyons was charged over the summer and accused of transferring money from the library’s account to her personal bank account. Investigators say she told them she was borrowing the money for a few days to buy gold. She pleaded guilty earlier today to misconduct, and a theft charge was dismissed. Along with her eighteen month probation sentence, Lyons is

Moderate and severe drought is increasing in Wisconsin, and most of the state has high fire danger. The U-S Drought Monitor shows the northeastern, northwestern, and southwestern corners of the state in severe drought. Forty-three-percent of the state is in moderate drought today, up from 26-percent last week. The Department of Natural Resources says all but eleven counties in north-central Wisconsin and the southwestern corner of the state are in high fire danger.