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Governor Tony Evers has vetoed a bill that would have allowed new cigar bars in Wisconsin.  The state’s current ban on indoor smoking doesn’t allow for any bars that allow indoor smoking.  Cigar bars that were built before 2009 are exempt.  The bill would have expanded the exemption to include new tobacco bars.  Several public health organizations like the American Cancer Society and American Lung Association urged the Governor to veto the bill.

Frigid weather is expected for Sunday’s Bears-Packers game at Lambeau Field. Forecasters expect partly cloudy skies with a temperature of 16 degrees for the 3:25 p.m. kickoff. The wind chill will hover around five. Temps could hit single digits by the time the game ends.

Last week at this time we were still running on turkey fumes and leftovers, and for this week’s Friday Feel Good we dish up a fresh Thanksgiving meal all over again.  An Illinois family celebrated their second Thanksgiving dinner with a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier who came to their father’s aid last year after he fell while walking the family’s dog.  Here’s the mailman, Jaylen Lockhart, and Marcia Miller. The celebration was even sweeter this year when Jaylen proposed to his

After heartache, perseverance and a previous teaching career, Sean Mormino will receive a nursing degree from Chippewa Valley Technical College during commencement on Thursday, Dec. 11. What makes the 33-year-old’s graduation extraordinary is what he survived to get here. His father passed away on his first day of finals during his first semester at CVTC. In his second semester, his great aunt and uncle died within a month of each other. In the third, he lost his grandmother. “Every semester,

A man charged following a stabbing incident at a Tomah group home is pleading guilty.  Investigators say that Jorge Luis Santos-Martinez stabbed someone with a knife in May of 2024 at a group home in Tomah.  He had faced charges including attempted first-degree intentional homicide but pleaded guilty yesterday to a lesser charge of first-degree reckless injury.  Santos-Martinez was then given a ten-year prison sentence.

In Clark County, Neillsville Police say they recovered a firearm and illegal drugs during a Thursday traffic stop.  Driver Michael Strader and passenger James Cooley were pulled over for an equipment violation yesterday in the in the Township of Mentor.  Police say Strader was found to be in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia while more drugs including cocaine and a short-barreled shotgun were found in the vehicle.  He was arrested on drug and weapons charges while Cooley was taken

More than four months after the body of 22-year-old Viterbo University graduate student Eliotte Heinz was recovered from the Mississippi River, authorities are releasing results of her autopsy.  Heinz had been missing for nearly four days when her body was found near Brownsville Minnesota.  Newly-released test results say she had a high Blood Alcohol Content and her death has been confirmed as an accidental drowning.

A group of Wisconsin state lawmakers want to see vehicle emissions testing come to an end.  A coalition of 18 state lawmakers wrote a letter to Wisconsin’s congressional delegation requesting the federal government to repeal the requirement that’s been around for four decades.  The group argued the requirement puts an economic burden on drivers and technological advancements have made it unnecessary.  Drivers in seven southeastern Wisconsin counties are required to do this testing, including Milwaukee, Kenosha, Racine, and more.

A specialty school at the University of Wisconsin – Madison is going to go by a new name.  The Board of Regents yesterday approved a proposal to reorganize the School of Computer Data, Information, and Sciences into the College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence.  Planning for the new school is expected to begin immediately and be ready for the next fall semester.  University leaders noted enrollment in Computer Science majors has more than doubled over the past ten years. 

Organizers are announcing the first headliner for next year’s Ashley for the Arts festival in Arcadia.  The three-day music and arts festival takes place each year at Memorial Park and benefits a host of nonprofit organization.  The 2026 festival is set to run August 6th, 7th and 8th and country music performer Jon Pardi has been announced to perform on the main stage on night one.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION!