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Brett Favre says tackle football should wait until high school. Favre is out with a new concussion awareness PSA where he says kids should wait until they are 14-years old to play tackle football. The Concussion Legacy Foundation is helping with the spot. Favre says he ‘cringes’ when he sees young kids play tackle ball too early. Favre says the risk of concussions is just too large for kids to tackle and hit at a young age.

A machinery accident leaves a man dead. It was on August 16th at approximately 8:30pm when the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Deputies and Mondovi Ambulance were dispatched to an address in the Town of Drammen for a medical call. A 53-year-old male had been working on machinery at his home when a skid steer shifted and pinned him. The male was unable to free himself and was pronounced deceased at the scene. A family member located the victim and called

As Labor Day weekend approaches law enforcement around the state is getting ready for the annual Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign.  The Brown County Sheriff’s Office is putting additional resources behind this year’s campaign to catch impaired and distracted drivers.  Officials say someone in Wisconsin is killed in an alcohol-related crash every three hours.  The Drive Sober Campaign begins tomorrow and runs through Labor Day.

Police in Oshkosh are investigating the discovery of a man’s body in the Fox River.  Authorities say a boater reported seeing the body near a railroad bridge around 9:15 this morning.  The victim’s name has not been released but police say he is a 37-year-old Oshkosh man.  The death does not appear suspicious according to police but they continue their investigation along with the Winnebago County Coroner’s Office.

Masks will be required in all indoor public spaces in Madison and Dane County effective Thursday.  Public Health Madison and Dane County announced the requirement today saying everyone age two and older will need to wear a mask indoors in public places.  Officials say a vaccine is the best tool to protect the community but using face coverings adds another layer of protection.  The order is in effect until September 16th.

Capt. Alicia Dorsett is no stranger when it comes to making history and breaking barriers in the Wisconsin National Guard. Not only did she become the state’s first female field artillery officer in 2014, but she is now the first female to command a field artillery battery in the Wisconsin National Guard. Soldiers of Battery A, 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery out of Hartford officially welcomed Dorsett as their commander, replacing Capt. Randy Humphrey, during an August 15 ceremony. Humphrey

A trial date is set for a boy accused of shooting and killing an eleven-year-old. Jerry Ward is charged with fire-degree intentional homicide and attempted homicide. Police say that Anisa Scott was shot to death when Ward and two other teenagers fired into the car and hit her. The trial will begin June 1st, 2022.

The Jewish Social Services in Wisconsin is preparing to take in refugees fleeing from Afghanistan.  The executive director says the agency now has only 24-hours in agreeing to take a client, when they used to have up to a week. JSS will look to hotels to house refugees as apartments are not readily available in August on such short notice.  Fourteen Afghan refugees have been resettled in Madison so far this year.

HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital recognizes National Breastfeeding Month in August, and the benefits of breastfeeding. The World Health Organization (WHO) says breastfeeding works almost like a newborn’s first vaccine, providing vital antibodies and an immunity boost through the mother’s milk. “Breastfeeding, whether by the breast or pumping breast milk, is important to an infant as it provides protection against many illnesses, while also supporting bonding between the mother and baby,” said Teresa DeMoe, HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital lactation consultant. CLICK

Wisconsin’s stimulus payments have proven to be huge paydays for state and local governments. Governor Tony Evers’ office yesterday said one-point-five-billion of the state’s four-point-five-billion-dollars in stimulus money has gone to government operations. That includes everyone from local governments to the UW System to state government itself. The biggest chunk of the money went to the state’s massive coronavirus testing program, but millions more went to government operations and ‘surge funding.’ The governor says millions of dollars have also been