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They will be walking the stairs at Lambeau Field once again this weekend. Saturday will be the ninth year that police officers, firefighters, and the general public will walk the steps to remember those killed on 9/11. Saturday is the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Green Bay fire chief David Litton says they want to remember the 343 New York firemen who lost their lives that day.

Prosecutors in Milwaukee are going after one of the city’s alderwomen for felony embezzlement. The D.A.’s office filed charges yesterday against Alderwoman Chantia Lewis. She’s accused of charging the city for trips that she paid for with campaign money, as well as lying on campaign finance forms, and hiding improper campaign contributions. Lewis says it’s all a big misunderstanding, she claims she is 100 percent innocent of any wrongdoing. Lewis is not only a Milwaukee alderwoman, she’s also a candidate

Maybe the idea of a 100-dollar gift card is working. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says doctors and nurses handed-out over 70 thousand vaccine doses last week. That’s the most doses in one week since early June. Governor Evers began offering a 100-dollar sweetener about two weeks ago. DHS says weekly doses have increased ever since. CLICK FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

Catholic Charities in Eau Claire has the green light to expand at the Sojourner House. The city’s Plan Commission last night approved the expansion which will add 53 beds. The Plan Commission said it is moving ahead with the expansion despite the questions and opposition to the plan. Work is slated to start in November, and wrap-up sometime next year.

They need volunteer firefighters in Chippewa County. Chippewa Fire District deputy chief Cory Jeffers says they’ve lost about 25 percent of their 36 volunteers because of the coronavirus or other circumstances this year. He said they’ve gone from having two dozen firefighters for each fire, to having as few as six. Jeffers says there is a real need for people to step-up and help. It’s a volunteer position, but you can make as much as 25 thousand-dollars a year, depending

The showdown between some Wisconsin lawmakers and the UW System is taking another step forward. State Senator Steve Nass yesterday asked the legislature to take the university to court over its coronavirus policies. Nass helped pass a new rule that requires the university to get permission from lawmakers before requiring vaccines or masks on campus. The university isn’t requiring shots, but is requiring masks. Nass says the university is both ignoring state law and challenging the authority of the legislature.

Wisconsin’s Elections Commission wants the state Supreme Court to stay away from the new political map for as long as it can. The commission last week filed a motion to stop the Supreme Court from taking-on any redistricting efforts before lower courts have had their turn. The WEC says the Wisconsin Supreme Court is designed to answer legal questions, not hold fact finding hearings and get into the minutiae of redistricting. Lawmakers are supposed to draw the state’s new political map, but

 No one’s hurt after a small plane crashes in northwest Iowa.  The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office says two people from Wisconsin crashed in a cornfield about a half-hour from the Sioux City airport Monday afternoon. Plymouth County Chief Deputy Rick Singer tells WHO-TV they’re investigating the cause of the crash.

Governor Tony Evers granted 71 pardons Tuesday.  Many of those were drug charges against people who have spent years rehabilitating their lives.  Others were teenagers when they committed crimes like stealing video games and joy riding.  Some of those pardoned today are now business owners and most have families.  The 71 pardons bring the total number the pardons granted by Governor Evers in his first term to 263.