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By Morgan McCarthy | September 18, 2021

Hello. We are glad you are here with us to begin your day. Each Saturday we start with an easy “scroll down memory lane.” It’s a quick look back in the pages of history before we head out to write new chapters today. So, grab your favorite morning sippin’ drink and let’s take a peek at events that have happened along the way On This Day… Today is Saturday, September 18th, the 261st day of the year.  There are 104

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Summer Hangs On

By Morgan McCarthy | September 18, 2021

The weatherman says conditions will still be summer-like for most of the weekend. Highs today are expected to reach the upper 70s and on Sunday into the 80s.  Lows will stay mostly in the 50s.  Rainfall is not in the picture until Monday and Tuesday when scattered thunderstorms return to the forecast.  Highs will drop into the 60s starting on mid week when we might start to feel more like a traditional fall. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FORECAST DETAILS WITH

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Goodwill Accepting Donations for Refugees

By Morgan McCarthy | September 18, 2021

Thousands of Afghan refugees get a helping hand from a Madison non profit.  Goodwill of South Central Wisconsin is collecting items for the refugees.  The organization’s 13-locations are taking in donated items.  Goodwill’s Janet DesChenes says everyone who wants to help now can do so more easily without having to make the drive over to Fort McCoy themselves.  Donated clothing and other necessities for the refugees should be new, not used.

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Capitol City Congestion Continues

By Morgan McCarthy | September 18, 2021

Some congestion is to be expected a while longer on the Beltline during the revamp project now underway.  Department of Transportation official Steve Theisen says some weekend work is scheduled.  The bulk of the work is weekdays from 9:00-a.m. till 2:00-p.m. with a short break and then back again for night work from 7:00-p.m. to 6:00-a.m. the following morning.  Theisen says repaving along with barrier wall fortification and new flex lanes are part of the project which lasts into next

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Second Suspect in Custody

By Morgan McCarthy | September 17, 2021

As an update to the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office’s quadruple homicide investigation, Antoine Darnique Suggs, date of birth 06/26/1983 turned himself into Gilbert, Arizona Police Department today on our warrant. Suggs has been living in the Phoenix, AZ area recently before traveling back to Minnesota in the last couple of weeks. At this time, it’s unknown how Suggs traveled back to Arizona this week. Suggs has not been interviewed yet so we have no new information to release at this

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Rittenhouse Defense Gets Judges Favor

By Morgan McCarthy | September 17, 2021

A Kenosha County Circuit judge is giving Kyle Rittenhouse a small win.  Rittenhouse is accused of killing two men and wounding another at a protest following the shooting of Jacob Blake by a Kenosha Police officer last summer.  The prosecution wanted to argue that Rittenhouse was affiliated with white nationalist groups and believed in the violent tactics of the Proud Boys.  But Judge Bruce Schroeder today said he didn’t see evidence that Rittenhouse knew members of the Proud Boys, but

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WI Daily Coronavirus Cases Top 2500

By Morgan McCarthy | September 17, 2021

The state Department of Health Services reports over 25-hundred cases of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours.  The state is averaging 13 deaths a day over the past week with the positivity test rate at seven-point-four-percent.  Not quite 53-percent of all Wisconsinites have completed the COVID vaccine series. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

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WI Gas Prices Dip

By Morgan McCarthy | September 17, 2021

The average price for regular gas in Wisconsin is down slightly but still above three-dollars-a-gallon.  Triple-A says the cost of gas across the Badger State is three-dollars-and-two-cents a-gallon today while the national average is three-19.  Drivers are paying three-dollars-a-gallon in Milwaukee, two-99 in Madison and Janesville and two-85 in Fond du Lac.  The price at the pump is three-14 in St. Croix County, three-oh-seven in La Crosse and two-96 in Appleton and Oshkosh. 

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Friday Feel Good: Life Lessons 101

By Morgan McCarthy | September 17, 2021

Sometimes the lessons of college reach beyond the subjects being taught in the classroom. For this Friday Feel Good we meet a professor who steps out of the role of teacher just long enough to step into the role of parent for a short bit!  A video is going viral of a Lincoln University professor holding a student’s baby while teaching so she could take notes.   Dr. Aqeel Dix and student Imani Lamarr took time to talk about what happened, and you

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Chippewa Co. Health Officials Urge Vaccine, $100 Incentive Nears Expiration

By Morgan McCarthy | September 17, 2021

Three days remain for Wisconsinites to receive their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and be eligible for a $100 reward through the Wisconsin COVID-19 Vaccine Rewards Program. The Chippewa County Department of Public Health urges unvaccinated Chippewa County residents to get their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by this Sunday, September 19, 2021, to qualify for a $100 reward through the Wisconsin COVID-19 Vaccine Rewards Program. The program opened August 20, 2021, and is available to any Wisconsinite

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