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The U.S. is maintaining its overall medal lead heading into Thursday’s events in Tokyo.  Team USA is up to 31 total medals including 11 gold.  China remains second with 27 medals, while ROC is third with 23.  Japan has won the most gold so far with 13. The U.S. men’s basketball team is keeping its gold medal hopes alive after crushing Iran 120-66 in Tokyo.  Team USA is now 1-and-1 after its stunning loss to France earlier this week.  It

Highlighting his tweet with green and yellow hearts Randall Cobb announced he’s returning to Green Bay.  Cobb posted a photo this morning of him in a Packers uniform with the simple message “I’m coming home.”  He played for the Packers from 2011 to 2018 catching 470 passes for 41 touchdowns.  The move to acquire Cobb was reportedly a condition of Aaron Rodgers when he agreed to report on time to training camp. Talk about it with our own live and

The chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin is stepping down.  In a statement released today, Andrew Hitt says he wants to spend more time with his family and focus on his private sector career.  He is a partner at Milwaukee-based Michael Best Strategies.  Hitt took over as party chair following the 2018 statewide losses.  The party’s Executive Committee meets on September 11th and is expected to elect his replacement at that time.

The Wisconsin  Court of Appeals is denying Steve Avery’s request for an evidentiary hearing or a new trial in connection with the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach.  Avery, who was featured on the Netflix docuseries Making a Murderer,  is serving a life sentence for her killing.  The judges ruled today that Avery wasn’t entitled to any of his motions because there was no error by the lower court when it used its discretion to deny motions to vacate and for reconsideration. 

On Wednesday, July 28, 2021, an independent shooting review panel, made up of law enforcement firearm instructors and law enforcement administrators, met to review the July 14, 2021 incident in Mikana. As a result of the review, the panel found no violation of any department policy, the deputy followed all Training and Standards use of force procedures and the use of force was justified to protect the deputy and the citizens in the area. The deputy has been taken off

Each year thousands of individuals are injured while mowing the lawn. These injuries can be everything from a first-degree burn to a tragic amputation or even death. HSHS Sacred Heart and St. Joseph’s hospitals urge community members to use caution while mowing. “Prevention of these injuries is key,” says Regi Geisler, trauma coordinator for HSHS Sacred Heart and St. Joseph’s hospitals. “The most common injuries could be prevented by just slowing down and using common sense.” Read your mower’s instruction

Farmstead Meats is issuing a voluntary Class I recall of packaged jerky products sold from its store in New Franken, WI. The recalled product includes: Jerky, various flavors, 1-lb. packages, produced before March 2, 2021 This is a Class I recall resulting from evidence collected during a routine inspection by state inspectors. Evidence shows that the product was not produced with the benefit of inspection or in accordance with the establishment’s Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) food safety plan.

The technical colleges in Madison and Milwaukee are using some of their coronavirus stimulus money to pay-off past due tuition costs. Milwaukee Area Technical College says it will spend nearly six-million-dollars to wipe out student debt. Madison Area Technical College last week said it would spend four-million-dollars of its stimulus money on the same thing. The money is only for costs for students who took classes in 2020 and 2021, and it doesn’t do anything to any student loans that

Former Milwaukee police chief Alfonso Morales is walking away from the city with 627-thousand-dollars. Milwaukee’s Common Council approved Morales’ wrongful termination settlement yesterday. The agreement spares Milwaukee from any further lawsuits from the former chief and allows the city to hire a new permanent police chief. Morales sued after he was pushed-out last summer. Morales is one of four finalists for the police chief’s job in Fitchburg.

The number of new coronavirus cases in Wisconsin is at its highest level since April. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported 983 new cases, the highest number in four months. DHS says new case numbers are growing while vaccinations are flat-lining. Just 51-percent of people in the state have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine. So, what’s next? Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services usually abides by the CDC’s recommendations on the coronavirus and masks, so it’s likely just