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A costume believed to be worn by actress Judy Garland has been found at Catholic University in Washington, DC.  Employees discovered the dress in a shoebox tucked away in the school’s theatre department as the school was preparing for renovations.   Drama department lecturer Matt Ripa said he was the one who discovered the piece of Hollywood history. Officials believe the dress was worn by Garland in The Wizard of Oz.  Actress Mercedes McCambridge, a friend of Garland, presented the costume

Two men are dead after separate motorcycle-vs-deer wrecks in western Wisconsin over the weekend. The sheriff in Dunn County says a man died when he hit a deer Friday night along Highway 12. Deputies in Trempealeau County say a La Crosse man died Saturday afternoon when he hit a deer while riding along County Road E in the Town of Hale.

None of Milwaukee’s latest shootings were deadly. Milwaukee Police say there were four shootings between early Saturday morning and yesterday morning. All of the victims are expected to survive, though two were seriously injured. Milwaukee Police made one arrest in the four weekend shootings.

It’s going to cost almost as much money to fix the High Bridge in Eau Claire as it will cost to tear it down. The city council will decide which path they prefer this week. Tomorrow’s council meeting includes a request from City Manager Dave Solberg to spend two-and-a-half-million-dollars to fix the bridge’s cracked foundation. Solberg says it would cost about the same to demolish the bridge. Eau Claire closed the High Bridge last month after crews found the crack.

It’s not everyday you see a story about NASA and SquirrelFest. This NASA is the North American Squirrel Association, and they had their first-ever SquirrelFest in Tomah over the weekend. The Association focuses on everything outdoors, including hunting, fishing, camping, and the like. The SquirrelFest was an opportunity to get kids and families outside and looking for fun. La Crosse has its own NASA group, but they have not had their own SquirrelFest.

Wisconsin’s Attorney General is ready to run again. Josh Kaul announced his re-election bid Saturday on Twitter. Kaul says he is proud of his record on ‘public safety, public health, the environment, and our rights.’ Kaul was elected alongside fellow Democrat, Governor Tony Evers, back in 2018.

The vaccination numbers in Wisconsin are getting smaller and smaller. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said last week’s vaccine total is just over 22-thousand doses. That number will likely go-up a little over the next day or so. But 22-thousand doses in one week is Wisconsin’s lowest dose total since the state began offering the coronavirus vaccine back in mid-December. The state’s peak was 428-thousand doses in one week back in early April. Just over 50-percent of people in the state

There is no guidance from the state as to what local schools should do about wearing face masks next fall. Neither the Wisconsin Department of Health Services nor the state’s Department of Public Instruction are offering any recommendations for students or teachers. The CDC last week said vaccinated students and teachers don’t have to wear masks. Many local schools across the state have already announced that masks will be optional in the fall. Others, however, have not yet made their decisions.

Governor Evers, as expected, has rejected the plan to declare Wisconsin a Second Amendment sanctuary. The governor on Friday vetoed the legislation from Republicans that would have put the state on the record as being against certain federal gun laws, including a registration list. The governor said he’d rather have a ‘constructive’ conversation about gun laws instead.

Madison’s Audubon Society is suggesting that people take their bird feeders down as a way to try and contain the mystery illness killing some song birds. No one knows what is making the birds sick across the country. There are a few reports of a few sick or dead birds here in Wisconsin. The Audubon Society’s Matt Reetz says they are suggesting that people not feed birds out of an abundance of caution.