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Several counties in Northeast Wisconsin have reached the orange level of air quality.  The air quality index is unhealthy for Marinette, Oconto, Door, Shawano, Waupaca, Brown, Outagamie, Kewaunee counties today.  The orange category means air quality is unhealthy and sensitive groups like those with respiratory or heart issues are advised to stay indoors.  Smoke from the wildfires in Canada and the western United States is the cause of the unhealthy air.

The search for a missing boater in Marathon County is over. Crews found 63-year-old Jim Dolphin’s body on the Wisconsin River yesterday morning. He’d been missing since Thursday. Dolphin, who is from Wausau, went into the river while fishing. The Marathon County Sheriff’s Office says another fisherman spotted his body and reported it to authorities yesterday morning.

The FAA is looking into how and why a small plane crashed in Hartford over the weekend. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says a female flight instructor died from her injuries after the crash. A male pilot was injured but is recovering. No one is saying just what happened. The plane went down in a farm field Saturday morning a few miles from the airport in Hartford.

Last week’s tornado count in southern Wisconsin is now up to ten. The National Weather Service added more tornadoes from Wednesday’s storms in Dane, Jefferson, and Waukesha counties over the weekend. The first tornado count was just three, then it grew to four last week. Forecasters say all of the tornadoes were EF-1, with winds speeds no greater than 105 miles-per-hour. There are no reports of any serious injuries from the storm, though the weather service says there were plenty of reports

As Coronavirus returns to the front burner, not everyone is ready to revisit last years regulations. Locally, as with much of the country, health officials are urging masks and citing a return in cases. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LOCAL INFO AND UPDATES. But, not everyone is back in the COVID-19 conversations so readily. We will show you different sides so you can decide. Wisconsin’s Republican U.S. senator says he wants the same information as the Washington Post when it comes

It seems just as we were fading away from the Coronavirus headlines, they are making a come back. It can be confusing, so we will look again at where we are at when it comes to updates here in our area and we will take it apart a piece at a time. First, the CDC has all of western Wisconsin under its ‘moderate’ coronavirus activity level. The CDC’s numbers show some counties, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Rusk and Trempealeau, have even

The state of Wisconsin wants your help in counting deer. The Department of Natural Resources yesterday launched the annual Operation Deer Watch. The idea is to count deer so the state knows how many deer can be taken during this year’s deer hunting seasons. DNR is asking people to count all deer they see between dawn and dusk, and report that number to the state. CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE WHITE TAILS.

Wisconsin’s wolf hunt likely won’t last long this year. The state’s Department of Natural Resources last week set a limit of 130 wolves killed this year. Hunters and trapped bagged 218 wolves in just about three days earlier this year. DNR and activists came down hard on those numbers. Advocates think 130 wolves is too many as well. Wisconsin’s wolf hunt is scheduled to start November 6th this year.

The former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice in charge of one of the state’s election reviews says it’s all about trust. Justice Michael Gableman was on UPFRONT on Milwaukee TV over the weekend. He said the goal of his review is to make sure that people in Wisconsin trust that their vote is counted, and that it counts. Gableman said he’s not looking to overturn the November election. Last week, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos gave Gableman more power and more people to help in his

There will be no Oneida Pow Wow this year. The tribe last week announced it is canceling the Pow Wow, which was set to run at the end of the month. The tribe says the spike in coronavirus activity was the major reason to cancel. Oneida leaders say they are looking at the possibility of having a virtual Pow Wow instead.