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Portions of the city of Fort Atkinson are being monitored by the EPA after a massive warehouse fire.  Yesterday, WKOW reported environmental protection personnel are keeping an eye on air and ground water quality near the site of the fire on Oak Street.  It took nearly all the city’s water supply as well as a hundred-50-firefighters working over 96-hours to complete the pull down of the warehouse fire that started last Tuesday.  The warehouse used to store military equipment parts

A man lost his life in a motorcycle crash. It was on Saturday, August 14, at approximately 12:43 a.m., when the Menomonie Police Department was dispatched to one vehicle motorcycle crash near the intersection of Hwy 29 West and River Road in the City of Menomonie. When officers arrived on scene, they found a motorcycle on its side near a driveway to the Menomonie Community Services Department building. Officers located a 38-year-oldmale that appeared to have been ejected from the

 A 19-year-old Wisconsin woman is being charged with neglect after shooting a friend while playing with a cat.  The woman went to use the laser sight on a handgun so the cat could chase the light.  As she was handling the weapon the gun went off and a man was hit in the thigh.  According to a criminal complaint filed Thursday alcohol may have contributed to the accidental shooting.

Hello. Welcome to your weekend. Each Saturday we like to start the day with “scroll down memory lane.” It’s just a look back at some of the key events that have happened on this day in the pages of history. So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s take a look back before we push ahead into the new day, shall we? Today is Saturday, August 14th, the 226th day of the year.  There are 139 days until the end

The VA hospital in Madison launches a new cancer center.  Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough was on hand yesterday for the ribbon cutting ceremony at William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital.  The new center can provide radiation therapy and other forms of cancer treatments for three-hundred patients.  Work on the VA’s 13-point-five-thousand square foot cancer center began back in 2018. 

Half of Wisconsonites are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19.  Fresh data from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services yesterday confirmed 50-percent of all residents are now fully vaccinated in Wisconsin.  The percentage calculation is based on all residents, not only on those who are eligible to get the vaccine.  The health office says of eligible adults now six out of ten are fully vaccinated in Wisconsin.  In a statement, Governor Tony Evers said, “It’s an incredible milestone.” CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

From the Olympic stage, to the deer district, Field of Dreams to our own Lambeau leaps sports plays a big part of many peoples lives, and for this weeks Friday feel good we leave WI and look to the playbook of a game with a bigger purpose.  CLICK HERE TO HEAR MORE WITH MORGAN MCCARTHY: In New York, a group of high school and college basketball players are trying to break a world record for the longest basketball game.  They’ve been playing to break

 Governor Evers is reminding Wisconsinites who need health insurance that the deadline to sign up for coverage is fast approaching.  The open enrollment deadline for the Healthcare Marketplace is this Sunday, August 15th.  For those in need of health insurance they can access it at Healthcare-dot-gov.

Traffic pattern changes will be put in place during Green Bay Packers home games.  Beginning tomorrow when the Packers host the Houston Texans, Holmgren Way and Armed Forces Drive will be closed two hours before the game and will last until two hours after the game.  The City of Ashwaubenon has posted a list and a map of the road closures.

The average price for regular gas in Wisconsin is a penny a gallon lower than a week ago.  Heading into the weekend Triple-A says the price at the pump in the Badger State is three-dollars-and-four-cents a gallon today.  The national average is three-18.  Drivers are paying three-ten-a-gallon in Kenosha County, three-oh-eight in Eau Claire and La Crosse, three-oh-two in Madison, two-96 in Green Bay and two-88 in Fond du Lac.