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The Badgers have lost another player to the transfer portal. A number of outlets yesterday said wide receiver Will Pauling is leaving Wisconsin for Notre Dame. Pauling had 42 catches for 407 yards and 3 touchdowns for the Badgers. He was injured in the Rutgers game, and saw less and less playing time after that.

It’s here! Merry Christmas to you and yours. No matter how you celebrate, we wish you the best of the season and a little magic along the way. On that note, how about a little “Christmas 101” to stuff your stocking? We celebrate it every year, but how many of us really know where all the traditions of Christmas came from? The word Christmas comes from the Latin word for “Christ’s Mass.” Most historians peg the first Celebration of Christmas

The man who gave Milwaukee Miller Park has passed away. Former Republican state Senator George Petak passed away yesterday at age 75. Petak cast the deciding vote to build what was then Miller Park back in 1995. The vote, which included the five county sales tax, cost Petak his seat in the state Senate. The Brewers were among the many who took time to remember Petak yesterday. The team said in a statement that Petak’s support was ‘crucial’ in keeping

Here’s one more piece of evidence that shows just how crucial of a swing state Wisconsin was in the November election. A new report says Milwaukee had the largest voter turnout of any big city in the country. Researchers at the University of California-San Diego say more than 85 percent of voters in Milwaukee cast a ballot in November. The four largest cities in America all saw 70-something percent turnouts. Milwaukee County saw an even larger, 89 percent voter turnout.

Madison will have a new police chief in about a month. Chief Shon Barnes yesterday said his last day will be February 1st. Barnes is leaving to become the new chief in Seattle. Barnes yesterday said Assistant Chief John Patterson be named interim chief. Madison’s mayor has said she wants to take some time to find Barnes’ replacement, though she’s not saying how long that will take. Barnes has been Madison’s chief since 2021.

The latest multi-billion-dollar ask from state lawmakers comes from child care advocates in Wisconsin. The group Wisconsin Early Childhood Action Needed yesterday joined with a number of other advocacy groups to ask Governor Evers for two billion-dollars for child care in the next state budget. Evers has said for years that he wants to pump more money into Wisconsin’s child car system. He says without it, many child care centers will close. The advocate said essentially the same thing yesterday.

Wisconsin State Troopers along with Dunn County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a two vehicle crash on Hwy 12/29 at county highway E in Dunn county near Menomonie. Upon arriving on scene officers found a deceased male driver from an overturned vehicle and four injured occupants from another vehicle. As officers continued the crash investigation, the surviving driver, 40 year old Mark Sokolowski, was subsequently arrested for homicide by intoxicated use of vehicle. The name of the deceased is being withheld

There aren’t a lot of details about a deadly weekend stabbing in Hudson. Police yesterday say the stabbing happened Sunday at a house on Orange Street. There’s no word about who was stabbed, or why. Hudson Police simply said the suspect, Jimmy Harriman Jr. was taken into custody and is now facing homicide charges. Hudson Police say the investigation remains on-going.

While many on Christmas Eve may warm up with a hot cup of cocoa NASA has other plans.  NASA’s Parker Solar probe will be making the closest ever known contact with the Sun for a  human-made object.  The spacecraft will approach within three-point-nine million miles of the Sun’s surface early this morning.  Mission control will have no contact with the probe until about three days later when NASA hopes to receive a signal confirming the mission’s success.  If all goes

Public health managers in Eau Claire say most of the people in the county continue to skip the flu shot. The city/county health department yesterday said just 28 percent of people have gotten the flu vaccine so far this year. That’s down from last year’s mark, which was 34 percent. The health department’s Kristy Polden says people might just be putting off getting the shot. She says some people wait til the flu season is in full effect. Flu season