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Kyle Rittenhouse’s mom says she would not have allowed her son to go to Kenosha, Wisconsin back in August, but didn’t know he was going.  Wendy Rittenhouse spoke to the Chicago Tribune this week.  She says no one should have been in Kenosha during the city’s nights of violence, including her son.  Rittenhouse, however, said her son is not the only one at fault for what happened.  Kyle Rittenhouse is facing homicide charges for killing two people and wounding a third.  His

 Wisconsin health officials say they’ve created a “Critically High” category to describe the state’s COVID cases.  It means there are at least a thousand cases per 100-thousand people.  The change comes after the infection rate across the state reached twice the threshold of the top category, which was “Very High.”  The current average infection rate is more than 13-hundred cases per 100-thousand.

A woman in Madison is the first person in Wisconsin to get a double lung transplant after suffering from COVID-19.  Carmen Lerma has been in the hospital since October and doctors considered the double transplant her only chance for survival.  She only had to wait a few days before having surgery and was released from the transplant unit November 5th.  Her surgeon says she still has a long way to go, but Lerma says being able to be with her family again

Francesca Hong is the first Asian American to serve in the Wisconsin State Legislature.  Hong won the 76th Assembly District, defeating Republican Patrick Hull, 88-percent to 12-percent.  She will be taking the Assembly seat held by former state Rep. Chris Taylor.  Hong is a daughter of Chinese immigrants, a mother, community organizer and service industry worker.

Police are investigating the theft of a rare and valuable pine tree from the University of Wisconsin Arboretum.  The 25-foot Algonquin Pillar Swiss Mountain pine was cut down sometime between November 5th and November 9th.  The tree was planted in 1988 on Arboretum Drive, east of Wingra Street.  A white fir close by also had a 12-foot section cut off the top and left behind.  Damages to the tree are worth around 13-thousand-dollars.  Anyone with information is asked to call the university

Following the announcement of 100% capacity at area hospitals, along with the executive order issued by Gov. Tony Evers concerning the rise of COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin, three western Wisconsin regional UW campuses have decided to move to remote instruction after Thanksgiving break, the chancellors said in a joint statement.  “We all had high hopes of returning to campus after the fall break to continue our in-person classes,” said UW-Eau Claire Chancellor Jim Schmidt. “But with these two pieces of important

Many people participated in ceremonies to celebrate and honor our Veterans this week, and for this weeks Friday Feel Good, that salute continues.   A retired contractor in Acton, Massachusetts named Mark wanted to stay busy during the pandemic by building a disabled veteran a new home.  He got his town to sell him the land for $1, and people have donated around $40,000 in time to help make it happen. HEAR THE STORY WITH A CLICK BELOW:

We now know the name of the victim involved in a car versus horse crash. UPDATE – 11/13/20The victim in this fatal crash is identified as 60 year old Jill Sabin, of Fairchild, WI. No other information is being released at this time. An early morning crash turns deadly in Eau Claire County. It happened at around 5:00 AM on November 12th. The Eau Claire County Sheriff Office was dispatched to a one vehicle crash in the 21000 block of

73rd Alice in Dairyland Julia Nunes will mark the start of the 2020 Christmas tree season with a ceremonial tree cutting Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. on Facebook Live. (An easy click is below) The event is held in mid-November each year at a different Wisconsin Christmas tree farm in partnership with the Wisconsin Christmas Tree Producers Association. In addition to the tree cutting, Nunes will take viewers on a virtual tour of Evergreen Acres in Walworth County, the

 Eau Claire police say someone is using their non-emergency phone number to make scam calls. They say residents were receiving calls from someone pretending to be police and accusing them of crimes. Police say for people who get a call from a number ending in 4-9-7-2, it’s not them. The suggestion is simply to hang up.