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After political attention from both President and Vice President Pence, Wisconsin now plans for a visit from Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden. On Monday, September 21, Joe Biden will travel to Manitowoc, Wisconsin. We will know more details in the coming days.  

Big Ten schools and fans now know what this Fall 2020’s rebooted football season’s schedule looks like.  In a tweet yesterday, the conference revealed the details of the eight game in-conference set beginning October 24.  New for this year will also be a ninth Big Ten Champions Week game for all 14-teams the weekend of December 19.  The Badgers open the season at home against the Fighting Illini October 24 with kickoff at a time yet to be determined.

Howdy! Welcome to your weekend. On Saturday mornings we like to offer you a little “scroll down memory lane” with a look back on the pages of history and the events that happened on this day that are now written on those pages. As you start your own day today, here are a few moments that lead us to this one. Today is Saturday, September 19th, the 263rd day of the year.  There are 104 days until the end of

Governor Tony Evers asks for Department of Workforce Development head, Caleb Frostman’s resignation.  Governor Evers said yesterday afternoon that Frostman’s resignation is effective immediately.  The Governor says “significant delays” in getting unemployment benefits to those who have applied is what led to the decision to let Frostman go.  The Deputy Secretary of the Department of Corrections, Amy Pechacek will take the helm at Workforce Development until a permanent director is named.

A University of Wisconsin’s health official says many people aren’t eager to participate in COVID-19 contact tracing efforts. UW’s Chief Health Quality Officer, Doctor Jeff Pothof says not even a third of those who test positive are willing to work with contact tracers.  He says the only way to help during the public health emergency is to be honest with contact tracers.  Doctor Pothof says some don’t want to reveal how they got COVID-19 because they caught it while not

Friends and colleagues are mourning the death of a Bay Port High School teacher.  Heidi Hussli died yesterday morning after being hospitalized with COVID-19.  Hussli was a German teacher at the school for 16 years.   Classes are canceled on Monday and Tuesday and counselors have been made available for faculty, staff and students. However, the family of the Bay Port teacher who passed away last week after testing positive for the coronavirus doesn’t think she caught the virus at school.

The average cost of regular gas in Wisconsin is 17-cents-a-gallon lower than the national average.  Triple-A says the price per gallon in the Badger State is $2.01 today.  The price at the pump is 2.01 in Madison,  two-dollars in Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha County and Wausau and 2.03 in Madison.  Drivers are paying $2.18 nationwide.

On September 17th at 1 p.m., the Sawyer County Dispatch Center received information from the Bayfield County Sheriffs Office regarding a bicycle crash with injury. The crash was located in the Town of Spider Lake approximately h mile south of Camp 38 Road on a single-track bicycle trail. Upon arrival, Fire and EMS personnel found 67 year old Joseph A. Timmerman, of Hayward, deceased at the scene of the crash. Witness statements indicate that Timmerman lost control of his bicycle

Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin native and Chippewa Falls Senior High School graduate DeShawn Richardson is serving aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during Exercise Valiant Shield, Sept. 14-25.  Valiant Shield focuses on integration of training in a blue-water environment. This training enables real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces through detecting, locating, tracking, and engaging units at sea, in the air, on land, and cyberspace in response to a range of mission areas. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

Attorney General Josh Kaul announced today charges against 62 year old Lori Kleinhans of Sheboygan County, in connection with alleged schemes to defraud Medicaid both as a provider and recipient of Medicaid benefits. The investigation was conducted by the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ). According to the criminal complaint, Kleinhans was a nurse that consistently billed Medicaid for twelve hours of work per day for providing in-home care to a frail toddler in the summer of 2018. Surveillance camera footage,