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J.J. Watt and fiancée Kealia Ohai are married.  NBC15 reports the two professional athletes tied the knot in a ceremony in the Bahamas yesterday in the presence of family and friends.  The former Badger and Ohai had obtained their civil marriage license last week in Harris County, Texas.  After Watt’s college years in Madison he has since become a standout defensive end with the Houston Texans as well as a major non-profit cause fund raiser and philanthropist.  Ohai is a

Milk, cheese, Packers. Beer, brats, Brewers. Barns, Bucks, Bucky. However you slice up the Wisconsin (cow) pie, we love it here-and today is a day to celebrate all that is our ‘Wisco Pride! It’s not the state’s birthday, but it is its day of national recognition.  Today is Wisconsin Day which celebrates the people and rich history of the state.  Wisconsin joined the Union as the 38th state in May of 1848.  The first capital was Belmont founded in 1836, but it moved to

It’s not only Valentine’s Day, it’s National Organ Donor Day.  Over 120-thousand people await an organ in the United States.  Every ten minutes someone is added to the national organ transplant list and every day 22 people die waiting.  According to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network there are 18-hundred-and-30 people waiting for organs including over 14-hundred kidney, 285 liver and 85 heart patients.

Senator Tammy Baldwin says President Trump is taking money from the Wisconsin economy.  The Wisconsin Democrat is objecting to the Department of Defense’s plan to take millions of dollars appropriated for Oshkosh Corporation and use it to build the southern border wall.  Baldwin says the president’s action to take over 100-million-dollars appropriated by Congress for Oshkosh Corp. is taking money away from Wisconsin workers.  She says President Trump promised the people of Wisconsin the border wall would be paid for by Mexico, but the American taxpayer is picking

The cost for regular gas in Wisconsin is a penny-a-gallon lower than a week ago and 12-cents-a-gallon below the national average.  Triple-A says the average price statewide is two-dollars-and-31-cents today.  Drivers in Appleton are paying two-27, in Green Bay two-29, Milwaukee two-24 and two-26 in Madison.  Farther west Eau Claire is posting a price of two-41, while gas is two-49 in Barron County and two-54 in Washburn.

At least one crossword puzzle fan wants a refund from USA Today after solving one of the clues.  Phil Hulett explains fills in the blanks for us: CLICK HERE FOR THE ANSWER TO THE CLUE

It is oh-so cold again in west-central Wisconsin.  The National Weather service says it got as cold as negative 15 degrees in Eau Claire this morning with wind chills around 30.  The high today will be around 14 degrees. Remember those layers to stay warm on this Valentines Day! And just a reminder that our local warming centers are open as well. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

We’re in the middle of the deadliest month of the year for snowmobile accidents.  The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says a dozen people have died in snowmobile accidents so far this winter season.  The DNR says about six people die every February and about 16 people die every winter season.

A Colfax man will be tried on first-degree murder charges.  Gary Styer appeared in Dunn County Court Thursday where a judge ruled there’s enough evidence in the case to send him to trial.  Styer’s accused of beating his father to death with a two-by-four at their home last month.  Police say Styer admitted to killing his father because he abused him as a child.

A senior center is celebrating after reaching its fundraising goal of $1.1 million toward a new senior fitness center addition. The L.E. Phillips Senior Center raised the money through a campaign that started in the fall of 2019. The L.E. Phillips Senior Center launched the campaign in October 2019 to design and build the 14,000 sq. ft. addition. The new addition will be attached to the existing center and will provide for a huge new space for an upgraded fitness