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Western Wisconsin may be home to an underrated city according to one publication.  USA Today is ranking Eau Claire at number two in their list of hidden gems that should be explored.  The article says the city is vibrant, especially for music lovers.  Cities were judged based on the number of restaurants, museums, landmarks, safety and cleanliness. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM VISIT EAU CLAIRE!

The SS Badger is offering Packers fans a ride to the season opener on September 7th.  Attendees of the Packers-Lions matchup can ride on a four hour cruise across Lake Michigan the day of.  The boat leaves Ludington at 9 a.m. Eastern time and is expected to arrive in Manitowoc at noon Central time.  People boarding the SS Badger will be treated to food, drinks and entertainment.  Travel time from Manitowoc to Lambeau Field is 45 minutes by car. 

The current Wisconsin Secretary of State is announcing her run for lieutenant governor.  Sarah Godlewski, a Democrat, announced her campaign today at the Madison Labor Temple.  She previously served as the State treasurer.  Current Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez is running for Governor.

A Wisconsin man accused of faking his own death and fleeing the country is set to enter a plea next week.  Prosecutors say Ryan Borgwardt staged his own disappearance using an overturned kayak on Big Green Lake in Green Lake County, made his way to Canada, flew to Asia, and eventually started living in the Republic of Georgia.  Investigators say he moved to be with a woman he met on a dating app, leaving his wife and children behind in

 Authorities report they’ve identified a human skull found nearly 23 years ago in St. Croix County.  The remains were found inside a plastic bag and in a wooded area of Houlton by a group of Boy Scouts in October of 2002.  DNA evidence has helped investigators to identify the skull as belonging to 92-year-old Alyce Peterson who had died of natural causes in Minnesota in 2001.  There is no word on how her skull found its way to St. Croix

The father of the Abundant Life Christian School shooter last year is asking a Dane County judge to dismiss the charges again him.  Jeffrey Rupnow and his lawyer filed a motion this week arguing that he didn’t allow his daughter, Natalie Rupnow, to access the family’s gun safe, even though she did.  Natalie Rupnow opened fire at the school last December, killing two and injuring six others before taking her own life.  Her father is charged with two counts of

Charges are being filed against a La Crosse man accused of strangulation and false imprisonment.  Thirty-one-year-old Trenton Russell called police on Monday saying that someone had come into his home without consent and that he had forcibly thrown the man out.  With officers on the way to the scene, that other man — Ryan Freeman — called police to say he had been attacked by Russell.  Freeman says that he had been staying at the home for nearly a month,

The trial dates for a man charged with killing a UW-Whitewater gymnast last year are being bumped back to next year.  The trial for Chad Richards was originally set to begin in December.  However, jury selection is now scheduled for June 8th, with the trial set to start June 9th.  Richards is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the shooting death of Kara Welsh in August 2024.  Prosecutors say the pair were in a relationship at the time of the

Congressman Derrick Van Orden is being credited for his role in saving the life of a child over the weekend.  The representative from Wisconsin’s 3rd congressional district was driving with his wife Saturday on I-35 in southern Iowa when he heard the sound of an accident.  The couple doubled back and Van Orden — a former combat medic — ran to the scene and applied makeshift tourniquets to an injured eleven-year-old boy.   The child is hospitalized now and recovering.

State health officials are warning about possible measles exposure at two travel centers.  People may have been exposed to the virus at the Pilot Travel Center on Milwaukee Road in Beloit and the Flying J Travel Center on 70th Avenue in Roberts.  This would have happened August 4th between the hours of 7:15 a.m. and 10 a.m. at the Flying J — and between 11:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at the Pilot in Beloit.  The Department of Health Services says