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The man being blamed for a deadly crash in St. Croix County shouldn’t have been driving.  The St. Croix County Sheriff’s office yesterday said 37-year-old Brandon Lieffring was under the influence of something and driving on a suspended license when he sped away from a deputy on Saturday and crashed into a motorcycle.  The motorcycle’s rider, 39-year-old Dustin Kalland from Minnesota, died in the crash.  The sheriff says prosecutors could file formal charges against Lieffring today or tomorrow. 

Four 18-year-olds in Wausau are looking at a string of charges in what could be a drug robbery.  Police say Colton Bradberry, Curtis Schulz, Mitchell Tesch, and Devin Noskowiak snatched a 15-year-old at the end of June, beat him, stole his phone, and left him in the woods.  Prosecutors filed charges last week, including felony counts of child abuse.  Investigators say the four 18-year-olds were reportedly looking to rob someone of a pound of marijuana. 

There likely won’t be new Amtrak trains rumbling through western Wisconsin anytime soon.  Lawmakers in Minnesota didn’t include the money to foot the bill for a new Minneapolis to Chicago train line in their new state budget.  Wisconsin lawmakers approved 300-thousand-dollars this year for environmental studies for the line.  The full project has a price tag between 130 million and 140-million-dollars. 

Even as Wisconsin dairy farmers leave the business, they are not leaving their land.  A new report says the price of farmland in the state is steady.  The University of Wisconsin says farmland is selling for about 43-hundred dollars an acre, that’s up about eight-percent from five years ago.  Researchers say even though dairy farmers are getting out of the dairy business, they are not getting out of farming altogether.  That is helping keep the supply of available land small, and the price higher.  

Critics are questioning the Governor’s partial vetoes on the state budget.  Democratic Governor Tony Evers made 78 partial vetoes to the state budget which was passed by the Republican controlled state Legislature before he put his signature on it.  With those vetoes, he was able to allocate 87-million-dollars more to spend on K-12 school district aid than Republicans wanted.  That move has left some people feeling uncomfortable with the amount of power Evers has with his veto pen.  But, Evers

The annual Fourth of July fireworks at Marathon Park will take place TODAY, on the 6th of July.  The original display was washed out by rain so officials have rescheduled the show.  If you are looking to take in a fireworks show, this is your chance.

The UW Hospital is launching the first study in the country involving cell therapy for kidney transplant issues.  People who have kidney transplants can experience a potentially serious infection called cytomegalovirus or CMV.  As part of the study, doctors will infuse donor immune cells into people who develop the infection.  The CDC says more than ten-percent of American adults have chronic kidney disease.  Roughly 100-thousand people remain on the kidney transplant waiting list, but only about 16-thousand transplants happen every

The ol’ sheep herd might get a rest when it comes to you getting rest. Instead of warm milk and counting sheep, there is now a tech tool to help you sleep. The sleep headband developed by the Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness could make sleep more efficient and restorative.  The “deep sleep headband” tracks when your brain enters the deepest stage of sleep and then plays a series of beeps to keep your mind in that stage for longer.  The

The average price for a gallon of regular gas in Wisconsin is up a penny-a-gallon from a week ago.  Triple-A says the average price statewide is two-dollars-and-70-cents today, a nickel below the national average.  Drivers in Superior are paying the highest average price at the pump at two-77-a-gallon.  The lowest average price is posted in La Crosse and Janesville at two-61 for regular gas. 

The Fond du Lac County Health Department is urging parents to get their kids vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella.  Officials say a child attending Jesus Little Lambs Child Care in Fond du Lac has tested positive for mumps.  The health department says children who haven’t been immunized won’t be able to return to the center until the incubation period has passed, which is later this month.  The health department says the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is free of