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A sailor from La Crosse is finally getting a homecoming and a final goodbye.  George Naegle died in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.  His remains were not identified until recently.  Now, Naegle will be buried in La Crosse and receive the funeral he never got back in 1941.  Naegle’s family says everyone is invited to the funeral Saturday at the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman in La Crosse. 

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court is set to decide whether lawmakers in Madison can set their own schedule.  The court will hear arguments today from lawyers for the Wisconsin League of Women Voters who are challenging the entirety of last December’s extraordinary session at the Capitol.  The League says lawmakers cannot call themselves into session whenever they want, so all of the laws passed during that session are null and void.  Lawmakers say they specifically gave themselves the power to meet as they see

The Big Buddy and roller grill lunch isn’t the only thing that Kwik Trip has going for itself.  The folks at GasBuddy.com say Kwik Trip has the cleanest bathrooms in the entire state of Wisconsin.  GasBuddy released its annual traveler survey yesterday.  Kwik Trip also got the cleanest nod in Iowa and Minnesota. That’s good for road trippers who may be heading our way. Wisconsin once again just missed being among the top ten best places to live in the U.S.  The

Lottery officials are waiting for two big winners to come forward to claim their jackpots.  Officials today say one player matched Saturday’s SuperCash to win 350-thousand-dollars.  That ticket was sold at a Speedway on South Chicago Road in South Milwaukee.  On Friday a lucky ticket in Badger 5 was bought in Superior and is worth 73-thousand-dollars.  

An Eau Claire sex offender is being sentenced to probation for cutting off his ankle bracelet.  Reports say Leigh Beebe reached a plea deal yesterday and pleaded no contest to not updating his information with the state.  Beebe was previously convicted of third-degree sexual assault in Eau Claire in 2012 and was released in 2017.  After his latest conviction he’s getting two years of probation tacked onto his sentence. 

The owner of a Weston bar who was at the scene of a recent shooting says customers helped disarm the shooter.  Big Dan and Space Kelly’s Club manager Jared Elliott says he was inside the bar early Sunday morning when Sergio Retana started shooting someone.  Elliott says a bunch of his customers got the suspect to the ground and took his gun from him before police got there.  The bar has since re-opened. 

Three students are in custody after being accused of making shooting threats at a school near Madison.  The Poynette Police Department says Poynette School District officials contacted them over the weekend about the social media threat, leading to the arrest of three students.  The students are charged with making terroristic threats but no other information will be released because they’re juveniles. 

Authorities in Barron County hope a new set of eyes can get them some answers about the bone they found back in 2017.  Investigators yesterday said they are sending the bones to a lab in California for testing.  There’s still no ID on the bones, but the Barron County team says the bones belong to a middle age man who was shot in the head.  

Police in Glenwood City are telling neighbors to be aware, there could be a dangerous bear in town.  Officers say it looks like a bear attacked a local dog Sunday night.  The dog survived, but with some pretty severe injuries.  The dog’s owner told police he shot the bear at least once.  Glenwood City police and the Department of Natural Resources say they are both looking to find the bear. 

Drivers in Wisconsin who don’t drink and drive for six months after their first OWI conviction could get a second chance.  Senator Chris Larson is one of a handful of lawmakers who want to allow first time drunk drivers to voluntarily install an ignition interlock as a way to earn a second chance.  Larson says about 10 percent of drivers in Wisconsin have an OWI conviction, and he hopes his plan will let some of them clear their names.