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Two Wisconsin schools are on the list of the healthiest schools in America.  The Alliance for a Healthier Generation posted its results yesterday.  The criteria included schools serving healthier meals and snacks, getting more students to exercise, offering high-quality health and physical education and nurturing leadership skills.  Bay Middle School in Green Bay earned a gold standard rating and Honor Middle School in the Herman-Neosho-Rubicon School District earned a bronze rating.

We now know more about those involved in a stand off and shooting in Loyal that occurred last week. Enforcement from Loyal Police Department, Clark County Sheriff’s Office, Marathon County Sheriff’s Office, and Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office were engaged in a standoff with a suspect following a traffic stop and pursuit. During the standoff at the suspect’s residence, law enforcement deployed gas into the residence. As the standoff continued at the residence, the suspect fired on law enforcement and

We have a winner! Milk-n-More Tequila Naomi, a seven-year-old Jersey bred and owned by Milk-n-More Farms of Cecil, has been named the 2019 Wisconsin Cow of the Year. Naomi will be recognized with the honor at a special ceremony October 2 during World Dairy Expo. Nice shot, Tequila! Each year, a different Wisconsin purebred cattle association selects a cow to represent her breed as the Cow of the Year at World Dairy Expo. The honor rotates annually among Wisconsin’s seven

The Dunn County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council will be holding a forum on Wednesday, September 25th from 6-8 p.m. at the Dunn County Judicial Center. Attendees are invited to bring and submit questions for the panel to address. The forum will focus on the evolution of local drug trends and mental health issues in Dunn County, and how these areas impact the community as a whole. There will also be discussion surrounding current and future efforts to mitigate these evolving areas. Panelists

Today, Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald announced his candidacy for Wisconsin’s Fifth Congressional District. Fitzgerald, a 25-year legislative veteran and longtime leader of the Senate Republican caucus, released the following statement: “Washington is a mess. For too long, liberals and the elite have ignored the needs of working-class people. President Trump has made tremendous strides in fixing the D.C. dysfunction, but he needs more help. In Wisconsin, we know how to fix broken government and put taxpayers back in

Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) and Johnson Financial Group announced on the Top 16 products moving forward in the Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin contest. The products will now compete in the bracket-style tournament known as Manufacturing Madness. Here’s the list of the contenders: #1 Seed Henry Repeating ArmsBig Boy All-Weather RifleRice Lake#2 Seed Mercury Racing450R Outboard MotorFond du Lac#3 Seed GeneracDR Power 30” Wide Area MowerJefferson#4 Seed John Deere Horicon WorksX739 Signature Series Lawn TractorHoricon#5 Seed Mayville Engineering Company400

Two people are dead from a car versus semi-truck crash in Polk County.  The county sheriff’s department reports witnesses say a car was eastbound on Highway 63 yesterday afternoon when it didn’t stop at a stop sign near 60th Avenue and hit a semi-trailer.  The driver of the car and the passenger died at the scene.  No one involved has been identified.

Sheriff’s deputies are investigating after human remains were found near a burned down hunting stand in Juneau County.  The county sheriff’s office says it responded to a welfare check in Plymouth over the weekend and learned a 57-year-old Windsor man hadn’t been seen since last Friday.  Deputies later found human remains believed to belong to him near his car on his family’s hunting property.

A Portage County man wanted for not appearing in court is facing new charges after being found in a makeshift bunker.  Reports say Jeremiah Button was wanted on failure to appear charges stemming from a child porn and sexual assault case and hadn’t been seen in over three years.  Button was found in Marathon County last month.  He had a pre-trial hearing on Monday where he was charged with nine new counts of child pornography.

Over 95 percent of Wisconsin’s municipal water utilities are meeting safe drinking water standards.  According to a report from the state Department of Natural Resources, there were 449 violations of safe water standards at just over 100 of the state’s eleven-thousand-500 systems in 2018.  The report says more than half the systems were among the over 95-hundred licensed campgrounds, parks, motels, restaurants, churches, and other public service businesses that aren’t considered a primary source of public drinking water.  Some of the