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A western Wisconsin man is hoping the internet can come through for him. Jacob Yaeger is from Menomonie and is looking for a kidney. Recently, his Facebook post explaining his need went viral. Yaeger says he’s had at least 25-hundred people offer to help, some of them want to see if they could be a match for his kidney. Yaeger says he’s hoping that someone can come through.

The Air Force is not going to give local leaders in Madison a noise test. The Air Force last week denied a request from Madison Congressman Mark Pocan to fly an F-35 jet at Truax Field so that local leaders can hear how loud the jet is. Many locals say the new jets, which may be stationed in Madison, are too loud. The Air Force says one flight, on one day wouldn’t provide any scientific value to the conversation about

Students at three Wisconsin colleges, including here locally, are getting a chance to earn and learn at Foxconn. The company on said it’s going to hire college students as full time employees, but give them paid time off to continue their school work. Gateway Technical College, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and Chippewa Valley Technical College are the first schools in the new program, but Foxconn says more will likely join. There is no word when the first students will be hired and whether

Once again, the Green Bay Packers made it look easy in the first three quarters. And once again, the Packers had to hang-on to seal a win. Green Bay opened-up a 31-0 lead over the Cowboys yesterday, only to watch Dallas score 24 points in the final quarter. Green Bay would add a field goal to win 34-24. Aaron Jones ran for four touchdowns. The win moves Green bay to 4-1 and gives them the lead in the NFC North.

Wisconsin’s Republican U.S. Senator is getting a lot of headlines for saying that he doesn’t trust the FBI or CIA when it comes to investigating President Trump. Senator Ron Johnson set-off Meet The Press host Chuck Todd yesterday when he said that there are questions about the motives of people inside the agencies. Johnson specifically referred to Peter Strzok and James Comey. Todd shouted Johnson down after that.

The average cost for regular gas in Wisconsin is down four-cents-a-gallon compared to a week ago.  Triple-A says the average price statewide is two-dollars-and-51-cents, 15-cents-a-gallon below the nationwide average.  Some of the lowest prices are posted in Kenosha County at two-38 and Janesville at two-39.  Drivers are paying two-46 in Madison and two-67 in Superior and Pierce-St. Croix.   

For the fifth straight year, Chippewa Valley Technical College and its partners will be offering area veterans free dental care and other services at Give Vets a Smile, Nov. 2 from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at the CVTC Dental Clinic. Any veteran without other dental benefits who has a current military ID or is enrolled in VA Health Care is eligible to participate. Veterans should register for dental services and you can CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

One person is dead and two people are injured following a shooting at a cemetery in Wausau.  Police say a former employee of the cemetery shot several people Thursday morning.  Police believe the victims are all either employees or their family members.  A nearby apartment fire around the time of the shooting is also believed to be connected.  Police have arrested the suspect but it’s unclear how they connected him to the crime.

A convicted sex offender will soon live on Randall Street in Eau Claire. Police say Rob Collins will be released from prison on October 8th and live in a house in the 100 block of Randall.  Collins was convicted in 1998 of exposing himself to a child and third-degree sexual assault in Wood County.  He was also convicted of second-degree sexual assault of a child in Eau Claire County in 2006. PHOTO CREDIT: WEAU 13 NEWS

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is backing off from requirements regarding submitting deer for chronic wasting disease testing.  The DNR recently decided hunters in Rock Creek, Albany, Brunswick, Drammen, and Pleasant Valley no longer need to submit harvested deer.  The DNR is still holding voluntary testing and recommends hunters still submit deer during gun season.