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The folks who want tourists to drive into and around Wisconsin say a new poll shows plenty of support for fixing the roads.  The Association of Wisconsin Tourism Attractions on Friday said its survey shows 90 percent of people asked said roads are important to the state, and that 60 percent of people want to see the roads in Wisconsin improved.  The association says just about half of people they asked would support raising the state’s gas tax.  The tourism association says quality roads in the

Wisconsin’s Republicans in Washington D.C. are doing a bit of an ‘I told you so’ lap.  Republicans reacted as you would expect to the news Friday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller found no collusion between President Trump and the Russians back in 2016.  Congressman Sean Duffy said on Twitter that Democrats and the media need to apologize to the president.  Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson said it’s unfortunate that the investigation took two years and was nothing but a ‘distraction’

The last time Milwaukee played in Cleveland, Giannis wasn’t on the floor and the Bucks lost.  Yesterday’s game was a different story.  Giannis had 26 points, 10 rebounds, and seven assists to lead Milwaukee to a 127-107 victory.  Milwaukee has a best in the NBA record of 55-19. 

The Price County Sheriff’s Office reports that on March 24, 2019, at about 10:52 a.m., the Department received a 9-1-1 call reporting a one vehicle crash on State Highway 70 east of Hicks Landing Road in the Township of Fifield. Emergency personnel from the Fifield Fire Department, Fifield First Responders, Flambeau Hospital Ambulance Service, and the Price County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the scene. Initial investigation revealed the driver of a vehicle, 65 year old Russell Hansen, of Fifield

A Wausau babysitter accused of killing a two-month-old baby boy will stand trial.  On Friday, a Wisconsin judge said there’s enough evidence to proceed with the homicide case.  Marissa Tietsort admitted to placing the dead baby in his car seat and returning him to his mother last October.  She said the boy died in her care, but that she didn’t kill him.  Court documents say the child’s cause of death was blunt force head injuries and he also had a

A pair of Wisconsin deputies are being hailed as heroes after they rescued two bear cubs from a flooded den.  Ashland County Sheriff’s deputies Zach Pierce and Dylan Wegner reportedly heard the tiny bears screaming from their flooded den near the Bad River Indian Reservation on Friday.  The deputies dried the soaking wet bears off, warmed them up and left them for their mother who was apparently waiting nearby.  

Payton Pritchard knocked down 19 points to lead 12th-seeded Oregon to a 72-54 win over fifth-seeded Wisconsin in the South Region in San Jose.  Louis King added 17 points and Paul White pitched in with 14 for the Ducks, who outscored the Badgers 47-to-29 in the second half.  Oregon moves on to play 13th-seeded UC Irvine in Sunday’s second round.  Ethan Happ and Khalil Iverson each scored 12 points to lead Wisconsin, which shot just 6-of-30 from three.  The Badgers

GOP lawmakers are asking the appeals court to reverse a ruling that stops a series of lame duck laws which limit the powers of Democratic Governor Tony Evers.  On Thursday, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Richard Niess blocked the series of laws passed by Republicans in a lame-duck session in December.  A lawyer for GOP lawmakers says the ruling “is already causing serious harm to our state” and could undermine over 300 other laws and resolutions spanning the last 40

Spring snowmelt run-off from the upper Chippewa River watershed is resulting in rising river levels on the Chippewa River in Eau Claire. At 11:30 a.m. today the Chippewa River gauge at Grand Avenue read 763.1 feet. This is 9.9 feet below the downtown flood stage of 773 feet. The river at its current level is nearing our Action stage of 764 feet. At this level, some areas of the Chippewa River Trail could become covered by water, so for the

Wisconsin’s infrastructure is taking a big hit from this month’s flooding.  The state Department of Military Affairs says today nearly two-million-dollars in infrastructure damage has been sustained.  Military veterans are volunteering their time and effort in Fond du Lac to help residents recover.  Green Bay is recommending flood victims call 2-1-1 for assistance.