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An Elkhorn man is getting a new kidney thanks to a post that went viral on Twitter.  The Journal Sentinel reports Lenny Zweig was pictured at a Brewers game back in April with a t-shirt asking people to share their spare kidney.  Since then, the post has been shared over 18-thousand times and resulted in the pairing of Zweig with Emily Nowak who is donating one of her kidneys to save his life.  Zweig’s surgery is expected to take place

Bucky gets puck-y…The UW women’s hockey team is the new number one team in the NCAA.  The Badgers received all 15 first place votes in the U.S. College Hockey Online poll today after defending national champion Clarkson dropped its first game of the season last Friday. Wisconsin is now eight-and-oh on the season.  This is the fifth straight season the Badgers have received a first place ranking.

FROM THE BARRON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT: You can be part of the search for 13 year old Jayme Closs. TOMORROW (Tuesday, October 23rd) officials are conducting an expanded routine search for articles of evidentiary value that may be related to the incident. Two thousand volunteers are needed and should report to the staging area at 1883 Hwy 25, Barron WI, also known as The Hungry Hollow Grounds at the intersection of Hwy 25 and 19 th Ave no later than

New details are out surrounding the disappearance of 13-year-old Jayme Closs who went missing after her parents were found murdered inside their home last Monday.  Officials are revealing the 911 call placed from the Closs household the day of the murders came from the phone belonging to mom Denise Closs.  Dispatchers say they were not able to speak to anyone directly, but could hear a disturbance going on in the background.  After the call was disconnected, they attempted to call

Pets and their owners are getting into the Halloween spirit.  The annual Strut Your Mutt Howl-O-Ween event was held yesterday afternoon at the Hobbs Ice Arena boat landing in Eau Claire.  Around 25 pets and 50 people participated in the event, which included a costume contest and a walk along the Chippewa River Trail.

The Brewers are looking to the future after falling one game short of the World Series.  Milwaukee experienced a disappointing five-to-one loss Saturday night to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game Seven of the National League Championship Series.  Officials with the team say they see a bright future for the team.  The Dodgers will take on the Boston Red Sox in the World Series.

Both candidates vying for the District 23 State Senate are bringing their messages to Chippewa Falls.  Chris Kapsner spoke with voters yesterday during an event at By the Willow, joined by former Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton.  His Republican opponent Kathy Bernier was also in Chippewa Falls yesterday, appearing with Governor Walker.

Republican Governor Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Tony Evers are drawing clear lines on where they stand on issues like immigration, taxes, school funding, and roads.  The two candidates for governor met in their first televised debate Friday.  Walker emphasized that he was proud to be governor and wanted to “finish the job” in the next four years, while downplaying criticism from a fourth former cabinet member.  Evers called Walker a career politician and says the state needs a change. 

This is the week to bring out your lucky horseshoes and four-leaf clovers.  America’s two largest lotteries are expecting a combined jackpot of more than two-billion dollars.  There was no winner in Saturday’s Powerball drawing.  That means Wednesday’s drawing is expected to reach at least 620-million dollars.  And that will be a day after Mega Millions is offering a world-record jackpot of one-point-six billion dollars.  Powerball had the previous world record at just under one-point-six billion for a 2016 drawing. 

Was it a Netflix binge weekend for you? Making a Murderer Part Two is now available on Netflix.  The documentary series revolves around the murder convictions of Steven Avery and his nephew, Brendan Dassey.  They were found guilty of the 2005 murder of 25-year-old Teresa Halbach.  Both men insist they did not kill the photographer, whose burned body was found outside her trailer in northern Wisconsin –Manitowac County.  The second season will focus on Avery’s and Dassey’s lives in prison.