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The city of Madison is set to move toward a greener, more sustainable future.  At a community panel on Thursday, Madison Fleet Service superintendent Mahanth Joishy detailed how Madison is taking these steps.  Joishy pointed to the recent city purchases of three electric Chevrolet Bolt cars and six hybrid Ford Fusion vehicles for the Madison Police Department.  He noted that the city plans to buy more hybrid squad cars in 2019.  Joishy also said he anticipates about one-million pounds of

A new CDC report shows that suicides are driving the gun-death rate in both Wisconsin and the rest of the nation.  The CDC’s Wonder database found that 60-percent of over 39-thousand gun deaths in the nation last year were suicides.  In Wisconsin, 70-percent of 624 gun deaths last year were suicides. Eighty-four-percent of those who committed suicide with a gun in Wisconsin last year were white men.  While expanding background checks may prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands, UW-Madison Professor John Frey says they’d

A volunteer Girl Scout troop leader in Sun Prairie is accused of a sexually abusing a child repeatedly.  Sun Prairie Police say 49-year-old Steven Faust was arrested on tentative sex assault charges on Thursday.  Detectives say the alleged assaults happened between 2010 and 2015.  They also found that he was talking to multiple girls on social media.  The Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Badgerland Council have terminated Faust and maintain that their highest priority is the safety of the scouts.  

On Friday just before noon Department Wisconsin State Patrol, Bloomer fire department, Bloomer Ambulance, and Chippewa Falls Ambulance responded to a two vehicle crash with a fatality. A car driven by 77 year old William M Shelton, from Duluth was traveling N/B on STH 40 approaching the intersection with STH 64 and was required to stop for a stop sign. The passenger car proceeded into the intersection and was struck by a fully loaded tractor trailer driven by 42 year

Three controversial bills are now law.  Governor Scott Walker signed Senate Bills 883, 884 and 886 into law today and says the bottom line is the bills do nothing to fundamentally diminish executive authority.  Opponents claim the bills will trim the authority of incoming governors.  However, the most important powers of the governor remain intact, including the veto power which is considered one of the strongest for any governor in the country. 

The man accused of the gruesome killing of his pregnant wife and two children in Colorado is serving time in Wisconsin.  The Department of Corrections says Chris Watts was admitted to the Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun earlier this month.  He was moved from Colorado for safety reasons.  Watts pleaded guilty last month to the murders and was sentenced to five life sentences without parole. 

An Oshkosh man is charged with sexually assaulting a little girl while working in childcare and as a Santa Claus at the Oshkosh YMCA.  Seventy-five-year-old BT Adams is allegedly seen kissing and assaulting a three-year-old girl multiple times on surveillance video from last month and early this month.  Police ask parents to come forward if they have any concern about their child’s exposure to Adams or if they have additional information. 

The average price for a gallon of regular gas in Wisconsin is six-cents-lower than a week ago and 16-cents below the national average. Triple-A says the average price statewide is two-dollars-and-23-cents today,while the national average is two-39.  Drivers in the Pierce-St. Croix County area are paying the most at the pump at two-40.  The lowest prices are posted in Fond-du-Lac at two-eleven-a-gallon. 

Two people have been found dead after an investigation at a house in the Town of La Grange just south of Tomah.  Police say they got a 9-1-1 call yesterday morning from a home on Foothill Avenue.  They arrived to find a woman lying dead in the front yard and then went inside to find a man dead in the house.  Investigators say they currently believe the man is responsible for the woman’s death. They also say they believe this is

Police in Eau Claire are looking for two people suspected of robbing assisted living facilities in the area.  The Eau Claire Police Department says two women have been committing the crimes while posing to be there for job interviews but leave with stolen purses and credit cards.  If you have any information you are asked to take that to authorities.