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ABOVE PHOTO: Mark Holley and Alex Edward posing with Marks giant pumpkin that weighed in at an impressive1,407lbs. Wisconsin has a new record for the largest pumpkin. Jim Ford grew a pumpkin that weighed-in at two thousand-551 pounds at Saturday’s Ginormous Pumpkin Festival in Altoona. Ford’s pumpkin was one of five that weighed more than two-thousand pounds. The Chippewa Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers hosted the festival to promote the Chippewa Valley’s pumpkin producing prominence.

Former President Trump focused mainly on immigration while speaking at a rally in Wisconsin. While addressing the crowd, Trump returned to the subject of Springfield, Ohio, saying the influx of Haitian migrants is harming the city and calling on the mayor to take a firm stance against the surge in immigration. Trump spent much of his 75-minute speech criticizing Harris and President Biden about immigration.  The rally was originally planned to be held outdoors, but was moved indoors to the

Wilma J Peeples, 37 years of age, from Chicago, IL has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 1st offense, with three children in the vehicle under the age of 16.  On Sunday, September 29, 2024, at approximately 10:57 AM a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle on I-94 eastbound near milepost 76 for a speed violation.  The Trooper observed signs of impairment and a subsequent investigation, showed

Hello. Welcome to your weekend! We’re glad you are here. We are settling into the last weekend in September with some last chances for Summer temperatures. Does it feel like the year is flying by? Yeah, we get it. That’s why we use Saturday mornings as a way to intentionally slow things down for a bit with a look back at events that happened on these days in history. Think of it as a peek back before we head out

Wisconsin gets more political attention today. Former President Trump will land in Prairie Due Chein and is expected to speak about the border and immigration while he visits our area.  His campaign announced that Trump will speak at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Prairie du Chien Area Arts Center and doors will open at 8:30 a.m. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Wisconsin opens Big Ten play today on the Pacific coast as the Badgers take on first-year conference member Southern Cal.  Today’s contest is only the eighth meeting all-time between the two teams and the first since the Badgers beat the Trojans 23-21 in the 2015 Holiday Bowl.  The bowl victory was the Badgers’ only win over the Trojans.  Today’s game also marks the two teams’ first regular season meeting and first in Los Angeles in nearly six decades when Wisconsin

Robert F. Kennedy Junior will remain on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot.  The state’s Supreme Court issued the ruling Friday, unanimously rejecting the lawsuit to have his name removed.  Justices called Kennedy’s legal briefs “inadequate.”  Earlier Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Kennedy’s appeal to be placed on the New York ballot.

Nearly half of Americans say they feel lonely at least sometimes, but Wisconsin is among the states with the lowest rate of loneliness.  That’s according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s latest Household Pulse Survey, which looks at Americans’ financial and economic well being, among other topics.  The survey says 40-point-three-percent of U.S. adults reported experiencing feelings of loneliness at least sometimes.  Wisconsin had the third-lowest rate at 37-percent, behind Iowa and Delaware.  Alaska had the highest rate of loneliness at

The leader of a Western Wisconsin drug trafficking organization is going to prison.  Hector Jimenez-Sosa of Eau Claire was sentenced in U-S District Court for distributing meth.  The federal investigation says he was the head of a meth, fentanyl, and cocaine ring, getting the drugs via mail from California.  After his sentence is finished, he’ll have four years of supervised release.

The University of Wisconsin regents are unanimously voting to fire former UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow.  The Board voted earlier this morning to terminate Gow’s employment.  Gow has been on paid leave since last winter, after he and his wife were found to have been posting porn videos online.  Gow says posting the videos was a form of free speech and self-expression.  He’s expected to make a statement later today.