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WI Sports Recap: Packers Preseason Kicks Off, Brewers Go Five in a Row

By Morgan McCarthy | August 11, 2024

Packers quarterback Jordan Love may finish the preseason with a perfect passer rating. Love threw a 65-yard touchdown pass to Dontayvion Wicks on the third play of the game and Green Bay cruised to a 23-10 win at Cleveland on Saturday. Head coach Matt LaFleur said after the game he does not plan on playing Love or other starters next Sunday at Denver. He did say that starters would see reps during a joint practice with the Broncos. LaFleur did

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On This Day..

By Morgan McCarthy | August 10, 2024

Hello. Welcome to your weekend. We are glad you are here. Incase you are new to visiting the 715 Newsroom, let me just say “thank you” for being here. If you are a regular, “thank you” for coming back. We appreciate your time…and recognize that it seems to go faster all the time! On that note, we like to slow things down a bit to start your Saturday with our “scroll down memory lane.” This is just a simple look

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US Medal Count Moves UP as Olympics Wind Down

By Morgan McCarthy | August 10, 2024

As the Olympics continue, here’s peek at where the US is and what events are coming up today. The U.S. men’s basketball team is going for their fifth straight gold medal today at the Paris Olympics. LeBron James and Team USA will square off with France for the gold. The U.S. advanced after knocking off Serbia on Thursday. James put up just the fourth triple-double in Olympics history, while Steph Curry poured in a game-high 36 points in the comeback

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Go Pack Go!

By Morgan McCarthy | August 10, 2024

The Packers travel to Cleveland this afternoon for their preseason opener. A number of starters, including quarterback Jordan Love, are expected to play. Head coach Matt LaFleur said earlier this week he considers it beneficial for starters to play “just to kind of knock some of the rust off.” Kickoff is at 3:25 p.m AND YOU CAN CLICK HERE FOR MORE PACKERS FUN.

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Funding Set for Affordable Housing For Veterans

By Morgan McCarthy | August 9, 2024

Affordable housing for veterans is expanding in Madison, thanks to more than 68-thousand dollars in funding. The U-S Department of Housing and Urban Development says the money will go to the Madison Community Development Authority to help homeless veterans. The program will help them find a place to live, and give them vouchers to help pay for rent. HUD is giving out 20-million dollars nationally to address housing for veterans.

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Bonus Antlerless Harvest Tags Coming Soon

By Morgan McCarthy | August 9, 2024

Wisconsin bonus antlerless harvest authorizations will be available for purchase starting Monday morning. The state Department of Natural Resources says the authorizations, formerly known as tags, will go on sale in daily phases based on management zones. Harvest opportunities also vary by management zone. More information is available on the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources website WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

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Friday Feel Good: Angels Among Us

By Morgan McCarthy | August 9, 2024

During the summer stretch kids like to get outside and get their feet in the grass and sometimes that can take them into situations you would never expect.  For this week’s Friday Feel Good we go to Kansas and meet a family able to celebrate a miracle. First responders in Kansas saved a 14-month-old toddler who fell down a pipe last week.  It was a foot wide and 12 feet deep, but he wasn’t seriously hurt.  The boy’s father Blake talks about the

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Charges Filed Against Suspect in Rural Home Shootings

By Morgan McCarthy | August 9, 2024

There are charges against a Bloomer man who deputies say shot a couple of rural Eau Claire County homes. Prosecutors filed charges yesterday against Brandon Flanary of Bloomer. The sheriff’s office says he randomly fired shots back on July 14th along Town Hall Road, just west of Eau Claire. His bullets hit two homes in the area. The sheriff’s office says he later admitted that he was driving around drunk, and firing his gun.

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Man Sentenced in Break in, Beating

By Morgan McCarthy | August 9, 2024

The man who broke into an Eau Claire home, stole a gun, and then went and beat a woman with that gun is headed to prison. A judge in Eau Claire yesterday sentenced Mitchell Henke to three years in prison. Police launched a week-long search for Henke, and eventually found him in Oshkosh. Prosecutors say Henke was armed and dangerous, and beat the woman in front of her two-year-old child. Henke will serve three years of probation once he’s released.

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Three of Four Suspects in Custody, Bond Set

By Morgan McCarthy | August 9, 2024

Three of the four men accused of holding down and killing a man outside Milwaukee’s downtown Hyatt are in custody. A judge yesterday set bond for two of the suspects, the third is waiting to go before a judge. The fourth suspect has yet to turn himself in to police. Milwaukee County prosecutors are charging all four with murder in connection to D’Vontaye Mitchell’s death. The medical examiner says he died from restraint asphyxia, as well as the toxic effects

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