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Our warmer, humid weather has certainly made it feel more like the dog days of summer lately and for this week’s Friday Feel Good we actually meet a dog hero of summer!  A police dog in North Carolina helped get a lost little boy home after someone spotted him walking down a road all alone this month.   The kid is around six, and couldn’t tell cops where he lived because he’s autistic and non-verbal.  Union County Sheriff Public Information Officer Lieutenant James

The man accused of fondling two teenage boys near the Duncan Creek bike path last year will not be going to trial. A judge yesterday found Cody Blassingame not competent enough for trial. He was homeless and hanging-out near the bike path when police say he grabbed two boys and made sexual suggestions. He is being treated at a state hospital, and prosecutors say he likely will be found competent enough for trial sometime in the future.

A wanted man from Wisconsin who ran away 30 years ago is back in jail. Police in West Des Moines arrested 71-year-old George Hartleroad for not having a reflective light on the back of his bike. It was then that they learned Hartleroad was wanted for running away from a Madison halfway house back in 1995. He’s still wanted to this day. Police say Hartleroad told them he’d run away again if let go. Hartleroad did time in Wisconsin for

Chippewa County is getting-in on the app game. Sheriff Travis Hakes says there’s now an app that has all sorts of information about the county and its services. That includes things like ATV route maps, a jail inmate roster, and tourism information. The sheriff says, however, the app is not just for his office. And he says it cannot be used to call 911 or contact the sheriff’s office at all. That still requires a phone call. You can get

A judge is not stopping the push to email ballots to disabled voters this year. Dane County Judge Everett Mitchell yesterday refused to block his order that will allow local election managers to email ballots to voters who need a machine to read them their choices. Mitchell says it’s a case of disability rights, but some Republicans worry that allowing for emailed ballots will open-up an opportunity for fraud. Voters only have to self-certify that they are disabled. The case

One of Wisconsin’s tribes doesn’t want to see the Apostle Islands turned into a national park. The Red Cliff Ojibwe this week said they do not want to see the islands in Lake Superior turned into a park. The islands are just off the coast of the Red Cliff reservation, and tribal leaders say they are worried about the possible influx of visitors if the islands are declared a national park. Northwoods Congressman Tom Tiffany is suggesting the islands be

Local governments across Wisconsin got their first billion-dollars from the state’s shared revenue plan. Governor Tony Evers’ office announced the payment yesterday. In all, cities, towns, and counties will get over one-and-a-half billion-dollars from the state. Lawmakers and the governor came to terms on the shared revenue deal last year as a way to help local governments find more money for things like police, fire, and EMS services. The same deal allowed Milwaukee and Milwaukee County to raise their sales

Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and the Scarecrow are coming back to Oconomowoc. The city is getting its Wizard of Oz plaza ready for a celebration of the movie in a few weeks. Oconomowoc will host a special screening of The Wizard of Oz on August 15th to commemorate the 85th anniversary of the film’s first showing there. The statues of the characters were taken down and spruced-up in anticipation of the celebration. You can find out more,

Move over green and gold, add white to the jersey lineup. Green Bay yesterday unveiled its white-out uniforms. The all-white look includes white pants and a white jersey, plus a new white helmet. The G is now just a green outline, there is no yellow on the helmet at all. Green Bay will wear its white-on-white-on-white combo in October when they play the Houston Texans.

More than 20 Wisconsin cities will split 20-point-seven million dollars for public improvement projects. The grant money will go to low- to-moderate income communities with fewer than 50-thousand people across the state. Funded projects include improvements and repairs to streets, water, sewer, and drainage systems. The state is getting the money from the U-S Department of Housing and Urban Development.