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There’s now an official disaster declaration following last week’s tornadoes. Governor Evers issued a disaster order on Friday. The order now makes it easier for local governments to get help from the state to pay for clean-up and emergency response. It also allows the state to call-in the National Guard if need be. Last week’s storms produced nearly a dozen tornadoes across the state, mostly in southern Wisconsin. Janesville and Rock County saw some of the strongest storms.

The new library in Mondovi is officially open. Local leaders cut the ribbon at the library on Saturday. The new library is right across the street from the old library, and has more room for people to work, read, and just get together. Ginny Gunderson with the library board says there is now plenty of room for everyone. The library had a soft opening a couple of weeks ago, but Saturday was its grand opening. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OF

A new audit raises questions as to whether Wisconsin’s attorney general will be able to meet a new state requirement to get sexual assault kits tested within six months. The Legislative Audit Bureau released its new report on the state’s crime labs. The report says there are fewer requests for sexual assault DNA kits at the crime labs, but it is taking the labs longer to process each kit. The audit says it takes about nine months to  complete a

The NFL will be in Green Bay this month to take a look at just where next year’s draft will be held. The league is scheduled to meet with local leaders on July 17th to talk about area mapping and security planning. The NFL Draft will be held in Green Bay next April. As of now, the plan is to keep the draft grounds between Marlee Lane to Holmgren Way. The folks at Visit Green Bay say they’ve meeting with

The Brewers are not yet saying just what happened to one of their escalators that broke while people were riding it on Saturday. The team says 11 people were hurt when one of the escalators that goes from the Terrace Level to the Loge Level broke, and started moving very quickly. Six were taken to the hospital. People on the escalator say it started to shake, then it sped up like a roller coaster. The Brewers are not saying just

Hello. Welcome to your weekend. We are glad you are here! The festivals, the sports, the family plans, vacations, camps, and LIFE. It can all be a whirlwind in the Summer months here in Wisconsin as we try to pack in all the fun while our weather is nice. We get it. For that reason, we like to take time to slow things down for a bit on Saturday mornings and ease into the weekend with a simpler “scroll down

Senator Bernie Sanders is encouraging Wisconsinites to get out to the polls this November.  Sanders was in Wisconsin and our area brining his messge to around 650 people stood in the rain in Stevens Point Friday to listen to the Vermont independent decry what he called the nation’s broken and corrupt campaign finance system and the influence of big money interests.  He said that confidence in government is declining at all levels and that working people are feeling the pain. 

Robb Edwards, the former longtime Brewers’ public address announcer and local radio host has passed away.  Edwards died earlier this week but his death was announced Friday afternoon.  A moment of silence was held for Edwards before Friday’s Brewers-Cubs game at American Family Field.  A well-known name in the Milwaukee area, Edwards was the public address announcer from 1998 to 2019.

A felony arrest warrant has been issued for Alex Shearer for theft of an UTV after the Ridgeland Tractor Pull that occurred on Memorial Day weekend. The UTV has been recovered. The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance with any information related to this incident or the whereabouts of Alex Shearer.   You can call the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office at 715-232-1348 or Inv. Marty Folczyk at 715-231-2925.  Information can also be provided anonymously through the dunncocrimestoppers.com website

Attorney General Josh Kaul and Wood County District Attorney Craig Lambert today announced that James Lane, age 52, has been charged with one count of Repeated Sexual Assault of a Child for incidents that allegedly occurred between September 1, 2002 and December 31, 2003. The charge in this case stems from a report made to the Clergy and Faith Leader Abuse Initiative. Lane, then a youth pastor at Faith Reformed Church located in the City of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, is