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Summerfest is not the only fest going on this weekend in southeast Wisconsin. Cedarburg’s Strawberry Festival begins tomorrow morning. Thousands of people flock to Cedarburg for all things strawberry, from pies to jams to wines. This is the 37th year for the Strawberry Festival. The festival runs from 10 a.m. til 6 p.m. tomorrow, and from 10 a.m. til 5 p.m. on Sunday.

A 17-year-old is dead in a shooting that happened at the end of Milwaukee’s 53rd Annual Juneteenth celebration yesterday. A 15-year-old was also shot and seriously injured at about 9 p.m. last night in Washington Park. Deputies say a 17-year-old suspect opened fire with an automatic weapon hitting the two teenagers. The 17-year-old from Milwaukee died later a local hospital. The wounded teenager walked into the hospital seeking treatment. A Milwaukee County detective on the scene fired at the suspect,

Police in Eau Claire say they’ve arrested a woman who helped a wanted attempted homicide suspect from Madison escape. Eau Claire Police say 54-year-old Candace Rogers hid Jerome Jacobs in her car, and drove him away from Eau Claire last week. Police in Eau Claire had just tried to stop Jacobs, but he ran. Investigators say Rogers’ help meant Jacobs got away and is still on the run, She’s looking at charges of harboring or aiding a felon

The teenager who dragged an 11-year-old girl behind a shed and raped her is heading to jail for just nine months. Barron County Court Judge Maureen Boyle this week sentenced Riley Tomesh to nine months in jail, and three years of probation. Tomesh was 17-years-old when he raped the young girl during the Harvest Days Festival in the Village of Brill. The girl told police she tried to scream, but she said Tomesh held his hand over her mouth and

The woman in charge at UW-La Crosse says she doesn’t want the school known as Porn-U. Interim La Crosse Chancellor Betsy Morgan yesterday said the university needs to fire former Chancellor Joe Gow to protect the school’s reputation. Gow was fired as chancellor late last year after the university learned that he was making porn movies with his wife, and sharing them online. Gow accepted that firing, but is now fighting to save his job as a communications professor. He

The shot clock is not coming to high school basketball in Wisconsin. The WIAA, the group that manages high school sports in the state, yesterday voted against adding a shot clock to games. The WIAA Board of Control voted 6-4 against the idea. Opponents worry about the cost to install the clocks, and worry that smaller schools won’t have anyone to run them. Twenty nine states have shot clocks for their high school basketball games, including Minnesota.

We’re going to get our next snapshot of the presidential race in Wisconsin next week. A new Marquette Law School Poll is due out on Wednesday. The poll asks voters about the race between President Biden and former President Trump, as well as Trump’s conviction in his hush money trial, and the race for U.S. Senate here in Wisconsin. The last two Marquette Law School Polls have had the race between Biden and Trump tied. Wisconsin is seen as the

Wisconsin is reporting a record breaking number of home purchases so far this fiscal year. The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority says it’s closed 27-hundred single-family home sales so far this year, more than doubling last year’s home loan closures. During the entire 2023 fiscal year, eleven hundred home purchases were completed. The previous record was broken in 2006. June is Wisconsin Homeownership Month.

Wisconsin will have its first annual Invasive Species Awareness Day. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the awareness day will be held on state park properties Saturday. There will be special events like guided hikes, educational programs, and field work focused on removing or preventing invasive species across the state. The events are open to all ages. Closed toed shoes, gloves, sunscreen, and plenty of water are recommended.

Testing confirms that the arm found on an Illinois beach last month belonged to a Wisconsin murder victim. Sade Robinson, a 19-year-old from Milwaukee, was reported missing on April second. Body parts suspected to be hers were found in following days and weeks — the arm in question was found in mid-May. Maxwell Anderson is charged with her murder and accused of killing her after a first date.