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Wisconsin State Patrol says a Janesville man is being charged with what may be his fifth arrest for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Shane Okroley was reportedly driving 106 miles per hour in a 70 mile per hour zone on a stretch of interstate in Dane County late Friday night. The 34-year-old Okroley was arrested after a traffic stop. Due to his previous arrests, he was booked on a felony charge and taken to the Dane County Jail.

A recent mattress event serves as a wake up call! The local drop-off mattress recycling event on August 3rd diverted 260 local mattresses from the landfill. All mattresses collected at this event were transported to 7 Rivers Recycling in La Crosse, WI for environmentally-responsible reclamation and recycling of foam, fabrics, wood, and metal material. Mattresses are large and don’t compact well, meaning that the average queen mattress occupies 27 cubic feet in the local landfill. The springs in standard mattresses

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.