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A Sparta man has been arrested for cattle rustling.  The Jackson County Sheriff”s Office said this week that about 20-thousand-dollars worth of cattle were being taken in the middle of the night in the county north of Sparta.  Authorities have identified 20-year-old Jennings Christenson of Sparta as the suspect. The sheriff’s office says the cattle has been recovered and Christenson has been taken to Jackson County Jail. 

The Great Wisconsin Cheese Festival is underway near Appleton.  The annual three-day event started yesterday at Doyle Park in the town of Little Chute, with carnival rides, entertainment, children’s games, a petting zoo, and of course, cheese tasting.  The highlight of today’s festival will be the Big Cheese Parade, which begins at 10:30am. CLICK HERE TO SLICE OFF THE DETAILS.

Governor Tony Evers is raising the Pride flag at the state capitol.  Pride month starts today, and Governor Evers and his administration marked the occasion with a flag-raising ceremony.  The governor said the flag marks Wisconsin’s commitment to welcome everyone to the state, no matter their background, religion, sexuality or any other attribute.  The Pride flag will remain up at the capitol through the entire month. 

Governor Tony Evers is announcing three new appointees to the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents after one regent refused to step down.  Last week, GOP-appointed regent Robert Atwell said he would stay on the board past his term until a successor was appointed and confirmed.  “The Daily Cardinal” says on Friday Evers appointed three new regents to fill the vacancies created by the expiration of three GOP-appointed regents whose terms ended on May 1st, including Atwell’s.

A woman in Polk County has been convicted for a murder that happened almost forty years ago. Mary Jo Bailey is found guilty of shooting Yvonne Menke while she was leaving her apartment in 1985. The case went cold until it was re-opened in 2021. The County District Attorney says he believes Bailey had a motive and owned the same gun that killed Menke. Eighty-one-year-old Bailey is facing life in prison.

Wisconsin’s driver’s licenses won first place for best ID in an international contest.  The REAL ID for people older than 21 won the Élan Award of Excellence from the International Card Manufacturers Association. The card won for the way it used the Wisconsin state flag and State Capitol in its design. The Wisconsin DOT’s new design came out last June.

It’s Free Fun Weekend in Wisconsin starting tomorrow. The Department of Natural Resources will waive admission fees for 65 state parks and forests, and waive trail passes for 44 state trails. Fishing licenses will also not be required, though 2024-2025 regulations will still apply. The state’s Free Fun Weekend happens every year during the first weekend in June. CLICK HERE FOR FREE DETAILS!

Wisconsin is getting another visit from First Lady Jill Biden today. She’ll be stopping at Fest Italiana to speak during the opening remarks of the festival. The White House says the First Lady will fly into the Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport this evening, and will get to the festival shortly afterward. She’ll be speaking in the Aurora Pavilion in Maier Festival Park.

Local responders were awarded in Titletown! Chippewa County Sheriff Travis Hakes recently nominated Leah Berg for the selfless work she does for Jason’s Presents. Leah started Jason’s Presents in 2008 after Jason was killed in the line of Duty. Jason was working on the program, and after his passing, Leah started it in his honor. Jason’s Presents has grown from 25 children to around 150, some years exceeding 200! Over the years countless lives have been touched by the selfless

Nursing is more than recording blood pressure, starting an IV and giving medications. Jen Scheller, who is set to enter her last semester of the nursing program at Chippewa Valley Technical College, said nursing is about patients. Learning how to interact with the community, and in the end, being able to educate people on health care situations that could help those people throughout their lives is also a part of nursing. With that in mind, Scheller, Carmyn Hanson, Tony Bell,