Home

Hello. Welcome to your day. We’re glad you are here! As we slip into the middle of June are you hitting your Summer groove? Getting into the new routines of warm weather days? Maybe ball games, pool trips, or packing the camper for weekend adventures? Whatever you are up to we hope it’s going well and thank you for making us part of your day. We like to slow things down a bit on Satuday mornings with a simple “scroll

A Madison man could spend the next 20 years behind bars after being found guilty of stealing almost a half-million-dollars from the government during the coronavirus outbreak.  The Department of Justice announced that a jury in federal court convicted 36-year-old Eric Upchurch on multiple charges related to making false statements on more than a dozen P-P-P loan applications.  Prosecutors argued that Upchurch deposited 400-thousand-dollars in loans straight into his bank account, and then laundered the money through crypto currency.  A

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says a missing inmate has turned himself in.  James Cody Griswold was allowed to leave Dodge County Jail close to midnight on Thursday night to get “medical attention at Marshfield Medical Center in Beaver Dam.  A felony warrant was issued against Griswold, who had Huber privileges which allows certain inmates to leave for work or medical appointments.  The Sheriff’s Office provided an update Friday evening and said Griswold had returned.  No details were provided on

As the first day of summer approaches on June 21 and summer holidays, vacations and outdoor activities hit high gear, scientists at Marshfield Clinic Research Institute are asking the public to submit ticks for the Tick Inventory via Citizen Science (TICS). TICS was launched in April to survey the distribution of tick species in Wisconsin, including any new, invasive ticks that may be moving into Wisconsin. So far, scientists have identified more than 3,200 ticks submitted by citizens, most prominently

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has certified the 2024 Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) Board of Directors election results. On July 1, 2024, the following dairy producers will begin a three-year term as elected members of the Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin Board of Directors: District 2: Carolyn Alsteen, ColemanFlorence, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto, and Vilas countiesDistrict 5: Kay Zwald, HammondDunn and St. Croix countiesDistrict 8: Jessica Pralle-Trimner, AthensMarathon CountyDistrict 11: Daniel Hinz, PickettOutagamie and Winnebago

“Congratulations to Rya and all of the other finalists for making Wisconsin history…” -WMC President & CEO Kurt R. Bauer.  WMC Foundation, in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, on Flag Day announced Rya Mousavi, from Delong Middle School in Eau Claire as the first-ever Wisconsin Civics Bee champion. Rya competed against seven other finalists from around the state on stage on Friday, answering Civics trivia questions and presenting portions of her submitted essay. The competition, the first-of-its

The boutique damaged by an apartment collapse in Chippewa Falls is moving to a new location until repairs can be made. No one was living in the apartments above Iris Boutique, and no one was in the store when the collapse happened last week. Iris will stay on North Bridge Street, but occupy the space that used to be Lucy’s Eatery. The city inspector says the owner of the damaged building has sixty days to restore the site. The last

More than 32-point-eight million dollars in overpayments were recovered in fraudulent unemployment claims in Wisconsin last year. The state Department of Workforce Development says there were more than 23-hundred identity theft investigations, along with almost two-thousand worker misclassification tax audits. DWD Secretary Amy Pechacek says more than thirty programs have been launched or expanded in the past five years to help prevent unemployment insurance fraud. 

There’s some haze on the horizon in Wisconsin today, but it’s not from Canadian wildfires this time. For the past couple summers, the milky white color in the otherwise blue skies was blamed on Canadian wildfires. This time, smoke from the southern U-S and Mexico is drifting into the Midwest. The Environmental Protection Agency says air quality shouldn’t get any worse in Wisconsin.

In these dog days of Summer many families make memories through a vacation, maybe some pool trips, or the simple pleasure of a sprinkler and fresh strawberries. But in Menomonie, there will be a Summer memory that won’t soon be forgotten for a family whose dog accidentally fell down a dry well.  We stay in our state for this story as you may have seen this on your Facebook scroll. A firefighter is getting some online attention after going into a well to rescue