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Packers fans have August 3rd circled on their calendars.  The team yesterday said it will host the annual Family Night practice on that Saturday night. Tickets, however, don’t go on sale for another two weeks.  Those tickets will only be available through Ticketmaster, and won’t be sold at the Packers’ box office.  Family Night is a chance to see the Packers practice just before the start of the pre-season.  Green Bay’s first preseason game is one week after Family Night,

There is a search for the owners of some wandering Peacocks in western Wisconsin. The sheriff in Dunn County took to Facebook yesterday to ask about the peacocks that were spotted wandering near Boyceville. The two birds were last spotted on someone’s back porch. The sheriff says they are looking for the birds’ humans, and are asking anyone who knows anything to please reach-out. CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE.

A liberal judge from Dane County says she’s running for the Wisconsin Supreme Court to save the state from a ‘right-wing agenda.’ Judge Susan Crawford announced her bid for the high court yesterday. Crawford framed next year’s race as an effort to protect Wisconsin’s liberal-majority Supreme Court from being politicized. But Republicans in the state say Crawford is the one with a political bent. Before becoming a judge, Crawford worked as an attorney for Planned Parenthood, and led some of

Madison is one of the safest places for people who are walking or riding their bikes. The group Smart Growth America is out with its latest pedestrian safety rankings, and Madison is ranked second in the nation. Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway says the ranking shows that Madison’s focus on Complete Streets is paying off. The report compares cities based on the number of pedestrians who are hit and killed. Madison is the second safest city in the report. Only Provo, Utah

Urban forestry grants will open soon in Wisconsin. The state Department of Natural Resources says it’s giving more than 550-thousand dollars to cities or counties looking to conserve or protect its tree population through urban forests. Grant recipients will be required to match dollar for dollar. Applications will be open July through October. FIND OUT MORE WITH A CLICK HERE.

On Sunday, June 9, 2024, at 12:30 p.m., the Barron County 911 Center took a call of two kayakers that overturned in the current near the Mikana Dam and need to be rescued. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with the WI DNR, Birchwood Fire and EMS, Marshfield Medical Center Ambulance and the Rice Lake Fire Department all responded to the scene. Barron County Recreation Deputy and a WI DNR Warden arrived on scene and located the two

Oakleaf Clinics has added two Urgent Care facilities to  help provide additional critical healthcare services for patients in the Chippewa Valley who have  lost two Emergency Rooms since HSHS closed its doors in April. The Chippewa Falls Urgent  Care opens today; The Menomonie Urgent Care opens on Monday, June 17. These are the first  Urgent Care facilities for OakLeaf Clinics, the largest clinic in the OakLeaf Medical Network.   Urgent Cares are drop-in clinics open during regular business hours as well

ABOVE PHOTO: Former UW-River Falls student CJ Sycks speaks with an onlooker during an event in 2022 at the university at which conservation and environmental planning students solicited ideas about planning issues facing the city of River Falls. The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents has approved starting a new undergraduate community and environmental planning degree at UW-River Falls that will develop skills specific to urban planning. UWRF file photo. River Falls Students seeking to design communities now and into

Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced that Wisconsin will receive nearly $122 million for child care, an over $8 million increase above last year. “When I travel across Wisconsin, I hear from communities big and small about the impact of the child care crisis – as families struggle to afford care, businesses struggle to find workers, and providers struggle to pay their hardworking staff and keep their doors open,” said Senator Baldwin. “While there’s more work left to do, I’m proud to

ABOVE PHOTO: UW-Stout environmental science professors Keith Gilland and Julia Chapman look under logs and rocks for insects and creatures to show the children at Science Exploration Day at the Colfax Red Cedar Preserve and Recreation Area. Photo provided by Julie Bates-Maves.  On a sunny Saturday morning in May, 24 area children became young scientists in hands-on activities led by University of Wisconsin-Stout environmental science faculty and retired area educators at the Colfax Red Cedar Preserve and Recreation Area’s annual Science Exploration Day. The