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Hello. Welcome to your weekend. We are glad you are here. Maybe the week felt long, extra stressful, or just plain exhausting? That’s why we invite you to take this morning and enjoy a slower, simpler start to the Saturday with our “scroll down memory lane.” It’s a simple look back at events that happened on this day in history, before we head out to make new history today. So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll! On this

Two people are charged with homicide related to the drug overdose death of a man in Chippewa County. Crystal Crouse and Casey Scheueneman are accused of meeting with an overdose victim the day he died. A witness says Crouse’s children were present during the drug deal. Crouse is out of jail after posting ten-thousand in bond, but will be in court in May. Schueneman is still in custody on a 50-thousand dollar bond, but will be in court next Wednesday.

A Wisconsin woman guilty of killing her friend with eye drops is going to prison for life. Jessy Kurczewski was sentenced Friday after being convicted late last year. She claimed the friend poisoned herself in 2018, but prosecutors say the woman stole more than 250 thousand-dollars from 62-year-old Lynn Hernan in the months before her death. And a subsequent autopsy showed Hernan had a fatal dose of the main ingredient in over-the-counter eye drops in her system.

A new veterans’ services office will soon be open again in Rock County. The office was closed for relocation, and is now open in front of the Doctor Daniel Williams Resource Center. The office will remain closed until the 15th for staff training. The Beloit location was shut down before the move started.

A woman from Mineral Point will be sentenced today for the death of a child left in her care. JoAnna Ford is accused of neglecting four-month-old Wyatt Hamlin, leading to his death. The child’s mother testified during the conviction hearing this morning that she got a video on Snapchat from Ford of her son hours before he was airlifted to Madison. She says she immediately knew something was wrong with her son, and Ford was acting with no urgency. Ford

This time of year with Spring on the way, it can sometimes mean some muddy paw prints on our floors after those dog walks. But for this Week’s Friday Feel Good we follow those prints and they lead us to a very special dog…. A dog named “Hero” lived up to his name last week in Canada.  His 61-year-old owner was injured and stuck lying in a muddy ditch for two days.  But Hero stayed with him the whole time, kept him

In the afternoon of March 28, 2024, a Lake Hallie Police Officer responded to a report of a theft at a business in the 1800 block of 118th St. in the Village of Lake Hallie that occurred in the early morning hours of March 28, 2024. The business reported that approximately over 30 semi-truck tire rims were stolen, along with several other items, resulting in an estimated loss of $4,500 to the business. Lake Hallie Police obtained a photo of

A fallen western Wisconsin deputy will be remembered with her own stretch of highway.  Governor Tony Evers yesterday signed a new law designating a portion of Highway 128 as the Deputy Kaitie Leising Memorial Highway.  Leising died in a shootout with a drunk driving suspect in May of last year.  The governor says renaming the highway is a fitting way to honor her life and her legacy.

It’s going to be at least another month before prosecutors know if they can move ahead with the case against an Eau Claire man accused of killing his neighbor back in 2016.  Shane Helmbrecht was supposed to go on trial next week, but yesterday the judge in the case said Helmbrecht’s competency hearing is not yet finished.  Doctors are looking to see if Helmbrecht can understand the charges against him.  He was declared unfit for trial the first time around,

School kids in Wisconsin will now have required lessons for Hmong and Asian American history.  Governor Evers yesterday signed a new law that requires schools to teach about the Hmong people and other Asian cultures.  Wisconsin already requires schools across the state to teach Black American, Hispanic American, and Native American history.  The new requirement will begin with the new school year next year.  Wisconsin is home to the third-largest Hmong population in the country, and the governor says the