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The Wisconsin Badgers are kicking off Big Ten Conference football play today against the visiting Maryland Terrapins. Wisconsin is off to a 2-and-1 start to the 2025 season. They were blown out last week on the road against Alabama. Maryland enters the game a perfect 3-and-oh. Wisconsin has never lost to Maryland in football. The game kicks off at 11 a.m. from Camp Randall Stadium.

Adding a new little bundle of joy is an exciting time in any family’s life. For this week Friday’s Feel Good we add a dash of pink to a long string of blue. A family in Texas is celebrating its first baby girl in over a century. Firefighter Michael Sherman and his wife Joacquia (juh-KEY-uh) just found out they’re having a daughter.  Michael’s side has only had boys for 108 years.  The whole Sherman family including Michael talks about the baby girl and

Authorities in La Crosse are filing charges against a man accused of injuring four police officers and a nurse.  Police responded Wednesday to a situation in which 24-year-old Devon Knapp reportedly had violated a no-contact order.  When officers made contact with Knapp, reports say he bit two of them and later — at a local hospital — he injured two other officers and scratched a nurse.  Charges against Knapp include battery to law enforcement and disorderly conduct.

A Jackson County resident is facing what records show to be his 11th charge of OWI.  Fifty-six-year-old Charles Spangler of Alma Center was arrested Wednesday evening after a vehicle accident.  Police say Spangler refused field sobriety tests and that a firearm was found in his vehicle.  When arrested this week, Spangler was already on parole for an earlier OWI conviction.

Human remains found in Washington may belong to the Pewaukee native wanted since June.  The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office said on Thursday that the remains were found in a wooded area south of Leavenworth.  Investigators say preliminary evidence points to them belonging to Travis Decker, but DNA analysis has not been done.  Decker is wanted in connection with the deaths of his three daughters whose bodies were found on June 2nd with bags over their heads. 

Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development says the state’s unemployment rate sits lower than the national average.  The unemployment rate in Wisconsin for the month of August is three-point-one percent.  The agency says Wisconsin added 86-hundred non-farm jobs, but they also reported losses in the manufacturing and construction sectors.  The national unemployment rate is at four-point-three percent according to the new data. 

Wisconsin Congressman Tom Tiffany is reintroducing legislation to have the Apostle Islands designated as a national park.  The islands are just off the coast of the Red Cliff reservation and the Red Cliff Ojibwe tribe previously stated that they oppose such an action due to concerns about a  possible influx of visitors.  Tiffany introduced the measure in the House on Thursday saying that the Apostle Islands are a national treasure and deserve the distinction of becoming the state’s first National

Installation work is complete on a new solar project at the Nature Place nature preserve in La Crosse.  Folks gathered Thursday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on a 120-panel solar array that is projected to cut the nonprofit’s energy consumption by 68 percent.  The Nature Place says the funds saved with reduced energy costs will be reinvested into efforts including educational programs and land stewardship initiatives.

Dunn County is reporting its first human case of West Nile Virus.  The County Health Department says the virus was found when a blood donor tested positive.  Most people who contract West Nile Virus don’t have any symptoms, but less than one-percent of people develop severe illness. Human cases have also been detected in Barron, Rusk, and St. Croix counties this year.  More information is available at the Wisconsin DHS website, WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

A man is found deceased in the Wisconsin River after falling over a railing overnight.  Police dispatch says reports of the man falling into the river on Broadway Avenue came in just before midnight.  A rescue boat recovered the man at about 1:20 a.m. today. Police say foul play is not suspected, but his death is still being investigated.