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Triple-homicide suspect Virgil Thew will make his first court appearance this afternoon. Federal, state, and local law enforcement were looking for Thew for more than a week after the bodies of a woman and two girls were found last Monday in a house in New Lisbon.  A tip from the public led to his arrest in Elroy yesterday.  Thew’s bond will be determined this afternoon.

Three University of Wisconsin projects are approved by the State Building Commission. Governor Tony Evers says almost 45-million dollars will go toward improvements to the UW-Madison engineering building, the college of education building at UW-Whitewater, and completing Heritage Hall at UW-Stout.

A Wisconsin Dells waterpark is expanding. The Kalahari Resorts and Convention Center says the 75-thousand foot expansion will feature three new water parks and a retractable glass roof. The 85-million-dollar construction project is set to be complete next fall.

This time of year you might be trying to stay warm by the fire, but for this week’s Friday Feel Good we meet a woman who’s outlook (and special secret shot of Fireball) might have just the thing to heat up your day! Florence, AKA Flo or Fireball Flo, recently celebrated her 106th birthday at in Cincinnati, Ohio!  Flo’s children say her key to living a full life has been her positive attitude! Flo demonstrates her positive attitude every day. She

The Juneau County Sheriff’s Office says a tip from the public is behind the arrest of the man accused of killing a woman and her two daughters in New Lisbon.  Someone reported a suspicious person in the community of Elroy shortly before noon yesterday, leading to the successful capture of Virgil Thew, according to authorities.  Local, state, and federal law enforcement officers have been searching for Thew since he was identified as the suspect in the murders of Elizabeth Kolba

The name of the suspect in the 2022 homicide of ten-year-old Lily Peters is being unsealed from court records.  The suspect is 16-year-old Carson Peters-Berger.  He’s being charged with intentional homicide, sexual assault/great bodily harm and child sex assault.  Peters-Berger will  be tried as an adult since the defense didn’t prove that the seriousness of his crimes wouldn’t be deprecated if the case was moved to juvenile court.  In 2022, Peters was reported missing and her body was later discovered

One of the women who was involved in the so-called Slender Man stabbing is now getting an early release from an Oshkosh psychiatric hospital.  Yesterday, a judge issued a ruling which allows 22-year-old Morgan Geyser to be placed into a group home and kept on GPS monitoring.  Geyer and Anissa Weier admitted to stabbing and nearly killing their classmate, Payton Leutner, back in 2014, saying they attacked the girl to please the internet horror character Slender Man.  A panel of

Two campers are in ruins after a propane tank explosion.  According to Blair police, a one-pound propane tank exploded yesterday morning starting a camper on fire off West Mill Road in Blair.  It had been hooked up to a portable heater.  A camper parked next to the first one also caught on fire.  The person inside was able to escape the fire and had non-life threatening injuries.  Blaire police said there weren’t any suspicious circumstances surrounding the incident and the

The American Red Cross is sending people from northeast Wisconsin to help folks impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires.  The organization says an employee and four volunteers are flying out this morning to spend two weeks gathering supplies and food for those in need.  At least ten people have died, many have been injured, and nearly 180-thousand residents have been evacuated from their homes, according to L.A. County officials.  Anyone in Wisconsin who would like more information on donating, volunteering,

Governor Tony Evers is declaring an energy emergency in Wisconsin.  Yesterday, the governor signed an executive order aimed at helping the state get enough residential heating fuel.  Severe winter weather across the nation and increased demand have caused delays in the delivery of propane and heating oil.  Evers’ order temporarily loosens some of the scheduling restrictions for truck drivers who are hauling those products in order to speed up the delivery process.