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Calling all horse lovers! A tradition continues in our state with the Midwest Horse Fair in Madison. You can gallup to the capitol city to see all kinds of horses, but absent this year will be the police horses. The Madison Police Department will not have its horses at the Midwest Horse Fair after an equine virus was reported in several counties in the state. The E-H-M virus was reported in Clark, Grant, Monroe, Sauk, and Vernon Counties, according to

The State of Wisconsin’s debt is the lowest it’s been in 25 years. The new 2023 report by the Wisconsin Policy Forum says state reserves are at the highest level on record, peaking at six-point-seven-billion last June. The WPF also says the state is in a good place to pay short-term bills, and the jobless fund balance has recovered. The report says, despite these improvements, the state’s transportation fund borrowing could be a concern.

Three craft breweries in Wisconsin were ranked among the top 50 producers in the country for 2023. The Brewers Association based the decision on sales volumes. New Glarus Brewing ranked number eleven for craft beer production Stevens Point Brewery was 19 Minhas Craft Brewery in Monroe ranked 29. The full top fifty list can be found WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

Sauk County is looking to pay some of the bills at its local UW campus. The county board this week okayed 390 thousand-dollars for UW-Platteville Baraboo. It’s the smallest UW campus in the state, with just about 200 students, but county leaders say the university is an economic engine. County Board president Tim McCumber says the county is looking to support the school because it’s not breaking even on its own. No one is saying, though, just what the 390

Twelve law enforcement agencies are splitting almost two million dollars in opioid settlement funds. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says some projects selected for funding will help keep opioid addicts out of jail or provide treatment to people already in jail. Wisconsin will get more than 750-million of the national settlement fund through 2038.

Six Wisconsin educators are finalists for a national math and science award. The Presidential Awards For Excellence are considered the highest honor given by the U-S government for science and math teachers. One person from each category will win ten-thousand dollars.  All six teachers are fifth and sixth grade educators from schools across the state.

In the middle of April, those News Years Resolutions might be long left in the rearview, but if you are looking to reach some goals, sometimes ins”purrr”ation can come in the most unique forms. For this week’s Friday Feel Good we take a splash into the “kitty” pool.  A 30-pound cat in Indiana named “Thicken Nugget” is slimming down using an exercise regimen usually reserved for dogs.  A place called the Canine Aquatic Center is helping him swim his way thin.  In

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is offering an online training webinar for newly-licensed fair judges as well as those interested in learning more about the general principles of serving as a judge at a Wisconsin county or district fair. The training webinar will be held on April 23, 2024 beginning at 6 p.m. via Microsoft Teams. Some of the topics to be covered during the webinar include the basics of judging at a county or district fair;

On Thursday April 18, 2024, at approximately 11:43 p.m., the Menomonie Police Department was alerted to a social media post indicating there would be a school shooting at the Colfax High School on April 19, 2024. The subject who made the post was subsequently interviewed and taken into custody. The individual faces charges of Terrorist Threats, and other charges are pending review by the Dunn County District Attorney’s Office. Further investigation showed the subject was hoping for media attention from

Monica Lopez, 28 years of age, from Chicago has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 2nd offense, with one child in the vehicle under the age of 16. On Thursday, April 18, 2024, at approximately 11:21 PM a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle on I-94 westbound by Brockway Road near Sheppard for a speed violation. The Trooper observed signs of impairment and a subsequent investigation, including