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The country’s tallest water slide is now open in Wisconsin. The giant water slide can be found at Mt. Olympus Water and Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells. The Rise of Icarus attraction featuring five slides opened to the public on Friday, just in time for the Memorial Day Weekend. The tallest slide is called “The Fall,” standing at 145 feet for the record. CLICK HERE TO SLIDE INTO THE DETAILS.

Reports of mental health issues leads to an arrest for a Marshfield man. It was a bit before 12:30 on the afternoon of Saturday, May25th when Marshfield Police Officers were dispatched to the area of Edison Street and Hinman Avenue in the City of Marshfield, Wood County, for a report of a man (later identified to be a 66-year-old Marshfield man who lives outside the city limits in Marathon County) that appeared to be having mental health issues. The man

Hello. We are glad you are here! Thank you for making us part of your day. Welcome to your weekend. As we near the end of May your Summer months may be filling up fast. Whew! We get it. That’s why we try to slow things down for just a bit on Saturday mornings with your “scroll down memory lane.” It’s look back at events that happened on this day in history before we head out to make new history

An Officer involved shooting incident happened Friday evening in Eau Claire and the following is information from the ECPD: On May 24th, 2024 around 8:50PM, Eau Claire Police Department Officers responded to the 2200 block of 2nd Street for a disturbance. As Officers were investigating that case, a second disturbance was observed, also in the 2200 block of 2nd Street. Outside of the residence at this location, Officers confronted a subject armed with a handgun. One Officer discharged their firearm

Scientists have discovered a potentially habitable planet 40-light-years away from Earth. Researches announced the planet is about the size of Venus, and may be temperate enough to support life. The star that the planet is orbiting is only 27-percent of our sun’s size. It’s estimated that the surface temperature is a little over a-hundred-degrees Fahrenheit, much lower than thousands of other discovered planets. Scientists will next determine if the planet has an atmosphere similar to Earth’s.

Officials in Wisconsin Rapids have confirmed that a 16-year-old girl and her dog died this week in a house fire. The two-story house on 11th Street caught fire on Tuesday. A man and two children were able to escape, but fire officials say the smoke and flames were too strong to reach the girl. A fundraiser for the family has so far raised over 30-thousand dollars. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.

Northern zone musky season starts tomorrow in Wisconsin. The state Department of Natural Resources says anglers can catch musky within the northern management zone, which includes inland waters north of U-S Highway 10. The season ends on December 31.

Tomorrow is Missing Children Day, and the Wisconsin Lottery will contribute to a new alert system. The Lottery says it’ll make missing child alerts, such as Amber Alerts, viewable on all Lottery retail kiosks starting in August. Silver Alerts for missing at-risk adults will also be included.

The Rusk County Community Foundation (RCCF), a regional affiliate of the Eau Claire Community Foundation announced $8500 in GIVE 365 grants to six area nonprofits. This year’s grant recipients are:– City of Ladysmith: $2000 for ADA Playground/Skatepark Project– Imago Dei Academy: $1085 for Science Equipment– Our Lady of Sorrows Church and School: $1140 for a Hydroponic Grow Tower– School District of Flambeau: $815 for Flexible Workstations– School District of Ladysmith: $1040 for Middle School Trails End Trips– United Cerebral Palsy

Green thumbs are getting into the dirt as gardeners are prepping to “wet their plants” this time of year. For this week’s Friday Feel Good we “dig” into a story about potatoes and “eye” up a farmer in Canada who’s donation will go to help millions.  A farmer in Canada had a surplus of 12 million potatoes . . . so he donated potatoes to organizations across North America. Kate Nelson of Farmlink talks about some of the logistics of moving so many potatoes.  Here’s