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It was not how the Jorgenson family thought their trip to the local Kwik Trip would go. Adam Jorgenson says a pair of thieves stole his car yesterday from the Kwik Trip in Oak Creek, with his two daughters inside. Eight-year-old Charley says a man jumped into the driver’s seat and told her to get out. But, she said her two-year-old sister was in the back as well. Dad says the man was able to jump into the car because

Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources says nothing will change in the state following the latest federal decision on wolves. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week said it is going to focus on a national wolf strategy. The DNR says that means Wisconsin’s new wolf plan will stay the same, and wolves will remain protected on the federal endangered species list. The DNR just adopted a new wolf management plan for Wisconsin that eliminates a specific wolf population goal,

Wisconsin lawmakers are looking to send more help to schools to try and get kids to read better. The Senate Committee on Education tomorrow is set to hold hearings on the plan to spend 50 million-dollars on childhood literacy. Specifically, Senators are being asked to approve a new Office of Literacy at the state’s Department of Public Instruction.

President Biden will have a challenger on the April ballot in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Supreme Court late Friday ordered that Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips be added to the primary ballot. Democrats in Wisconsin only nominated President Biden for the ballot back in early January, despite Phillips’ claim that he wanted to be named as well. The court unanimously ruled in favor of Phillips, and said Democrats in Wisconsin ‘erroneously exercised its discretion’ in keeping him off the ballot. Phillips got

The Wisconsin Supreme Court says it will listen to Governor Evers’ argument that the state legislature should not be allowed to block his agenda by using statehouse committees, but only for environmental projects. The court on Friday agreed to hear the governor’s challenge surrounding the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship conservation project. The governor sued the legislature for blocking a number of conservation projects, including a massive project that would have blocked-off huge portions of the Pelican River Forest. The governor says lawmakers

The 25th annual Polar Plunge in Wisconsin Rapids was a success for the Special Olympics.  The event brought hundreds of people to the Anchor Bay Bar and Grill to watch as local law enforcement, Wisconsin residents, and teens go into the freezing waters.  It is the largest fundraiser in the state for Special Olympics Wisconsin.

New data collected by University of Wisconsin Health is saying that burnout by doctors is stemming from more time using healthcare record software.  When watching the amount of time doctors spent in Epic Systems’ application, the increase in MyChart messages led to burnout.  In the study the amount of time spent by the doctors increased by almost 30 minutes from May of 2019 to March 2023.  The MyChart messages allow patients to directly contact their doctor .

Hello. Welcome to your weekend. We’re glad you are here! Just like that we flip the calendar page into February. Whew. With time seemingly flying by faster all the time we like to take Saturday mornings to slow things down a bit with our “scroll down memory lane.” If you are new, welcome! If this is part of your weekend routine, welcome back. Either way, we appreciate you spending time with us as we take a simple look back on

After a State Supreme Court ruling on Friday, Democratic Presidential longshot hopeful Dean Phillips will appear on the primary ballot. In an unanimous decision the court found that the bipartisan presidential selection committee did not adhere to ballot guidelines and did not discuss the Minnesota Representative. The meeting, according to the court’s opinion, lasted less than five minutes. The primary is scheduled for April 2nd.

The first ever functional 3-D printed brain tissue has been printed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The scientific breakthrough was done by laying cells side-by-side, instead of stacking, as most 3-D printers work. While it is still far from printing a whole brain, as it is, the development could potentially be used for therapeutics or spinal cord implants.