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A community continues to mourn a deadly crash in Clark County. The latest update from responders in that area is that as a result of the crash, 9 people have died. One person was in the semi, the driver, and was pronounced dead at the scene by Coroner Clarissa Rochester. There were 9 people in the van, 8 of them including the driver died at the scene. One passenger in the van was taken to the Marshfield St. Joseph’s Hospital

Three wildlife activists groups have filed a lawsuit looking to protect the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. The National Wildlife Refuge Association, Driftless Area Land Conservancy and Wisconsin Wildlife Federation filed a lawsuit against the  Rural Utilities Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop a power line from going over the river and wildlife refuge. They claim the Fish and Wildlife Service did not give enough time for

The largest business lobby in the state is appealing a judge ruling that gave the Department of Natural Resources’ ability to regulate factory farms. This comes after a judge in January struck down a challenge by the Wisconsin Dairy Alliance and Venture Dairy Cooperative. The permit plan is applauded by environmental groups because it requires farms with a thousand or more animal units to have plans on how to store and get rid of the massive amounts of manure produced

There is a growing call on Wisconsin’s Madison Campus for designated space for student veterans. This comes as the historic Camp Randall Sports Center receives a 285-million dollar renovation. A petition has been started and can be WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

A man is sentenced to ten days in jail for shooting a deer in Menomonie city limits while drunk. A witness says she saw a car stop in a residential area, heard a shot, and saw a deer fall over in October 2022. Investigators found shotgun pellets in a nearby garage and vehicle. Investigators say Cody Wolfe and Isaiah Draeger took the deer to a nearby apartment, saying they wanted venison but were poor students. Wolfe, who pulled the trigger,

Wisconsin added nearly 10-thousand jobs in January, leading to a record-breaking number of jobs in the state. The Department of Workforce Development says more than five-thousand nonfarm jobs and 47-hundred private jobs were added during the first month of this year. Both sectors are at an all-time high, along with construction jobs. Wisconsin unemployment is currently at three-point-two percent, point-five-percent less than the national average.

More than 500-thousand dollars in grants is available for Wisconsin school districts to support technical education training. The money will be used for manufacturing tools and equipment training through the Expanded Wisconsin Fast Forward program. School districts will use the money as reimbursement for purchasing and installing training materials and software. Awards will range from five-thousand to 50-thousand. Applications will be due on April 16.

The Wisconsin State Patrol responded to a single-vehicle commercial motor vehicle crash on Interstate 94 at mile marker 116 in Jackson County. Preliminary investigation shows a tractor pulling two trailers was westbound, traveling through a construction zone where traffic is moving bi-directional in the eastbound lanes. As the traffic lanes moved from the bi-directional back to the westbound lanes of travel, the CMV failed to negotiate the transition and struck an impact attenuator connected to jersey barriers dividing traffic. The

ABOVE PHOTO: Nolato Contour employees, from left John Eisenmann, Carlene Manske, Lucie Roe and Joe Dravland, are in the workforce training certificate program at UW-Stout.  A new program aimed at supporting workforce development in Wisconsin was praised by Gov. Tony Evers on March 7 when he visited University of Wisconsin-Stout. Evers learned about a first-of-its-kind collaboration that began last fall between the university and state Department of Workforce Development. The university is offering a three-course certificate program, the Workforce Development Specialist

They say Grandma’s are like moms with extra frosting. They get to do the fun stuff, be the friend, sneak the sweets, whisper the secrets.  And for this week’s Friday Feel Good we meet a Granddaughter and Grandma who stitch the days, weeks, months, and years together in a special way.  A grandma left an amazing gift to her granddaughter . . . 20 years worth of saved voicemails from granddaughter to grandmother.  The little girl would call over the years and leave voicemails