Home

Wisconsin gas prices are essentially unchanged.  Triple-A reports the statewide average price for regular remained at two-93 a gallon Saturday, while the average price in the Madison metro area was pretty much flat at two-94 a gallon.  The average price in the Janesville-Beloit area was down a penny at two-88 a gallon.

A Baraboo man is going to prison for 13 years for trying to blow up a Juneau County bar. Heath Fjorden was sentenced Friday for setting off an explosion in the basement of Beagle’s Bar and Grill in Lyndon Station.  He was working at the bar and was in the process of buying it when he tried to blow it up in September of last year.

Hello and welcome to your day! We are glad you are here. As we slip into the first days of December, the To-Do lists can seem to grow at record pace and the stress of the season can seem to eclipse the joy. For that reason, we like to slow things down a bit on Saturday morning with a simple “scroll down memory lane.” This is just a look back at events that happened on this day in history before

The 59th annual Hoofers Ski and Snowboard Resale is going on this weekend. It’s billed as the biggest ski swap in the Midwest and is expected to draw more than ten-thousand people to the UW-Madison campus. The event runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 8 to noon on Sunday. Doors will open at 7 a.m. for shoppers who want the earliest crack at discount-priced recycled winter gear and clothing.

The median pay for teachers in Wisconsin has fallen more than twelve percent in the last decade, according to a new report. The Wisconsin Policy Forum report shows the median, inflation-adjusted pay in 2009 was 67-thousand-500. In 2023, it’s 59-thousand-250 – an eight-thousand dollar difference in salary. The forum says the 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 is a factor, limiting school spending from the time it was enacted, resulting in smaller budgets and less money for raises. The report predicts the

Wisconsin airports will be getting more than 38-million dollars for safety and infrastructure upgrades. State US Senator Tammy Baldwin says the funding came from the Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Grants. Projects include runway, terminal, and roadway improvement projects, along with sustainability projects. The Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire got one-million dollars, the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison got four-point-nine-million, and the General Mitchell International Airport got eight-point five million.

Wisconsin is ranked the sixth best state in the nation for game developers.    A study looked at average game developer incomes adjusted for cost of living in all 50 states.  Wisconsin comes in sixth, with a more than $122-thousand dollar average income.  Idaho is first with $135-thousand.  But, it appears people interested in a career as a game developer don’t necessarily think of Wisconsin.  A separate study of Google web searches shows Wisconsin is NOT in the top ten of

UPDATE:12/04/23 The driver of the vehicle is identified as 33yr old Michael Rusch, of Augusta. The passenger of the vehicle is identified as 4yr old Evangeline Rusch, of Altoona. The investigation revealed that Michael had been traveling on County Road D near S 140 th Ave at an extremely high rate of speed in a 1986 Chevrolet Corvette with Evangeline in a child safety seat in the passenger seat. Michael lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a curve in

On Wednesday, November 29th, 2023, at 6:52am, the St. Croix County Emergency Communication Center received a call alerting them to a single vehicle crash in the 2300 block of Hwy 63/64, located in the Town of Cylon. Upon arrival, deputies located a 2004 Dodge Durango off the roadway. The vehicle had been traveling east on Hwy 63/64 when the driver lost control of the vehicle, entering the north ditch before colliding with a tree. The driver of the vehicle, later

During the holidays the packages, boxes and bags can also mean full garbages and bins.  For this week’s Friday Feel Good we dive into the pile and pull out a story that puts the green in our red and green season. The first ever World Cup for Picking Up Garbage (a.k.a. the SpoGomi World Cup) took place in Japan this year and the British team ended up taking first place.  Here is Team U.S.A. participant Beatrice Hernandez talking about her team’s strategy for