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A former Milwaukee police officer is walking away from charges that he choked a man to death at his home back in 2020. A jury on Friday found former officer Michael Mattioli not guilty in the death of Joel Acevedo. Prosecutors say Mattioli choked Acevedo to death following a fight at his home, but Mattioli claimed he simply tried to control Acevedo after the fight. He says he acted in self defense.

No one is saying why someone drove through a gate and on to the tarmac at La Crosse’s airport. It happened Saturday afternoon. Police say the person sped through a locked gate, then drove to a private jet and climbed on-board. There was a flight crew on the plane, but they got off. La Crosse Police rushed to the airport, and blocked the plane with a tactical vehicle. Officers eventually arrested the driver and they were taken to jail. Prosecutors

There are not yet enough votes for the Brewers’ ballpark in the State Senate. Senators are set to vote tomorrow on the plan which would spend about 500 million-dollars in taxpayer money on American Family Field and keep the Brewers in Milwaukee til 2050. But there are not yet 17 ‘Yes’ votes. No one is saying just how many votes there, but Republican senators say it’s not enough. A number of Republicans don’t like the idea of having taxpayers pay

Microsoft is looking to double its billion-dollar-plus investment in Mount Pleasant. The company last week announced plans to spend another one-point-four billion-dollars on its data center project. Microsoft first announced its data center plans earlier this year. This announcement is on top of that original project. The Microsoft center will be built on some of the land that was set aside for the Foxconn project. Racine County and the village of Mount Pleasant will have to agree to some development

Habitat for Humanity marked Veterans Day with a tour of homes for homeless vets. Volunteers are getting ready to turn the Grace Lutheran school near the courthouse into an apartment complex for Eau Claire’s homeless veterans/ On Saturday, Habitat offered a tour of the school and showed-off the plans. The plan is for there to be 11 apartments in the former school, and Habitat will turn the school’s basement into a community center.

The DNR is reminding hunters about the rules for riding an ATV during the upcoming deer season. The Department of Natural Resources says it remains illegal to shoot from an ATV, even if it is parked. The DNR says hunters must also unload their guns and bows while they are carrying them on an ATV. Bow season has already begun for Wisconsin deer hunters. Deer season begins on Saturday.

We’re going to get another snapshot of what people think about the US Supreme Court, and the top political issues of the day this week. Pollsters with the Marquette Law School Poll have a new report coming Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday’s poll will focus on the US Supreme Court. Thursday’s poll will look at the issues voters care about most. The new polls come after a Marquette Law School Poll last week looked at the presidential race as it stands

The Packers finally were able to score in the first half, but it was the fourth quarter that killed them. Jordan Love threw two fourth quarter interceptions to doom the Packers yesterday against the Steelers in Pittsburgh. Green Bay lost 23-19. The loss drops the Packers to 3-6 on the season. Green Bay plays the Charges next Sunday at home.

Downtown Madison is for runners today, as some streets are closed for the Madison Marathon. The marathon will wrap around Lake Monona, through Tenney Park, the UW campus, Camp Randall Stadium, and past the State Capitol building. That means roads along the route will be closed to cars. The marathon starts at 7 a.m., and isn’t expected to wrap up until around 1:30 p.m. You can find a map of the race route, as well as more information on just

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the gun deer hunting season that begins next weekend will see fewer hunters than last year.  DNR says 600-thousand hunters will be in the field, a two-percent decline in the number who bought licenses last season.  Gun deer hunting season runs from next Saturday, November 18th, through Sunday, November 26th.