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Nearly 400 flags lined Stoughton’s Veterans Memorial Park as the community honored its veterans.  Organizers of Saturday’s Veterans Day ceremony say the people of Stoughton loaned flags that fly in their front yards for the celebration.  The ceremony included reflection, prayer, a gun salute, and folding of the flag.

“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” — Elmer Davis Today we honor the hero’s among us and salute our Veterans. But why? What is happening around us today for that purpose? Let’s break it down and take a closer look as we head into the day. First of all, what is Veteran’s Day? It has connections to the Tomb of the Unknow Soldier. In 1921, an unknown

A Dunn County judge will not allow a woman convicted of the murder of her ex-boyfriend will get a new trial. Ezra McCandless is currently serving a sentence for the 2018 murder of Alex Woodworth. Her sentence is 50 years with the possibility of parole. Her defense team said in the pitch for a re-trial that her history with sexual abuse was kept from the jury and journal entries from Woodworth were redacted. The defense said Woodworth’s entries prove he

A Madison man who spent more than ten years in a locked mental health facility before being released, is now accused of sexual assault. Police say Alfred Riley strangled and assaulted a woman in her apartment this week. The victim was able to escape through a first-floor window, and tells police she is sure Riley was going to kill her. No criminal charge has been filed against Riley yet. Dane County records show Riley sexually assaulted four women in 1986

Layoffs are beginning today at a goat cheese plant that employs nearly 200 people in Belmont. The plant is closing as Canadian cheese and dairy products company Saputo moves goat cheese production to its facility in Reedsburg. The company also will close its plant in Lancaster, where 100 people are employed. Saputo said workers are being offered a severance package or a job at another company facility.

Thanks to a relatively mild fall, the Green Waste Facility located at 5710 Jeffers Road is able to extend its operating season for an additional week, Eau Claire residents will be able to dispose of brush, grass clippings, and leaves through Wednesday, November 22, 2023. For the remainder of the regular season (through November 15) hours of operation will be:Saturday, November 11 from 8 am 3pmMonday, November 13 from 10am 6 pmWednesday, November 15 from 10 am 6 pm During

Attorney General Josh Kaul today celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory located in the Milwaukee area. “Efforts to build a new crime lab in the Milwaukee area began well before I was first sworn in as Attorney General, and I’m thrilled that we’re now able to put shovels in the ground to get this done,” said Attorney General Josh Kaul. “My top priority is public safety, and ensuring the state crime labs have the facilities they need to keep up with scientific

The life of our local law enforcement leaders can be full of the ups and downs of daily calls. For this week’s Friday Feel Good we meet a boy who called 911 not to report an emergency, but to offer something else…  A young boy in Florida called the police because he wanted to give an officer a hug.  Deputy Pracht answers the call in more ways than one, giving the kid a hug, but also explaining the real reason you call

A handful of Wisconsin lawmakers want to see if magic mushrooms can help with PTSD, and maybe if they should be made legal. Four lawmakers, two Republicans and two Democrats, yesterday asked the legislature for support in their medical psilocybin  pilot program. The idea is to study whether magic mushrooms can help with PTSD and other mental health issues. The lawmakers say there’s a good chance that the drugs can help a lot of people. Colorado and Oregon, as well

The jury should get the case today against a former Milwaukee police officer accused of choking a man to death. Former officer Michael Mattioli was the last person to testify at his trial yesterday. He told jurors that he did not choke Joel Acevedo during a fight at his house in April of 2020. Prosecutors say Mattioli put Acevedo in a rear naked chokehold, but Mattioli says he was simply trying to get control of him. Both the prosecution and