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There are new calls for new financial sanctions against Iran from some of Wisconsin’s members of Congress. Democratic US Senator Tammy Baldwin yesterday said until she’s convinced that Iran did not pay for Hamas’s weekend attacks in Israel, she wants President Biden to refreeze the six billion dollars he unfroze to get back some American prisoners. Republican Congressman Bryan Steil also demanded yesterday that the president sanction Iran. Steil is also asking for a full accounting of just how the

A Franklin woman accused of poisoning her friend with eye drops is set to go on trial at the end of the month.  Prosecutors have charged 37-year-old Jessy Kurczewski with first-degree intentional homicide and two counts of felony theft.  Investigators say she originally told police that her friend’s death in 2018 was an accident, or a drug overdose.   Police later said the story didn’t match up and an autopsy showed her friend died with a deadly amount of tetrahydrozoline, the

Lawmakers at the Wisconsin Capitol are expected to approve a handful of proposed laws that would deal with trans athletes, and gender affirming care. The Wisconsin Assembly is scheduled to vote later today on one plan that would declare girls sports in high school for biological girls only. Another plan would do the same at UW schools. The Assembly is also expected to approve a ban on gender affirming care for children. Democrats at the Wisconsin Capitol have already lined

The future of PFAS regulation in Wisconsin is up in the air, after a pair of Republican Lawmakers yesterday accused the governor of negotiating in bad faith. State Senators Eric Wimberger and Robert Cowles yesterday said Governor Evers wants to have it all his way when it comes to rules for PFAS chemicals. The senators say they’ve been talking for months with the governor’s office, and have agreed to about 80 percent of what the governor wants. A senate committee

Police in Augusta are looking to raise money to train their new police dog. The city’s police department yesterday introduced K9 Chase. He replaces the city’s old police dog Jake, who recently passed away. There will be a fundraiser next Saturday to help raise money to cover the costs of sending Chase and his handler to New Mexico to complete their training. Chase is a three-year-old German Shepherd who is donated by the owners of Wisconsin K9 Services. CLICK HERE

The plan is to use the Red Flint Sand And Gravel land as a new recreation area. Eau Claire County yesterday announced plans to turn the 230 acres into a place where people can swim, row, hike, bike, and just enjoy the outdoors. There’s currently a bike trail on the land, but the county tends to add more. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LAND AND STORY WITH OUR PARTNERS AT WEAU 13 NEWS.

Folks in Wisconsin have to get up and go to work today, someone in California won the massive Powerball jackpot. Lotto managers say a ticket sold in California matched all six winning numbers  for the one-point-76 billion-dollar jackpot. It’s the second largest jackpot ever. The winning ticket was sold in Frazier Park, California, that’s about 75 miles north of Los Angeles. The last time someone won Powerball, it was also a ticket sold in California, and also for a prize

Eddie the giraffe is at his new home. Eddie left the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison over the weekend, and will now stay at the NEW Zoo and Adventure Park near Green bay. Zoo managers in Madison are planning to update the area where Eddie used to live. He will join two other giraffes up at The New Zoo, and visitors will even be allowed to feed him as part of his new enclosure. Zoo managers say it’s going to

There is a rat problem in Green Bay with at least 129 reports so far this year. One woman says she has seen more than a dozen rats since moving into her duplex a few years ago. The City says it hired an inspector last year, and is trying to educate people to clear their yards of anything that rats could use as food, water, or shelter.

Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) and Johnson Financial Group announced on Wednesday the Top 4 products moving on in the eighth annual Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin contest. The four products each won two head-to-head matchups in a bracket style tournament known as Manufacturing Madness. Over one million votes have been cast in the competition over the last eight years, highlighting Wisconsin’s diverse manufacturing industry, which contributes roughly $70 billion to the state’s economy each year. This year, over 100