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 Police in Janesville say the car pulled from the Rock River this week was reported stolen in 1993.  Someone found the car under the water at Riverside Park this week, they were using a sonar device.  Crews then pulled the car from the river and noticed that it had been reported stolen 30 years ago.  Janesville Police are not saying when or how the car ended up in the river.  Investigators say they contacted the owner, and say the case

Public health managers in Wisconsin are looking for help in spending the state’s share of the JUUL settlement.  The Department of Health Services this week announced a series of public meetings to get input on how best to use the money.  Wisconsin is getting 15-million dollars from the makers of JUUL vape pods as part of a settlement that accused the company of marketing to kids.  The money is expected to come into the state over the next five to nine years.

The fight over tax cuts in Wisconsin is not over yet.  Assembly Speaker Robin Vos yesterday said Republicans will likely vote again on a multi-billion dollar tax cut for most taxpayers in the state.  Governor Evers vetoed the Republicans’ three-and-a-half billion-dollar tax cut earlier this week, saying it didn’t do enough for middle class families. Vos said the tax cut would have helped everyone who makes between 38-thousand and just over 400-thousand dollars a year. The governor said he’d veto any new

Madison is now seeing the second-worst drought conditions possible.  Today’s U.S. Drought Monitor map shows Madison is experiencing extreme drought.  The entire southern third of Wisconsin is one classification lower, under severe drought.

A $50,000 Powerball winning ticket was sold at Pick N Save on S74 W17005 Janesville Rd. in Muskego for the Wednesday, July 5 drawing. The winning ticket matched four of five numbers (17-24-48-62-68) plus the Powerball (23) The July 5 winning ticket is the 18th $50,000 Powerball winner sold in Wisconsin in 2023. The estimated Powerball jackpot for the Saturday, July 8 drawing is $590 million. The Powerball jackpot was last hit in the April 19 drawing, when a ticket in Ohio matched all five white balls and the red Powerball to win a grand

Launched in May, The Hmong Institute and the Wisconsin Women’s Council’s Resiliency: Hmong Women’s Mental Health Journeys During the COVID-19 Pandemic exhibit made its way to Eau Claire at the end of June. The Hmong women’s story cloth exhibit is on display at the Pablo Center at the Confluence on third floor in the Orgel Wealth Management Atrium now through July 21, 2023. The Atrium is open to the public 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday or one hour before theatre events. Resiliency: Hmong

National Lineworker Appreciation Day honors the nation’s 74,000 electrical lineworkers who place themselves in harm’s way to serve their communities.  As part of National Lineworker Appreciation Day,Xcel Energy, along with instructors and students from the Chippewa Valley Technical College’s electric power distribution training program, will provide reporters and invited guests an up-close look at one of the oldest lineworker training programs in the state of Wisconsin. Xcel Energy currently employs more than 150 lineworkers in Wisconsin and Michigan. National Lineworker

Musical performances ranging from the blues to Kids From Wisconsin to a community band are part of the Summer Concert Series in Melvin Wall Amphitheatre at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. The concert series is a longstanding summer tradition at UWRF and events are free and open to the public. The series kicks off with a performance by the Trent Romens Band at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 18. The Twin Cities-based band is headed by blues guitarist Trent Romens, who began performing at age

Authorities say a Beaver Dam man’s death at a strip club in Alma is considered suspicious.  No one is saying how 55-year-old Andrew Frechette died.  He was found unresponsive in the parking lot of Jimmy’s InBetween early last Friday morning.  The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating, and says because it is an open investigation they won’t be releasing any other information.

There are two people in custody for Monday’s deadly shooting that followed Milwaukee’s fireworks show. Police in the city yesterday said they arrested two 18-year-olds in connection to the case. There are no names yet, and there’s no word how the two are connected to the shooting. Milwaukee Police say it looks like an ‘altercation’ led to the shooting near North and Prospect that left a 15-year-old dead. The two suspects could appear before a judge as early as today.