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A Madison native is a history-making Miss Wisconsin 2023.  T wenty-one-year-old Lila Szyryj was crowned Saturday at the Miss Wisconsin Pageant in Oshkosh.  She’s the first Chinese-American and the first Madison native to win the title  The 2022 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison will compete for the title of Miss America

Madison native Peter Liu has won a medal at the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin.  Liu swam a leg for the silver-medalist U.S. four-by-50-meter relay team.  He also placed sixth overall in the 200-meter breaststroke final.  The closing ceremony for the Special Olympics World Games is today in Berlin.

Hello. Welcome to your Saturday. We are glad you are here. As our Summer slides on the week can sometimes feel long, overwhelming, or just plain exhausting. For that reason we like to take it a little slower on Saturday mornings and simply take a “scroll down memory lane.” It’s a look back at events that happened on this day in history before we head out into a new day and make history again. So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink

The city with the longest waiting list for football season tickets tops U.S. News and World Report’s Best Places To Live.  Green Bay, Wisconsin, is ranked number one, followed by Huntsville, Alabama, in second and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina in third.  According to the publication’s website, the ratings are based on a variety of factors, including affordability, education, quality of life, job market and desirability.  The report says “Green Bay has the perfect mix of big-city amenities (and) a Midwestern, small-town feel.”

Wisconsin drivers are paying a little less for gas as the weekend begins.  Triple-A reports the state average for regular was down one cent Friday, to three-52 a gallon.  The average was three-40 a gallon in Dane and Sauk counties.  The national average was flat at three-58 a gallon Friday.

It wasn’t long ago that we were celebrating the dads in our life on the official Fathers Day. For this week’s Friday Feel Good we dial up a story of connection that reminds us that any day is a reason to celebrate a family connection.  After over a dozen years of looking, a Wisconsin woman was finally able to find her biological father by using 23andMe.   Melissa Kelly talks about her journey and connecting with her biological father Ron over the phone, and instantly feeling

The Chippewa Valley Technical College District Board approved the 2023-24 budget as proposed during its meeting on Thursday. This approval comes just a day after the state Assembly indefinitely postponed the vote on Assembly Bill 2, which posed a threat to the technical colleges’ ability to levy property taxes for operating and maintenance expenses. CVTC’s budget calls for total expenditures of $113,626,637, a reduction of 2.59 percent from the 2022-23 budget due mainly to the completion of referendum projects. General fund

 A man is facing charges in connection with a shooting in Tomah earlier this week. Yesterday several charges were filed against 23-year-old Krimzen Perea, including first-degree attempted homicide. Police say early Monday morning, Perea followed a man to the nine-hundred block of East McCoy where he allegedly shot him. The victim then managed to fight Perea for the gun. He was able to get the gun and run to a Super 8 Hotel on Berry Avenue for help. The victim

Eau Claire Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a runaway juvenile. Police say 14-year-old Coiya Olson was last seen on June 11th and last spoke with her family on June 14th. A photo of Olson is available on the Facebook page of the Eau Claire Police Department. Anyone with any information is asked to call Eau Claire Police. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

With the mercury rising, Eau Claire Police remind not to leave your pet in a hot car. Police say they receive a call at least once a week during the warm weather months of a dog being left in a hot car. In 2018, the department reports they received over 100 calls of animals being left in hot cars. So far this year, the department has received thirty calls for animals being left in a hot car.