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The federal government is offering help to Wisconsin farmers being affected by some of the worst drought conditions the state has ever seen.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture says both financial and technical assistance are available.  Some of the programs include the Livestock Forage Disaster Program and Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program.  More information is available on the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service website WITH A CLICK HERE.

In these Dog Days of Summer we sometimes enjoy a cool treat, a dip in the pool, or a day spent in air conditioning. But, for this week’s Friday Feel Good we meet a woman who was not able to seek comfort during the heatwave because the people she thought were helping her fix her air conditioner scammed her instead. Leaving her high and dry..and hot!  Peggy lives in Kansas and was distraught after spending $5,000 to get her A/C fixed and it still

A former mailman from Barron County will not spend any time behind bars for stealing over four-thousand-dollars worth of Menards’ rebate checks. Joshua Copas from Cumberland pleaded guilty this week to stealing the check while he was delivering mail last year. The case broke when a woman called Menards asking about her rebate check. The store told her it’d already been spent. Investigators then tracked down Copas and found that he’d stolen more than 30 other checks. In all, prosecutors

The investigation into a man found dead in the parking lot of a strip club in Jackson County is now a homicide investigation. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office yesterday ruled 55-year-old Andrew Frechette’s death a homicide. He was found in a car in the parking lot of Jimmy’s InBetween in the township of Alma back on June 30th. Investigators labeled his death suspicious from the start, but no one is saying just how he died, or who may be a

A former Rock County deputy is taking a plea deal in his child sexual assault case.  Gary Huber this week pleaded guilty to four felony charges, in exchange prosecutors are dropping six other charges.  Huber admitted exposing himself to a child under 13, as well as having a child view a sex act.  He was accused of abusing kids between the ages of 8 and 12, starting as far back as 2010.  He’ll be sentenced in October.

A Portage man is expected to face formal charges today for the ‘brutal and sadistic’ killing of rabbits.  Portage Police arrested the man Wednesday.  No one is saying just how the man killed the rabbits, but investigators say they found several shallow graves full of decomposing rabbit bodies.  The man is accused of adopting rabbits from local shelters, then taking them home and killing them.  He’s expected to appear before a judge later today to face charges.

Wisconsin’s governor is once again talking about expanding child care funding. Governor Tony Evers yesterday used his weekly radio address to highlight the specifics of his planned special session on Wisconsin’s workforce. The governor says the key to the plan is to restore 365-million dollars to child care providers that went away when the coronavirus emergency ended, as well as a paid family leave plan in Wisconsin. The governor didn’t mention, however, that both plans are probably doomed. Republicans made

Wisconsin’s attorney general is asking a judge to unseal court documents from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee as part of his sexual abuse probe. A-G Josh Kaul yesterday said the church has not volunteered the information, so now he wants to compel the archdiocese. Kaul is looking into past complaints of clergy sexual abuse, and said he wants to see the sealed bankruptcy documents to see if there are any unreported complaints. The Milwaukee archdiocese has said since the beginning that

The Cream Puff Pavilion at the Wisconsin State Fair will look completely different next year. The state of Wisconsin this year approved 12-and-a-half million dollars to renovate the building. The idea is to modernize and expand the pavilion. The Cream Puff Pavilion is one of the oldest buildings on the fairgrounds and one of the busiest. The Wisconsin Baker’s Association, which makes cream puffs in the building, says it sells over a million dollars worth of cream puffs each year.

Drought conditions are worsening in Wisconsin.  The U.S. Drought Monitor shows more severe and extreme drought this week, with even a small area in northern Wisconsin seeing the worst drought conditions possible.  Madison is still seeing extreme drought conditions.