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On Saturday, July 29, 2023, at 9:47 p.m., the Barron County 911 center took a call of a multiple vehicle accident on Hwy 48 between RL and Cumberland. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with the Cumberland Fire Department, Mayo Ambulance, Cumberland Ambulance, Marshfield Medical Ambulance, Life Link Helicopters, Birchwood Ambulance, WI State Patrol and Barron County First Responders responded to the scene. Initial investigation shows a single-occupied truck was slowing to turn left into a driveway when

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has announced that Door County will host the 77th Alice in Dairyland Finals May 2-4, 2024, making it the first time the county has hosted since 1983. Featuring 300 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline, towering limestone bluffs, and 11 historic lighthouses, the Door County peninsula is vacation destination for over two million people each year. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

Hunting is in the crosshairs for The Biden Administration, now is withholding funds for schools that have hunting and archery training programs.  FOX News confirms the White House is blocking the funding based on its interpretation of new legislation that bans funds from being used on “training in the use of a dangerous weapon.”  Republicans are outraged at the move, including a Wisconsin reaction. Republican Congressman Tom Tiffany of  Wisconsin says “Students should not be pawns in Joe Biden’s misguided

In Marshfield there will be updates coming to a local cemetery. Several crypt and niche plaques will be removed this week for warranty work due to fading. Plaques will be re-installed the week of August 14 th once the warranty work is done. Please call the cemetery office at 715-486-2098 or email hilltop@ci.marshfield.wi.us with any questions.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is stocking Lake Michigan and Lake Superior with hundreds of thousands of fish this year.  The DNR says that includes 50-thousand brook trout, over 44-thousand brown trout, and over 258-thousand coho salmon.

 It was a happy homecoming for a couple hundred Wisconsin National Guard soldiers. More than 250 members of the 157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade returned Saturday from a deployment to the Horn of Africa. Guard commanders say the troops were in Africa to ‘enhance partner nation capacity, promote regional stability, and protect the country.’

 The Wisconsin Supreme Court flips this week. Liberal judge Janet Protasiewicz will take her oath of office tomorrow, and officially join the court. She won the spring election and has been waiting to start her turn. Protasiewicz will turn Wisconsin’s Supreme Court from a 4-3 conservative majority, to a 4-3 liberal majority. Democrats and liberals in the state expect Protasiewicz to be the deciding vote on a whole host of cases from abortion, to election maps, to perhaps even an attempt to overrule

Crews in Chippewa Falls are looking into a weekend house fire. No one was hurt when the house on Dover Street caught fire yesterday. Firefighters say it looks like the fire started in the kitchen. Crews were able to keep the flames to one level of the house. Firefighters rescued both a cat and a dog from the fire, they say the two are doing fine.

Four people are dead after a pair of crashes at the EAA show in Oshkosh. Both crashes happened Saturday. Investigators say two people died when their plane crashed into Lake Winnebago earlier in the day Saturday. The other two died when a helicopter and gyrocopter collided later that afternoon. The sheriff’s office in Oshkosh has not yet identified any of the four who were killed. Local, state, and federal investigators are now looking into the crashes.

A Waupaca County man will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing his girlfriend’s 18-year-old son over stolen reptiles. A judge on Friday sentenced William Zelenski to 35 years to life for Ryelee Manente’s murder back in 2020. Police say Zelenski shot the teenager over 17 thousand-dollars worth of reptiles and weapons. The teen’s mom is serving 23 years in prison for her role in the crime. Zelinski is 47-years-old right now, he’d be 82 if he’s