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Milwaukee’s shooting tally continues to go up. Police in the city say 13 people were shot over the weekend. Three of those people, including a one-year-old, died. Saturday was the most violent day, with eight people shot on Saturday alone. Milwaukee has over 60 homicides so far this year, not counting the weekend death toll.

The red air quality alert for Eau Claire and other folks in northern Wisconsin continues until 8:00 this morning.  Wisconsin’s DNR issued the alert yesterday after a haze settled in across parts of Wisconsin as a result of the wildfires in Canada. Eau Claire is one of five counties to see a red air quality alert.  A red-level alert means the air is unhealthy for even healthy people and non-sensitive groups. The state is expected to update its warnings later this morning.

Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol are looking to tighten up the rules for elections in the state. An Assembly panel will hear four pieces of legislation tomorrow that aim to change some of the rules for elections in Wisconsin. One would require photo ID for military ballots, while another would help local election managers with the cost of mandated special elections. It’s not clear which, if any of the plans, will become law. Governor Evers has promised to veto anything that he thinks

Wisconsin led the way to a 102-million-dollar settlement with the maker of suboxone. Attorney General Josh Kaul on Friday announced the agreement. Kaul and attorneys general from 41 other states accused the drug’s maker of trying to switch the medication from pills to patches, and then accused them of trying to ruin the market for pills. Suboxone is a drug used to treat opioid addiction. Wisconsin will get about seven-and-a-half million-dollars as part of the settlement.

 The state of Wisconsin is sending two million-dollars to Green Bay for the NFL Draft, and may send 400 million-dollars to the Brewers for their stadium, but lawmakers are not sending any money to Milwaukee’s proposed downtown soccer stadium. The budget-writing Joint Finance Committee last week left the soccer project off of the list for the next state budget. Governor Evers proposed spending nine million-dollars in state money to help get the 45 million-dollar project built. The Republicans who control the state

An officer involved shooting remains under investigation. The following is a press release from authorities regarding the incident: The St. Croix County Emergency Communication Center received a call at about 10:46 p.m. on June 3, 2023, reporting a domestic disturbance at a residence in the 1900 block of CTH CC, in Star Prairie Township. The caller advised that her husband was “out of control” and threatening to “bring his AR out”. St. Croix County Deputies and officers from the New

Janesville Police have been scrambling to keep up with a rash of opiate overdoses.  The Janesville PD said on Saturday that officers have responded to four suspected opiate-related overdoses in just a day and-a-half.  Police caution people against using any illegal narcotis and encourage people struggling with addiction to seek treatment.  They say it’s critical to call 911 immediately for emergency medical treatment in the event of an overdose.

Wisconsin’s oldest Chinese restaurant has won a 40-thousand dollar grant.  The Cozy Inn Restaurant in Janesville is one of 25 restaurants in the U.S. honored with a Backing Historic Small Restaurants Grant through the National Trust for Historic Preservation.  The grants are aimed at helping to improve businesses and positively impact communities.  The Cozy Inn opened in 1922 and celebrated its 100th anniversary last November.  The owners plan to use the grant to restore the iconic neon sign of the

Hello. Welcome to your Saturday. We’re glad you are here. As Summer gets into full swing there can be lists, piles, and miles to deal with every week. We get it. Which is why we like to take Saturday mornings a little slower with a simple “scroll down memory lane.” It’s just a look back at events that happened on this day in history before we head out to make new history today. So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and

 The EPA says wildfire smoke from Canada is still impacting the entire Midwest region’s air quality.  The agency’s latest smoke map shows a light haze is still present high in the sky over Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Illinois and Missouri among many other states.