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The Freemasons of Wisconsin are going to make sure all Wisconsin State Patrol cars are equipped with an automated external defibrillator and a fire suppression tool.  The organization made the announcement Friday during its annual gathering in Madison.  The Freemasons will start this year by donating 57 of each piece of gear to the State Patrol.  It will take several years to completely equip the roughly 500 state troopers and inspectors.

A downtown Madison summer tradition returns to State Street today.  The 14th Cars on State Classic Car Show will take over six blocks of State Street from 10 a.m to 3 p.m.  The event is expected to draw between seven-thousand and ten-thousand visitors.  The car show is back for the first time since 2019 after taking a break during the pandemic.  

For so many people, pets are family. And as we near the dog days of summer, this week’s Friday Feel Good story takes us down the aisle…but not in a traditional way.  A Philly groom recently went viral not for his dollar dance, but for his DOGGY dance. The Grooms name is Ben, Rosy is the Labrador and they are gaining popularity after performing a “father-dogter” dance at the groom’s wedding.  The special moment was not the chicken dance however, they

The RCU Foundation announced the start of their popular annual scavenger hunt for kids! The Youth Rock Hunt encourages families to get outside and explore their communities while searching for custom-engraved rocks. Winners will receive a Royal Credit Union Piggy Bank and $50 cash!  The Youth Rock Hunt is sponsored by Market & Johnson and will start the morning of June 2, 2023. Individuals, families, or groups can get involved in the hunt, but community members are encouraged to allow

There’s an arrest warrant out for a Chippewa Falls man accused of exposing himself to a 14-year-old girl. The sheriff in Juneau County says 28-year-old Daniel Sykora sent the girl naked pictures online, then threatened to rape her, kill her and her family, and then kill himself. Sykora is from Chippewa Falls, and is out on bond for several felony cases there. His pictures are online and you can see more with a CLICK HERE. Authorities say anyone who knows

Wisconsin’s two U.S. Senators split their votes on the debt ceiling deal. Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin voted for the agreement with House Republicans, while Republican Senator Ron Johnson voted against it. Johnson called it a ‘disastrous deal’ and said it has the “bare minimum” of spending restrictions. Baldwin said she voted for the plan to ‘protect’ veterans and seniors, and to make sure the country doesn’t default on its debt.

UW-Eau Claire is getting millions for its new science building in the new state budget. The budget-writing Joint Finance Committee yesterday set-aside 231 million-dollars for the new building. Eau Claire Chancellor James Schmidt says it’s been five years in the making, and said he is grateful for the money. The cash will be used to build a new  Science and Health Sciences building. Work could start early next year, and the building could open by 2026.

You may have some cash just waiting to be picked-up. The Wisconsin Department of Revenue this week published a list of names of people who are on the unclaimed property list. Thousands of people in the state are owed part of the 600 million-dollars the state has in unclaimed money. Revenue says one-in-seven people in the state are owed something. The average pay-out is about 11 hundred dollars and you can CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO CHECK ON YOUR STATUS.

 UW-Madison is not getting a new engineering building in the new state budget. The budget-writing Joint Finance Committee yesterday approved a three billion-dollar building plan that does not include money for the UW’s engineering building. The university wanted about 200 million from the state, and had called the new engineering building a top priority. State Rep. Mark Born says there are a lot of things that didn’t make the cut in the new state budget. The UW’s president says the

The Justice Department is stepping into the road battle in Lac du Flambeau, on the side of the tribe. The federal government is suing the town of Lac du Flambeau on behalf of the tribe and a handful of homeowners over the town’s approach to roads that connect the town and the reservation. The tribe claims it’s owed millions of dollars because the town hasn’t paid for the roads in years. The dispute came to a head over the winter