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Hello. Welcome to your Saturday. We’re glad you are here! After a week that can sometimes feel stressful or overwhelming we like to start Saturday morning in a simpler way with a look back at events that happened on this date in history before we head out into a new day. A “scroll down memory lane.” So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll! On this day: In 1506, Christopher Columbus died in poverty in Spain.  In 1899, Jacob

 A 21-year-old Madison man is on his way to federal prison for trafficking fentanyl.  Roland Scott the Third was sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday for possessing with intent to distribute more than 40 grams or more of fentanyl and maintaining a drug trafficking place.  Scott pleaded guilty in February to selling heroin and fentanyl to an undercover officer in 2021.

The annual celebration of Norwegian culture is underway in Stoughton.  The Syttende Mail Festival, highlighting the city’s Norwegian heritage with art, crafts, dancing performances, and traditional food opened on Friday and runs through Sunday.  One change from years past is the route for today’s 20-mile run, which has started in Madison and ended in Stoughton.  The run will start and end at Mandt Park in Stoughton, giving runners a safer route.  Information is available online WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

Wisconsin gas prices jumped four cents on Friday.  According to Triple-A, the Badger State average for regular rose to three-45 a gallon yesterday, eight cents higher than last Friday, but seven cents lower than this time last month.  The national average was up a penny, to three-54 a gallon.

The Circus World season begins in Baraboo  today and it’s the last season where elephants will perform.  Once the season is over Circus World’s elephants will live the rest of their lives at the Endangered Ark Foundation in Oklahoma.  The circus says it has no plans to bring elephants back in the future.

When we hear stories of missing children, we instantly wish for a happy ending and for this week’s Friday Feel Good we can offer that wish granted! This was actually a news story as well and we were so thrilled to share the happy ending that it will also be our Friday Feel Good this week as we start in the Upper Peninsula in Michigan where a family was taking a camping trip. It was during that trip that things took

A Dane County sheriff’s deputy is in the hospital after being involved in a car crash.  The sheriff’s office says the deputy was hit by a drunk driver this morning on County Highway N just south of Interstate-90.  The deputy suffered non-life threatening injuries.  The sheriff’s office says the suspect drove off but was later found and arrested.  He’s charged with OWI, hit and run, and resisting and obstructing.

If you are looking to shake up your lunch routine, Mike has your back. Jersey Mike’s first Eau Claire store is set to open on Wednesday. The shop will be on Clairemont, next to the ShopKo Optical. The store is the first of two for Eau Claire. The other shop, on Golf Road, isn’t expected to open until October.

The top Republican in the Wisconsin Senate is ready to move ahead with his version of a shared revenue plan.  Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu yesterday said the Senate will hold hearings next week to work on changes to the plan that state representatives okayed on Wednesday.  The biggest change will likely be dropping the requirement that voters in Milwaukee and Milwaukee County approve a new sales tax increase.  LeMahieu says it’s unfortunate that Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has drawn a ‘line

 Wisconsin is looking to set aside 125-million dollars for PFAS contamination across the state.  The budget-writing Joint Finance Committee agreed yesterday to create a trust fund to help local communities deal with PFAS in their water supplies.  State Rep. Mark Born says Wisconsin needs to take some time and figure out the best strategy for dealing with PFAS contamination, but he said setting aside 125-million dollars now will guarantee there will be money in the future to address the state’s needs.  Democrats at