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Wisconsin’s first case of West Nile virus in a person this year has been confirmed in a Dane County resident, state health officials announced Friday.  It’s the first confirmed case in Dane County since 2021 and only the second in five years.  The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says most people who get infected with West Nile virus don’t get sick.  Those who do become sick might experience fever, headache, muscle aches, rash, and fatigue.

If you are looking to squeeze in a few more Summer festivals in our area, Boyceville has a cool tradition for you. The Cucumber Festival is under way this weekend and for a full listing of events-including live music and entertainment and the popular Sunday parade, CLICK HERE.

Sun Prairie’s 70th celebration of sweet corn is going on this weekend.  The Annual Sweet Corn Festival winds up today and Sunday at Angell Park.  Corn Fest 2023 features 80 tons of Wisconsin sweet corn that’s picked day-of near Plover, up by Stevens Point, and served from noon to 7 p.m.  Activities today include a corn-eating contest, kids’ activity tent, live music, food vendors, a carnival, and beer shelter from noon to 11:30 p.m.  CLICK TO SHUCK OPEN THE INFO.   

Madison is the most expensive city in America to rent a car.  A new survey by the website Cheapcarrental.net reports the cheapest car rental in Madison averages 702 dollars a week.  The next most expensive places to rent a car are Anchorage, Alaska and Spokane, Washington.

Gas prices are a little lower across Wisconsin this weekend.  Triple-A reports the statewide average was down a penny on Friday, to three-71 a gallon for regular.  It’s three-60 a gallon in Dane County, three-58 in Sauk County, and three-62 a gallon in Columbia County.

A traffic stop turns into an OWI for a Milwaukee man. On Friday, August 18 at approximately 4:33 PM, A Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper stopped avehicle for a traffic violation on Interstate 94 at milepost 56. The Trooper observed that the driver,Trayvon Thomas, showed signs of impairment. A subsequent investigation, including standardizedfield sobriety testing, showed that Mr. Thomas was operating a motor vehicle while under theinfluence of a controlled substance. He was subsequently arrested and charged with operating whileunder the

Below is more information from the Menomonie Police Department: On Saturday, August 12, 2023, at approximately 04:25 a.m., the Menomonie Police Department responded the area of Wilson Avenue and 13th Street South for the report of a motor vehicle crash. Upon investigation, officers learned that the vehicle had been stolen. At approximately 06:08 a.m., the Menomonie Police Department received reports of several more motorvehicle thefts throughout various locations in the City of Menomonie. In total, four vehicles were stolenfrom the

When you are young, a birthday can be one of the best days of the year. For this week’s Friday Feel Good we visit a woman who has been celebrating that special yearly day for 114 years!  The oldest woman in Texas celebrated her 114th birthday and was given an award for living so long.  Elizabeth Francis was joined by her family along with researcher Ben Meyers awarding her with a plaque for her major accomplishment, and her granddaughter.  A true reason to celebrate another

Researchers at UW-Madison say they’ve hacked voice ID protections with PVC pipes. The university this week announced a team figures out a way to use modified PVC pipes to get around the voice ID security systems that many banks are using. Researchers say they are trying to stay one step ahead of hackers and scammers who are getting creative in their attempts to steal people’s identities and/or money. Using custom-cut PVC pipes and paper towels, the team fooled the voice

We have a few new details, but not many answers about the two crashes at EAA in Oshkosh this year. The NTSB yesterday released an update about the crashes. Investigators say the crash that killed Devyn Collie-Reiley and Zach Colliemoreno saw the plane climb to nearly four thousand feet, before plummeting back to the earth. The other crash which killed Mark Peterson and Thomas Vol happened about 250 feet above the ground when a helicopter and a gyro-copter collided.