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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is using an emergency contract to repair State Highway 35 near DeSoto where a train derailed last week.  Repairs began on Friday and will continue through the weekend and Highway 35 is open under work zone conditions.  WisDOT will bill BNSF for the repairs and the railroad has pledged to cover the costs.    

It was a warm and dry April in southern Wisconsin.  The National Weather Service says the average high temperature in Madison was one-point-seven degrees above normal, while the average low was one-point-four degrees above normal.  As far as rainfall goes Madison saw nearly one-and-a-half fewer inches of rain than normal.

Wisconsin gas prices continue to drop and are now below where they were a month ago.  Triple-A says the statewide average is three dollars and 36 cents a gallon, down three cents from last month and six cents from last week.  The average in Madison is three-34 a gallon.  Triple-A says fears of a global economic recession are likely driving gas prices down.

Spring is often a time of hatching chicks and seeing those little lambs bounce in the fields. For this week’s Friday Feel Good we visit Florida where a couples newest little ray of sunshine decided it was time to enter the world…no matter whether mom was ready or not!  As a woman was set to deliver on the side of a road, a deputy in Florida is getting praise for helping deliver a baby.   Master Deputy Daniel “Red” Jones’ bodycam captured the birth and

The City of Marshfield is looking into allowing residents to have backyard chickens on their property, but before any decision is made, the Plan Commission is seeking public input. A proposed ordinance would allow up to four chickens on a single-family lot, provided the property owners secure the required license and abide by specific regulations. “Getting public comment on this topic is vital in this decision, because this will help us gauge resident support for allowing backyard chickens in the

We now know the name of the victim in a deadly Dunn County house fire. It was on May 1, 2023 at approximately 8:19 AM, the Dunn County Communication Center received a 911 call from an individual reporting a structure fire at a residence on 50 th St., in the Town of Tiffany, Dunn County, Wisconsin. The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office, Glenwood City Fire Department, and Boyceville EMS were dispatched to the scene. While engaging the fire, firefighters located a

Wisconsin’s cheese makers are finding a growth market in specialty cheese. The USDA says Wisconsin’s specialty cheese output jumped 26-percent in 2022. Specialty cheeses include things like Feta, Gorgonzola, and Parmesan. Producers added almost 51-million pounds of specialty cheeses to Wisconsin’s haul last year. The USDA says Wisconsin accounts for 25-percent of all of the cheese made in the United States.

The ongoing problems with Milwaukee County’s former medical examiner are pushing the homicide trial for a former Milwaukee police officer back, again. The judge in Officer Michael Mattioli’s trial yesterday ordered a new medical examiner to prepare a new report on the death of Joel Acevedo. Mattioli is accused of choking Acevedo to death back in 2020 while he was off-duty. The case has been delayed, in part because Milwaukee County M.E. Brian Peterson abruptly resigned last fall. Peterson continues

Wisconsin’s governor says he won’t sign anything that’d send more money to local governments unless Republicans at the State Capitol add more money to the mix. Governor Tony Evers yesterday threatened to veto the Republicans’ shared revenue plan because he says ‘it’s not enough.’ The governor also wants Republican lawmakers to lift the spending restrictions and requirements that the plan would impose on local governments. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said the plan at the statehouse is something that the voters

The fight over Wisconsin’s abortion law has begun, but it will be a while before there is a final answer.  Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul was in court in Madison yesterday for the first arguments in the case. He was arguing against a motion to dismiss his lawsuit against the state’s 1849 law that bans almost all abortions. The judge didn’t make a ruling, Kaul says that will come later. The case is expected to eventually end-up before the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Kaul said