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ABOVE PHOTO: Luke Bousley (second from right) with the 2023 U.S. elite men’s underwater hockey team. Photo contributed by Luke Bousley.  Luke Bousley has always been comfortable in the water. He started swimming at a very young age – his first memory of the pool was at the Door County YMCA with his parents.  On Tuesday, July 18, Bousley will jump into a much larger pool as the youngest member of the U.S. elite men’s team, competing in the 21st Underwater Hockey World

The air quality advisory for southern Wisconsin is not yet over. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued an advisory on Friday, it was supposed to expire yesterday at noon. But the DNR says Milwaukee, Waukesha, Dane, and Grant counties are still seeing poor air quality. The air quality index for all four counties is above 100. That means the air is unhealthy for people who are sensitive to smoke and other things in the air.

 It was another violent weekend in Milwaukee. Police in the city say 12 people were shot between late Friday night and late last night. No one died in any of those shootings, but police say several people were rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The weekend shooting tally includes a double shooting on Saturday, and a shooting last night that sent a 16-year-old to the hospital. Police don’t have a suspect in that case.

The top man at the Northern Wisconsin State Fair says he knows they broke an attendance record this year. Rusty Volk says it will take a few days to get an exact headcount for this year’s fair, but he says he knows they set some kind of record. Volk said they sold out two concerts this year, and had a huge crowd on Saturday. This was the 125th year for the fair in Chippewa Falls. Volk says they’ll take a couple of

This year’s Kubb champs are from Eau Claire. Max and Sam Klages and Sy Ellringer, won the 2023 U.S. National Kubb Championship yesterday. Their team Kubboom Jr won in an exciting final round match at the Eau Claire Soccer Park. Eau Claire is the home of Kubb in America, and hosts the national championship each and every year.

There is now a lawsuit against the city of La Crosse for the PFAS pollution just across the river. Attorneys for people living on French Island last month filed a 42 million-dollar lawsuit against La Crosse for the PFAS chemicals that have leaked into their wells. More than 500 wells in the town of Campbell on the island have tested positive for the chemicals. The lawsuit says firefighting foam from the nearby airport seeped into their wells. Folks on French

Get ready to see a sea of motorcycles each summer in Milwaukee. Harley Davidson CEO Jochen Zeitz yesterday said they plan to have a Harley Homecoming each year. He said this weekend’s celebration shows how popular it is, and he doesn’t want to wait another five years to put on another show. Zeitz isn’t saying just what next year’s Homecoming will look like, but it will be from July 25th to the 28th.

 Wisconsin State Patrol pilots are looking for traffic violations from the air. Today pilots will communicate with ground-based officers to stop drivers who they observe to be speeding or driving aggressively. The State Patrol says their primary mission is public safety which includes enforcing traffic laws. Aerial enforcement missions are often announced publicly to improve safety.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources air quality advisory will last until noon today. Outdoor workers, children, and pregnant women also advised to limit time outside. The D-N-R says while the weather is looking drier and milder it will not be the best day to stay outside for long periods of time  –especially for people suffering from respiratory illnesses and lung diseases.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is asking for community help with a particularly “fishy crime.”  An extremely rare brood Brown Trout stock was stolen from the St. Croix Falls State Fish Hatchery in June. The D-N-R says the trout are only found in one out of three-hundred-thousand  —  making them more than just another fish in the sea.  Multiple other sea creatures were also reported injured.