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Security workers at Wisconsin airports have seized 18 guns at security checkpoints so far this year.  The Transportation Security Administration says 12 guns were taken during the same timeframe last year.  The most guns were found at Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, ten.

ABOVE PHOTO: 1st Lt. Apiwit B. Chulawan, an officer with the Wisconsin Army Naitonal Guardâs 829th Engineer Vertical Construction Company, displays the first aid kit he used to render aid to passengers in a 2021 train derailment in Joplin, Montana. Chulawan, who was also a passenger on that train, was awarded the Soldierâs Medal during a July 9 ceremony in Spooner, Wis. Wisconsin National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Alice Ripberger “He epitomizes what it means to be a Citizen-Soldier,

Jordan Turner is once again part of the Badger football team. The school yesterday announced that Turner has been reinstated following his drunk driving arrest last month. Madison Police ticketed Turner for a first-time OWI after stopping him on the Beltline. He was suspended the next day. Turner also faced charges in Michigan, and a ticket in Rock County for allegedly driving 117 miles-per-hour. Turner was one of the Badger leading tacklers last season.

The sheriff in Dunn County is looking into a string of mailbox explosions. Deputies say they got a call about a handful of mailboxes that blew-up in the township of Rock Creek on Saturday. Investigators are not saying what was used to blow the mailboxes up, but they say it was likely fireworks or some other kind of homemade explosive. The sheriff’s office says the explosions are likely not targeted. There aren’t any reports of any injuries.

There’s a strike at the Leinenkugel’s Brewery in Chippewa Falls. Some of the plant’s workers walked off the job yesterday morning. The local Teamsters union says the goal is more money in their new contract. A Leinie’s rep says the company has made ‘a competitive offer.’ The brewery doesn’t expect the strike to disrupt the flow of beer. This is the first strike at Leinenkugel’s since the 1980s.

The wildfire in Waushara County continues to burn, but firefighters say they have it under control. The Department of Natural Resources yesterday said the fire is 99-percent contained. The announcement comes after the fire burned nearly 400 acres near Coloma. There are no reports of any injuries, though the fire did destroy some buildings. The DNR says it looks like the fire started with a pallet fire, and spread from there.

We are 15 months away from Election Day 2024, but there’s already some action in the race for Congress in western Wisconsin. Democrat Rebecca Cooke yesterday said she’s entering the race to take-on Republican Congressman Derrick Van Orden. Cooke ran two years ago, but didn’t make it out of the Democratic primary. This time around she says she wants to connect with more people in the Eau Claire area, and the rest of the western part of the state. CLICK HERE

The latest report from Wisconsin’s broadband task force sets its sights on even faster internet. Governor Evers’ Task Force on Broadband Access released its third report yesterday. Part of the report is an update on the work to bring faster internet to more people in the state, the other half is a list of goals for the future. The task force continues to want to deliver internet with 25 megabits of download speed by 2025. But the new report also sets

On July 9th, 2023 at 7:37PM, emergency personnel responded to Highway 53 between North Crossing and Melby Street for a crash involving two vehicles in the northbound lanes. The initial investigation indicated a truck had been stopped on the shoulder of the highway when it was struck from behind by an SUV. An occupant of the truck was outside of the vehicle at the time of the crash and was also struck by the SUV. This person, 33 year old

In Dunn County Project Hope Quick Response Team announces their participation in the first National “Day of Deflection” on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. The National “Day of Deflection” is a multistate effort to highlight the impact of deflection work in communities nationwide and the importance of local and multistate partnerships. The National Day of Deflection will occur during the first-ever PTACC (Police Treatment and Community Collaborative) “National Deflection Week,” July 16-23, 2023. On July 19, deflection teams and sites in