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PHOTO CREDIT: Amber Kersting, Menomonie People all across Wisconsin are sharing pictures of the night sky last night where the northern lights put on quite a show.  From northern Wisconsin all the way down to Madison shades of green and purple lights danced across the sky.  Experts say the lights were enhanced by a geomagnetic storm.

Day to day life can sometimes feel like a challenge at every turn and when you are differently abled, it can seem even harder.  For this week’s Friday Feel Good we bring a story that builds much more than a housing project, it builds faith in humanity as well. An Ohio contractor is getting praise for quickly building a wheelchair ramp for a man in need, and for free.   The daughter and son-in-law of the recipient, Jamie and James Wirick, share

Nilssen’s Market in Clear Lake, Wis., is issuing a voluntary Class I recall for a packaged pork product sold at local retailers. The recall includes: The product was sold at Nilssen’s Foods locations in Cumberland, Baldwin and Glenwood City. The Nilssen’s Market label on the product does not bear an inspection legend. This is a Class I recall, initiated based on evidence collected during routine inspection activities. Evidence shows that the product was not produced under a Hazard Analysis Critical

The state of Wisconsin is now in charge of the oil spill clean-up in New Berlin. The Department of Natural Resources took over yesterday. No one is saying just how much oil spilled out of a 350 gallon oil storage drum at the Moorland Auto Repair shop last week. The company yesterday released a statement saying it is working to ‘remediate the impact of the accidental oil spill as quickly as possible.’ DNR crews say it could take weeks to clean all

“I like to play Megabucks regularly because it’s a Wisconsin game…” Paul Kennedy, a resident of Reedsburg, is the winner of the $1.5 million Megabucks jackpot from the Saturday, March 18, 2023, drawing. He claimed his prize at the Wisconsin Lottery offices in Madison on Wednesday, March 22nd. “I like to play Megabucks regularly because it’s a Wisconsin game,” said Kennedy. A career electrician, Kennedy’s jackpot-winning numbers were 11-30-34-35-36-39. He learned of his big win from the salesclerk at Prairie Cenex (1300

There is now a murder charge in the death investigation from Jackson County that sent five people to jail. Prosecutors this week filed a first degree intentional homicide charge against 49-year-old Star Myers from Black River Falls. Investigators say she shot a man in the head after he told her he’d been sleeping with other women. The four others in the case were arrested on either drug or obstruction charges. Myers is also facing drug charges, including intent to deliver

The woman who stole from the baseball and softball program in Ellsworth will spend a month in jail. A judge in Pierce County yesterday sentenced Whitney O’Neil to a month in jail, 250 hours of community service, then three years of probation. She also has to pay back the 107 thousand-dollars she admitted that she stole from the Ellsworth Baseball/Softball Association. She took the money over a four-year period and used it for family trips and personal expenses.

 The Waukesha Christmas Parade killer is due back in court this summer for three new trials.  A judge in Milwaukee yesterday scheduled Brooks’ new cases for June and July.  One of the cases is a weapons case, the other is a domestic violence case, and the third is the case that stems from accusations that he threatened his ex-girlfriend in that domestic violence case.  The sentences that Brooks faces don’t really matter.  He is serving six life sentences for killing

It’s 40 years in prison for the man who pleaded guilty to shooting a Milwaukee police officer then stealing his squad car.  A judge yesterday sentenced 23-year-old Jetrin Rodthong to four decades behind bars.  Prosecutors say Rodthong tried to ‘execute’ the officer back in January of last year.  Bodycam footage shows the officer try to help Rodthong during a traffic stop, only to have Rodthong turn and shoot him.

 Governor Tony Evers’ budget would mean a net tax increase of over 100-million-dollars for Wisconsin.  A new report from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau says despite the governor’s promise of tax cuts, his budget would substantially raise taxes and fees.  The report says Evers’ one-and-a-half billion-dollars in tax cuts for mostly low and moderate income families would be offset by a wave of new taxes and fees on businesses and investors.  Republican lawmakers have been promising for months to ignore the governor’s