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Milwaukee County’s conservative supervisor doesn’t want to spend local dollars on the Brewers’ ballpark. A county committee on Monday unanimously rejected the idea of a local buy-in to help fix and maintain American Family Field. Supervisor Steve Taylor said the county got stuck during the negotiations over a new arena for the Bucks, he doesn’t want to get stuck again. Republican lawmakers at the Capitol are demanding that Milwaukee and Milwaukee County pay at least a part of the 300

The wild parsnip is getting no love in Madison. Lawmakers in Madison are considering a plan today that would spend a couple hundred thousand-dollars on grants to eliminate the plant across the state. The DNR says wild parsnip is a growing problem along roadways, in abandoned fields, and in prairies across Wisconsin. It is an invasive species, and can cause sun-sensitive blisters for people who touch the plant. The proposal up for a hearing today would spend 200 thousand-dollars in the

As a community continues to respond with heavy hearts to the loss of an officer in the line of duty, we now know more about funeral arrangements for Deputy Leising. The funeral will take place on Friday May 12, 2023. Public Visitation at Hudson High School starting at 9am until 12:00pm. Funeral with law enforcement honors directly following the service a the Hudson High School. A law enforcement procession will take place with details to follow later in the week

Organizers of Madison’s Brat Fest are asking for volunteers for this years event.  Organizers say all volunteers must be at least 14-years-old and signup on the website, WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE. This year’s festival takes place May 26th.

ABOVE PHOTO:  Devyn McCormick, 25, right, earned his General Equivalency Degree in only a few days at Chippewa Valley Technical College. He was so close to earning his high school diploma from Chippewa Falls Senior High School in 2016 but fell short. Now, with his GED in hand, he will apply to the U.S. Navy. Devyn McCormick, donned in a black robe and graduation cap, filed into an auditorium at Chippewa Valley Technical College recently and immediately turned to scan

The man suspected of killing at western Wisconsin deputy was a convicted rapist and registered sex offender with a history of violence. Prison officials in Minnesota yesterday said 34-year-old Jeremiah Johnson was out on parole for a 2016 kidnapping and rape conviction when police say he gunned down St. Croix County Deputy Kaitie Leising. Johnson has a long criminal history, including a stabbing back in 2007 and numerous fights while in prison. Investigators say he shot and killed Deputy Leising during a

Former Eau Claire County District Attorney Gary King is no longer facing a federal civil rights complaint. A federal judge on Friday dismissed the lawsuit filed by the victim witness coordinator for the county during King’s time as D.A. She claimed he drunkenly sexually harassed her. The dismissal comes after a meeting back in March that reportedly ended with a settlement. No one, however, is saying just how much that settlement was for.

The search for a missing Wisconsin boy in the woods of the Upper Peninsula has come to a happy ending. Searchers found eight-year-old Nante Niemi yesterday. Authorities say he was a little dirty, and a little hungry, but was okay. He went missing Saturday while on a camping trip with his family in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. Rescuers say they found him about two miles from his campsite. He is from Hurley, Wisconsin and school leaders there yesterday said they are thrilled

It was fentanyl-laced cocaine that killed one person and sent three others to the hospital in Grafton. Investigators yesterday identified the bad drugs that led to four overdoses early Saturday morning. The person who died is being identified as a 28-year-old man, and police say the woman who overdosed and had her face mauled by a dog remains hospitalized in critical condition. Grafton’s police chief says the four were partying at a bar in Saukville Friday night, and bought a

There is only one more suspect from the school bus crash at Morse Middle School to catch. Milwaukee Police on Friday said they arrested two more teens in connection to the crash, including the driver. The latest arrests means four young teens, all either 14 or 15-years-old, have been arrested for the wreck. Two people were injured. An 11-year-old was tossed off the bus in the crash, and a 15-year-old who was hanging-out of the side of the stolen car