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It was a thank you dance for the Dancing Grannies. Milwaukee’s group of grandmas performed for the doctors and nurses at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center yesterday. That was the hospital that treated members of the Dancing Grannies after they were hurt in last year’s attack at the Waukesha Christmas Parade. One of the grannies, Betty Streng, was seriously hurt. She says the team at St. Luke’s saved her life.

We have some more answers about last winter’s drowning death of a UW-La Crosse student who was missing for weeks. The medical examiner in La Crosse yesterday said 25-year-old Hamud Faal had a very high level of alcohol in his system when he drowned in the Mississippi River back in February. Fall, who graduated from Sun Prairie High School, was missing until firefighters found his body in the Mississippi River in March.

The DNR is reminding hunters about safety ahead of this month’s deer season. Gun season opens in Wisconsin on November 19th. The DNR yesterday said hunters need to check their gear, and make sure everything is working and is safe. There is a focus again this year on harness safety. The state is also reminding hunters about new baiting regulations.

Miller Lite is selling a Christmas tree stand that doubles as a beer keg. It’s actually just a table that can hold a Christmas tree on top and has enough room for a keg underneath. It’s about 50 bucks and goes on sale next week. Miller Lite says it is a limited edition.

Milwaukee’s deputy elections director is out of a job and under investigation in a ballot fraud case. Milwaukee’s mayor yesterday said he fired Milwaukee Election Commission Deputy Director Kimberly Zapata after she admitted that she sent three fake military ballots to a Republican state representative. The mayor says charges are likely coming in the case. Milwaukee’s elections boss said Zapata was forthcoming about what she did, and hinted that she was making a point about a vulnerability in Wisconsin’s MyVote system.

Fiserv’s move to Milwaukee will mean a return to work for more than half its employees. The Business Journal is reporting that Fiserv will be required to have 60 percent of its people working in-person in order to qualify for seven million-dollars in incentives from the city of Milwaukee. Fiserv announced last month that it plans to move from its current headquarters in Brookfield to a new headquarters in downtown Milwaukee. A company spokesman says they currently have a hybrid

Northwestern Wisconsin Community Network has been selected as one of just 22 rural regions  nationwide added to the Rural Partners Network (RPN). RPN is an all-of-government program that partners with rural  people to help them access resources and funding to create local jobs, build infrastructure, and support long-term  economic stability on their own terms.  The Northwestern Wisconsin Community Network includes Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, and Pepin  counties.  RPN Community Networks receive on-the-ground, full-time support from federal staff assigned

As we near Election Day, there are reminders about registering.   You can register at absentee voting places before the end of the day tomorrow, or else you’ll have to register at your polling place on Election Day.  More information on voting is available online WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.  Election Day is next Tuesday.

Wisconsin drivers will be more likely to hit a deer starting next week.   That’s according to a Current Biology report that says deer crashes increase by 16 percent after daylight saving time ends in the Midwest.  The report says drivers are more likely to hit a deer during the last week of October through the first couple weeks of November than any other time of the year.

On Nov 3, 2022 law enforcement from across Barron County came together to talk about the increase in overdose deaths that have been happening in our communities. Below is the press release from area authorities: Today we stand together to ask for your help. There have been 14 overdose deaths in Barron County and 3 current active cases where an overdose is suspected, for a total of 17 in the past two years. The drugs involved in these deaths have