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One person is dead and three others are fighting for their lives after a crash in Dunn County. It happened just after midnight yesterday on I-94 near Menomonie. The State Patrol says a 33-year-old Eau Claire man was driving the wrong way on 94, when another car hit him head-on. The 33-year-old man was killed, a 27-year old woman and two boys, ages six and eight were also seriously injured. The driver of the other car was taken to the

No one is saying just what caused an apartment fire in Chippewa Falls on Saturday. Firefighters rushed the building on West Elm Street about 6 a.m. Saturday. Crews saw both flames and smoke coming out of the building. The people who live inside were all able to make it out, no one was hurt. Investigators are looking for what started that fire.

There were a lot of 911 calls in Marathon County over the weekend, but many of them were mistakes. The sheriff in Wausau says 911 dispatchers got 113 accidental 911 calls on Saturday. The sheriff’s office says many of those calls can be blamed on phones that automatically dial 911 if the power button is pushed too many times, or if some simply swipes their screen too many times. Sheriff’s offices across the state say they are seeing similar accidental

Another weekend, another shooting tally for Milwaukee. Police in the city say ten people were shot between Friday and late last night. One of those people, a 24-year-old woman, was shot and killed in what police are calling a domestic violence related shooting. Investigators are looking for a 33-year-old man in connection to that shooting, but police say they don’t have suspects in most of the other shootings.

Maybe he will be ‘Three Term Tony.’ Governor Evers joked about a run for a third term at the Wisconsin Democrats’ convention over the weekend. The governor said people started calling him ‘Two Term Tony’ after his win last fall, and he said people can call him ‘Three Term Tony’ if they’d like. His campaign spokesperson said the governor hasn’t made anything official yet. In addition to the jokes, Democrats talked about next year’s elections at the convention. Particularly Tammy Baldwin’s re-election

The people who represent local governments at the Wisconsin Capitol are happy with the deal that will bring them a half-a-billion dollars. The League of Wisconsin Municipalities, the Wisconsin Counties Association, and the Wisconsin Towns Association on Friday all sang the praises of the shared revenue agreement at the statehouse. Local governments have been pushing for years to get more money from the state, and they will finally get it. The shared revenue plan will send hundreds of millions of dollars to local governments across the state for

Milwaukee’s hero school bus driver got a standing ovation, and got to throw out the first pitch for the Brewers over the weekend. The Brewers honored Imunek Williams during Saturday’s game. She’s the school bus driver who pulled 37 kids off her bus earlier this month just before it burst into flames. Williams has said she was just doing her job. All of the kids on board were okay.

On 6/11/2023 at approximately 12:08 am, the Wisconsin State Patrol, Dunn County Sheriffs Office,and Menomonie Police Department responded to a call of a wrong-way driver on I-94. The initial investigation indicates a Toyota Corolla was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes when it struck a Jeep Compass head-on at milepost 40 blocking all westbound lanes. Upon arrival, it wasdiscovered there were multiple injuries including one fatality. The crash remains under investigationby the Wisconsin State Patrol.

State Democrats are looking ahead to the 2024 election.  U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin spoke at the Democratic state convention in Green Bay yesterday as she prepares to run for a third term.  She pointed to Janet Protasiewicz’s election to the state Supreme Court in April as a good start for the party.  Baldwin said she’s confident Democrats “can win and win big next year.”  State Republicans will hold their convention next weekend in La Crosse.

The Brewers will look to break out of their recent slump as they take on the Oakland A’s in their series finale this afternoon.  The Brew Crew dropped their third game in a row yesterday, losing 2-to-1 to the A’s in ten innings.  The A’s came into town with only 14 wins and in last place in the American League West, but have now won four in a row.  Freddy Peralta will get the start for Milwaukee while JP Sears