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The American Heart Association reports more than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests each year in the U.S., with nearly 90% of them being fatal. With timely, crucial emergency medical treatment, many heart attack deaths may be prevented. On average, Americans wait two hours or more before seeking medical attention for heart attack symptoms, and far too many heart attack patients drive themselves or have a family member drive them to the hospital. During American Heart Month, HSHS Sacred Heart and St. Joseph’s

Royal Credit Union (Royal) announced the opening of its Mortgage Operations Center at 419 N Hastings Place.  This location will serve as a hub for mortgage and home equity office operations. The office will be open by appointment only. “Royal’s growth in mortgage products and services made the creation of the Mortgage Operations Center a priority.  This location gives Royal the opportunity to improve operational efficiencies for our mortgage operations team members allowing them to serve our Members more effectively.”

If you have a cookie that’s a crowd favorite, it’s time to whip it up! Feb. 24 is the deadline to submit recipes for the 2023 We Energies Cookie Book. This year, they are highlighting the hard work of first responders and want to share recipes and stories featuring their commitment to the community. Bakers can showcase their department by submitting a group or individual recipe. Is someone on staff known for spoiling the team with treats? Is there a

It’s time to vote again in Wisconsin.  Tomorrow is the primary for April’s spring election.  There are all manner of local races on the ballot, but the big race is for Wisconsin Supreme Court.  Voters will narrow a field of four down to just two.  There are two liberal and two conservative justices running for the court.  The top two vote getters will meet again in April.

Firefighters in Ladysmith are looking for the cause of a weekend fire that killed a woman. The fire happened Friday night, crews found the woman inside the home. Investigators say it looks like she died in the fire, though they say the case remains open.

Green Bay’s accused murderer will need a new lawyer.  Taylor Schabusiness’ lawyer, unsurprisingly, asked to be removed from the case on Friday.  Schabusiness attacked her lawyer in court last week, landing at least one elbow to his head during a hearing on whether she is competent enough to stand trial.  Schabusiness is accused of strangling her boyfriend during a day of meth-fueled sex, then cutting his body into pieces.  She was supposed to go on trial in May, but that’s

It was another deadly weekend in Milwaukee.  Police in the city are reporting three homicides, including a 13-year-old boy who was shot and killed yesterday.  A 46-year-old woman was stabbed to death Saturday.  Police say they are also looking into a homicide from Friday night, but there aren’t any details there.  In addition, Milwaukee Police say there seven people shot and wounded on Saturday and Sunday.

 A Wisconsin-based sanitation company has been hit with a million-and-a-half dollar fine for employing underage teens.  The Department of Labor on Friday hit Packers Sanitation Services with the fine for employing teens as young as 13 to clean meat packing plants across the country PSSI is one of the largest meat packing plant cleaning companies in the country.  The Department of Labor says it found 31 cases where PSSI used underage teens to clean a plant, though Labor officials say they

Wisconsin’s governor wants to get tougher on drunk drivers in the state. Governor Evers is proposing ignition interlock devices for all OWI cases. Currently there’s no requirement for ignition locks for drunk drivers, and first time OWI cases in Wisconsin continue to be treated like traffic tickets. The idea of mandatory ignition locks for OWIs has been pitched before at the Capitol. It has faced stiff opposition in the past, and has never become law.

Eau Claire’s city council vice president is optimistic that the state may send cities more money in the new state budget. Vice President Emily Berge said during her State of The City speech on Friday that both Republican lawmakers and Governor Tony Evers are talking about sending more shared revenue to local governments. No one knows just how much will be coming from Madison, but Berge says it will help. The talk of more state money comes as city leaders