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Add this to the schedule of campaign stops in Wisconsin. First Lady Jill Biden will be in Milwaukee on Wednesday. She is scheduled to speak with MPS’s teachers’ union at what’s being called a ‘Homework Diner’ session. There’s no word if any of the state’s Democratic candidates will be joining her.

On Saturday, October 8, 2022, at around 5:30 pm, the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call in the Township of Washington. Initial information given was that an adult female had beenstruck with arrow. The female received medical treatment by first responders on scene and was transported by Eau ClaireFire Department paramedics to an area hospital. The female is in stable condition with non-life- threatening injuries. Based upon information and evidence gathered thus far there is no

Michael O Swonger, 47 years of age, from Spooner, WI has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Spooner Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 5th offense. On 10/8 at 4:11am a Trooper from the Wisconsin State Patrol, Spooner Post came upon a driver slumped over the steering wheel of a running car that was partially over the curb into a yard on Hwy 70 at Summit Street in Spooner, WI. The Trooper observed open intoxicants in

 A former grocery store in Monona has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.  The building on Monona Drive with the curved roof and the glass façade is now a Habitat for Humanity ReStore.  It was built in 1968 and was a Kohl’s Food Store until 1985, and has the signature design of the Kohl’s Food Store chain from the 1950s and ’60s.  The Wisconsin Historical Society says the building is “an excellent representative of mid-century Contemporary architecture.”

A powwow will be held in Madison tomorrow for Indigenous Peoples’ Day.  Monday will be Wisconsin’s fourth annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day.  The day was started in 2019 by Governor Tony Evers who proclaimed that Wisconsin recognizes and apologizes “for the tragedies inflicted upon Native American communities through the former federal Indian boarding school policies.”  Events to recognize the day will be held around the state.  The powwow in Madison will begin at 7pm Monday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Indigenous Student Center.

Hello. Thank you for starting your day here with us. Our temps have dipped a bit and we are waking up to a signature fall chill in the air! After a week that can sometimes feel long, stressful, or full of bumps this is a time that we like to slow things down just a bit with a simple “scroll down memory lane.” It’s a peek back on the pages of history before we head out to make more moments

Wisconsin football will take the field for the first time since the firing of Paul Chryst today.  The 2-and-3 Badgers will face Northwestern on the road in a game set for a 2:30 p.m. Central time kickoff.  Defensive Coordinator Jim Leonhard was named interim head coach following Chryst’s being let go.  Earlier this week, Leonhard said he’s up to the task and added he’s “excited for that journey that we’re about to go on.”  Northwestern enters the game with a record

The midterm elections are getting closer and Wisconsin voters finally got to see Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson and Democratic challenger Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes meet in a debate.  “We have a huge problem, skyrocketing crime,” -Johnson The two voiced their viewpoints on a number of topics last night, including public safety, abortion and marijuana legalization.  Johnson said, “We have a huge problem, skyrocketing crime,” and said Barnes associates with those who have called for defunding the police.  Barnes, meanwhile, said fully

The state will receive 40-million-dollars in federal funding to help provide broadband internet to eight-thousand Wisconsin businesses and homes.  The Biden Administration made the announcement about the additional money Thursday.  The Wisconsin Broadband Infrastructure Projects program will get the money, which is aimed at helping connect rural areas in the state to the internet.  It’s estimated that 650-thousand Wisconsin residents don’t have access to broadband internet, with most of those residents being in rural areas.

More disruptions in the Darrell Brooks Junior murder trial.  Today Brooks initially refused to reveal his coronavirus test results to the courtroom, leading to a minor altercation between him and sheriff’s deputies in the room.  Brooks’ ex-girlfriend also testified today, as well as a police detective.