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ABOVE PHOTO: The Wisconsin Army National Guard’s Staff Sgt. Robert Gibson, a member of the All Guard Marathon Team, runs in the 2023 Life Time Miami Marathon and Half in Miami Jan. 29. More than two dozen National Guard Soldiers from 17 states competed in the marathon. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Gauret Stearns A Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldier recently competed in the Life Time Miami Marathon and Half. Sgt. 1st Class Robert Gibson of Oakfield, Wisconsin, a

Dane County’s Humane Society is opening its doors to dogs and cats from other states.  A new shipment of 60 dogs and cats are set to arrive from Louisiana today.  Yesterday, the Humane Society said they got 15 dogs from a shelter in Alabama.  The animals are coming to Madison because there’s simply not enough room at the shelters where they are from.  If the Humane Society hadn’t stepped up, some of the animals would have been put down.

Add hall of famer to Joe Thomas’ resume.  The former Badger star was selected as part of the NFL’s Hall of Fame Class of 2023.  He was told yesterday.  Thomas played his high school football in Brookfield, then went on to play at Wisconsin before heading the the NFL and playing all of his 11 years with the Cleveland Browns.  He will be inducted into the Hall of Fame later this fall.

An Eau Claire man will not be going to prison for a 2021 stabbing that sent another person to the hospital. A judge yesterday sentenced 35-year-old James Sande to three years’ probation instead.  Eau Claire police say Sande stabbed someone at the Brickhouse Bar on New Year’s Day back in 2021. He told police someone was trying to kill him, but others at the bar say Sande got into a fight.

A teacher’s aide in Black River Falls schools is on leave after a student recorded what the district is calling a racially insensitive remark. No one is saying just what the aide said, and a link to the video on Facebook was taken down. The school district yesterday said the comment was directed at a native student. The district also said it is investigating and will ‘address the matter as appropriate.’ Parents say they want someone held accountable.

The preview for Governor Evers’ budget for veterans in Wisconsin focuses on hiring more state workers, and doesn’t mention the troubled veterans home at Union Grove. The governor unveiled his proposal yesterday. In all, the governor wants to spend 24 million-dollars more at the Department of Veterans Affairs. A good chunk of that money, about nine million-dollars, would go toward new programs for veterans. Another nearly eight million-dollars would go to hire new nurses, or give current nurses at the state’s veterans’

Brett Favre is suing over what a couple of sportscasters said about him and the Mississippi welfare fraud case he’s caught-up in. Favre yesterday sued Fox Sports’ Shannon Sharpe and ESPN commentator and podcast host Pat McAfee for defamation. Favre is also suing Mississippi’s State Auditor. Favre’s lawsuit says Sharpe and McAfee made ‘egregiously false’ statements, and used ‘outrageous falsehoods’ when talking about the case. Both men essentially said Favre stole from the poor. Favre is accused of colluding with

The family of the Milwaukee police officer gunned down in the line of duty says he loved Milwaukee and wanted to make a difference as a police officer. Peter Jerving’s family spoke yesterday for the first time since he was killed while trying to arrest a robbery suspect on Tuesday. His mom, Patty, said Jerving just wanted to be the best police officer he could be. Jerving is the first Milwaukee police officer to be killed in the line of

There won’t be any charges connected to the crash in far northern Wisconsin involving a former state senator that left two people dead. Prosecutors in Ashland yesterday said they aren’t charging anyone for the crash last July. Investigators say former state Senator Janet Bewley pulled into the path of a mom and her daughter who were speeding down Highway 2 just before the crash. The D.A.’s office says the mom was driving 100 miles-per-hour, and they found a vape pen with THC

The ground is broken for Menomonie’s new homeless shelter. City leaders and volunteers turned over the first shovels full of dirt for what will become the new Stepping Stones shelter in Dunn County. Stepping Stones director Padraig Gallagher says there’s a need for a shelter in Dunn County. A million-and-a-half dollar grant from the state is paying for the construction.