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A Beloit man convicted of killing his wife nearly three decades ago isn’t getting parole.  This week the Wisconsin Parole Commission ruled Randal Keller won’t be released, but will be eligible for parole again next September.  Keller was convicted of shooting Tina Keller to death back in 1994.

Madison is named one of the top midsize college cities in America.  WalletHub ranks Madison the eighth-best midsize college city and the 35th-best city overall compared to over 400 cities and towns.  Madison’s best category is social environment, ranking 39th.  Milwaukee is also on the list, ranking 229th overall.  WalletHub says the top overall college city is Austin, Texas.

Saturday, December 3rd at 9:30am at Phoenix Park  Come in your finest festive fashions! While Santa costumes will rule the day at this family-friendly event, anything jolly will do! Holiday sweaters, elf outfits, Christmas tree costumes, jingle bell jammies, or whatever you’ve got! Feel free to glam up your bike too! Enjoy a 6 mile route at a casual and friendly “slow roll” pace. To start, meet at the Phoenix Circle right off the footbridge between the RCU and JAMF

At 7:55 a.m., on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, the Barron County 911 Center received a call from of atwo vehicle crash on Hwy 48 near 18 3⁄4 Ave. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with the WI State Patrol, MMC Ambulance, Rice Lake Fire Department and the Rice Lake Police Department responded to the scene. Initial investigation shows a tanker type truck was travelling west on Hwy 48 when a small SUV type vehicle lost control and crossed

The Chippewa Valley is invited to embrace all things winter-related with Eau Claire Parks and Recreation’s tenth annual Clearwater Winter Parade, starting at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, December 2, near the Eau Claire County Courthouse on Grand Avenue and proceeding down First Avenue to Owen Park. This year’s theme is “Passport to Festivities Around the Globe”. The parade will begin with a firework show at 6:30pm from the Grand Avenue pedestrian bridge. Grace Lutheran Church will again be hosting its

Wisconsin’s new head football coach is starting off with some ambitious goals.  Coach Luke Fickell yesterday said Wisconsin has the potential to play for a championship.  Fickell spoke with reporters on his first day as the new coach.  He didn’t get into the specifics, including what will become of interim coach Jim Leonhard.  Fickell will be making seven-and-a-half million-dollars in the first year of his contract.  That’s about a million-dollars more than what he made at Cincinnati.

A jury will decide if a man convicted in a Dunn County killing will go to prison or the state mental hospital. The sentencing phase for Ryan Steinhoff began yesterday. The jury is being asked to decide if Steinhoff  was sane when he killed Bruce McGuigan back in 2020. Another woman charged in the case is already in prison, she’s serving a 25 year sentence.

Police in Sheboygan say there’s no evidence that the wreck that killed a man after the city’s Holiday Parade was anything other than an accident. Officers say a 69-year-old man died about 30 minutes after the parade ended. He was trying to cross the street at the time. The suspect sped off, but was arrested a little while later. Sheboygan Police say there’s no evidence to suggest the man was intentionally hit.

The judge from the Waukesha Christmas Parade trial says she’ll decide about a run for the state supreme court in the next few days. Judge Jennifer Dorow talked about her future in a number of sit down interviews yesterday. She said she’s considering making a run next spring. A number of Republicans pushed her name to the top of the list. Conservative former Justice Dan Kelly is also running. Dorow didn’t say anything about him. Dorow grabbed national attention for

One of Wisconsin’s Republican congressmen says TikTok is ‘digital fentanyl’ that is addicting our kids. Congressman Mike Gallagher was on Fox News on Sunday, and once again called for a TikTok ban in this country. Gallagher says because TikTok is owned by a Chinese tech company, all of the data used and created by American users is sent back to Beijing. He says TikTok can not only track where users are, it can censor what they see. Gallagher has a piece