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Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources is asking people to be careful after four snowmobile deaths in four days. All four happened between last Thursday and Sunday in either Vilas or Oneida counties in the northern part of the state. Two of the deaths came when riders missed a turn, the third was a crash with another snowmobile, and the other saw a pickup truck hit a rider. The DNR is warning people to slow down, use some caution, and never

This may not be the year for medical marijuana in Wisconsin. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said over the weekend that he doesn’t think the votes are there. Vos is one of a growing number of Republicans lawmakers who’ve said they support the idea of a strict medical-only marijuana program in the state. But he said on Sunday that he doesn’t see the proposal becoming law unless lawmakers can find some kind of ‘middle ground.’ Wisconsin’s governor has said he wants a fully-legal,

There’s now a formal complaint over how one of the liberal candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court is campaigning. A western Wisconsin man filed the complaint yesterday, he says Judge Janet Protasiewicz has violated the state’s Code of Judicial Conduct by talking openly about how she’d rule on cases that will likely come before the Supreme Court. Specifically, the complaint says Protasiewicz has called Wisconsin’s political maps ‘rigged,’ and has said she supports abortion and same sex marriage laws. Candidates for the court are not

The public address announcer at Germantown high school is now internet famous for telling fans at a weekend basketball game to ‘shut up.’ The announcer told fans watching the game between Cedarburg and Brookfield Central to be quiet after they started heckling the referees following a late-game foul. The announcer took to the mic and said ‘The WIAA is always looking for officials, and since you do such a good job from the stands, get on the floor, wear a

Despite the frigid end to the month, this January has been one of the warmest on record in southern Wisconsin.  Through January 28th this has been the fourth-warmest January in Madison and the second-warmest in Milwaukee.  However, the National Weather Service says wind chills are going to dip to around 20 degrees below zero in many places in southern Wisconsin tonight, so that could hurt the rankings.

Wisconsin is one of the top U.S. states for single people.  That’s according to a new study by WalletHub, which ranks Wisconsin ninth overall.  WalletHub says it uses 30 key indicators of dating-friendliness to make its rankings, dating opportunities, dating economics, and romance and fun.  WalletHub says the best state for singles is California and the worst is West Virginia.

Wisconsin gas prices are still going up, though slower than before.  Triple-A says the statewide average has gone up seven-cents in the last week to three dollars and 28-cents a gallon.  In Madison the average is up just two-cents from last Monday at three-21 a gallon.

There was a march for Tyre Nichols in Milwaukee over the weekend.  Dozens of people braved the cold to march from Red Arrow Park down to Milwaukee’s police headquarters. Nichols died after five Memphis police officers severely  beat him, video of that beating was released on Friday. Milwaukee’s marchers demanded that something be done, and carried signs that said ‘Justice for Tyre Nichols.’ The five Memphis officers have all been fired, arrested, and charged with murder. The Milwaukee protestors say

 We’re getting some more detail about Friday’s 85 vehicle pile-up near Janesville. State troopers say 21 people were injured in a series of wrecks Friday afternoon. The first wrecks happened about 12:30 Friday afternoon, and they kept I-39/90 closed til 9:30 that night. Troopers are blaming the wrecks on the snow and slick roads. One of the crashes caused a fire that could be seen for miles.

Lawmakers in Madison are taking another look at so-called forever chemicals. A State Senate panel will hold a hearing tomorrow on new regulations for PFAS chemicals. Those are chemicals commonly found in firefighting foam that environmentalists worry are polluting soil and water in the state. Wisconsin currently doesn’t have any regulations for PFAS pollution. Setting those standards is one of Governor Evers’ top priorities.