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Dane County voters won’t be asked to approve a proposed renovation and consolidation project for the county jail.  The county board this week rejected a proposal to add a referendum on the project to the April ballot.  The board voted 21-to-14 Thursday night against asking voters to approve the 13-point-five million dollar project.  Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Bennett said after the vote that he and those who support the project have a lot of work to do “in regards to

The Teamsters Union says it will fight Energizer’s plans to close its plants in Portage and Fennimore.  Energizer has notified workers it intends to close both plants in the next year to two.  The Teamsters Union represents nearly 600 workers at the two plants and said on Thursday it will fight the company’s plans to move some jobs to a non-union plant in North Carolina and others overseas.  As of Thursday afternoon, Energizer had not filed layoff notices with the Wisconsin Department

This is Free Fishing Weekend in Wisconsin.  The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says today and Sunday you can fish without a fishing license.  However all regulations, including bag limits and length limits still apply.

The man convicted of killing a University of Wisconsin-Madison student over 14 years ago will spend the rest of his life in prison.  Today David Kahl was sentenced to life in prison for the 2008 murder of 21-year-old Brittany Zimmerman, who was found dead in her apartment on West Doty Street.  Kahl wasn’t charged in the case until 2020 and he pleaded guilty back in October.  He’ll have a chance to petition for release after 20 years.

Wisconsin gas prices are on the rise thanks to high demand.  Triple-A says the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded in Wisconsin is three dollars and 19 cents.  That’s up six cents from last Friday.  In Madison the average is three-13, also up six cents from last week.  Triple-A says gas prices are up because more people are driving because of the mild winter.

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When you are a music fan, sometimes math can be a real drag. For this week’s Friday Feel Good we visit California for a performance that hits a high note, and gives us a peek at some golden pipes in the Golden State.  Nathan Braxton was  singing the song in the car-but not everyone was focused on the song performance. His dad chimes in and thinks he should spend more time memorizing math tables.  But as you hear, Nathan isn’t about

It’s adult charges for a 16-year-old Madison girl accused of nearly stabbing a 14-year-old boy to death. Prosecutors filed formal attempted first-degree homicide charges yesterday. Madison Police say the stabbing followed a fight at Warner Park on Wednesday, which followed a fight at Sherman Middle School earlier that day. Investigators say the 16-year-old stabbed the victim near his heart with a kitchen knife. Doctors say a few more millimeters and the victim would have died. A judge set the 16-year-old’s

The red kettles and bell ringers just aren’t getting it done for the Salvation Army any more. The Salvation Army yesterday said they fell 34 thousand-dollars short of their half-million dollar Red Kettle goal last year. Steve Heck with the Salvation Army blames the cold and the respiratory bug that was going around in late December. The shortfall will be felt, the Red Kettle Campaign accounts for 25 percent of the Salvation Army’s fundraising budget.

 There’s an investigation into a jail death in La Crosse County. Guards found a 28-year-old man unresponsive in his cell early yesterday morning. The inmate was rushed to the hospital but later died. La Crosse County’s sheriff has tapped the sheriff in Trempealeau County to handle the investigation.