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The town of New Glarus is celebrating its Swiss heritage by performing an ancient ritual called Silvesterchlausen.  The Swiss New Year’s celebration was performed Saturday afternoon in downtown New Glarus, and featured local citizens wearing tree costumes yodeling and playing cowbells.  The president of the Swiss Center of North America said the goal of the event was to preserve the area’s Swiss cultural heritage and share their traditions with the people of Wisconsin.  Event organizers said it was the first time

Hello. Welcome to your weekend. We are glad you are with us and hope your 2023 is starting off well. Sometimes the week is busy, stressful, or just plain hard! That’s why on Saturday mornings we like to take a softer approach. We call it a “scroll down memory lane.” We take a simple look back at events that happened on this day in history before heading out into this new day to make history again. So, grab your favoring

A contractor accused of scamming dozens of southern Wisconsin homeowners out of thousands of dollars has been arrested.  Tyler Hansen was arrested Friday and booked into the Columbia County Jail in Portage.  The 51-year-old Hansen is charged in Dane and Monroe counties on accusations that he and his contracting companies signed contracts for work but never finished the jobs.  He’s expected to face similar charges in Columbia County.

 A proposed flat income tax is now before the State Senate and Governor Tony Evers opposes it.  Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu introduced the three-point-five percent income tax proposal on Friday.  LeMahieu’s bill would phase in the flat tax by 2026, ending the current progressive income tax rates that range from three-point-54 percent to seven-point-65 percent.  Evers tweeted on Friday that tax relief should be targeted to the middle class to, as he put it, “give working families a little

A new state report says adolescents in Wisconsin are reporting more thoughts of suicide and feelings of depression and anxiety.  The report released Friday by the state’s Office of Children’s Mental Health found that near 34-percent of students said they feel sad and hopeless almost every day.  On the positive side, the report said bullying has decreased slightly, the teen birth rate has dropped, and the number of school social workers, counselors, and psychologists has increased. 

Five Wisconsin non-profits including one from Madison are getting grants from the Green Bay Packers.  Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy says the non-profits are getting 50-thousand dollar social justice grants.  The Madison non-profit is the Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund Inc., which supports several charities.  The Packers have been giving away grants to non-profits for the last five years.

A nationwide march in support of abortion rights is coming to Madison later this month.  The National Women’s March on Madison will take place on the State Street steps of the Wisconsin Capitol on January 22nd.  Organizers say the goal is get Wisconsin leaders to overturn the state’s ban on abortions.

From bonnets to bellbottoms, bustieere to button-ups, fashion trends fade and resurface through the years, but for this week’s Friday Feel Good we find the pattern for making someone smile!  Stitches and social media meet in this modern area as a woman on TikTok created a dress using the sketches her grandma made in the ’40s while going to fashion school.  Those were a dream that never came off the page…until now.  The granddaughter, following in her grandmother’s footsteps brought those sketches to life and

The salt you use on your sidewalk and driveway will eventually end-up in Wisconsin’s waters. The state’s Department of Natural Resources yesterday asked people to be aware of just how much salt they are using. The DNR says people can help keep the state’s freshwater lakes, rivers, and streams fresh by using less salt. DNR’s tips include shoveling more, spreading the salt over a larger area, and switching to sand for traction when the temperatures drop below 15 degrees.

Dane County’s sheriff is using orange water to make the case for a jail renovation. Sheriff Kalvin Barrett shared video of the discolored water coming-out of a faucet in the jail. He simply said ‘We can do better.’ The sheriff wants the county to move ahead with the long-stalled jail renovation. He says the old jail just can’t keep up. Some Dane County leaders, however continue to oppose the jail for social justice reasons.