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Serve Wisconsin is pleased to open nominations for the 2023 Governor’s Service Awards. The award ceremony will be held on Wednesday, June 7, at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison. “… It was you all who have been there to lend a helping hand. You may not know it, but you made a difference.” The Governor’s Service Awards honor outstanding national service members, volunteers, and programs. Those honored by these awards will have made significant contributions to Wisconsin through their

The body of a missing UW-Stevens Point student has been recovered. Rescuers pulled 20-year-old Cole Peterson’s body out of the Wisconsin River Saturday afternoon. He went missing about 2 a.m. Saturday. Crews used a drone to find him, then used an ice boat to grab his body. Police in Stevens Point say there’s no reason to suspect foul play in his death.

 Mourners remembered former UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank over the weekend. Blank, who died last month after a short battle with cancer, was remembered as a kind woman and an excellent university administrator. Blank spent about 10 years at UW-Madison, she was supposed to go on to become the president at Northwestern University, but she never took that job because of her diagnosis. She leaves behind a husband and an adult daughter.

Wisconsin lawmakers are going to take a look at the state’s vaccine requirements this week. The legislature’s Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules has a hearing scheduled tomorrow morning to talk about the Department of Health Service’s new vaccine rules. DHS made a handful of changes for schools and daycare this year, including changing the rules of chickenpox vaccines and when kids can miss school because of the chickenpox. DHS is not requiring a flu or COVID shot for kids

Lawmakers want to know why it’s so tough, and in some places so expensive, to find a home in Wisconsin. The Assembly and Senate committees on housing will hold a joining hearing tomorrow to hear from experts about Wisconsin’s housing shortage. The experts include leaders from the state’s realtors and home builders, and experts from the University of Wisconsin. The latest report from the Wisconsin Association of Realtors said prices are up across the state in-part because of a tight supply of houses for sale.

 Police are investigating after a newborn baby was found dead in a field in Whitewater.  Whitewater Police say officers and paramedics were called to the Twin Oaks Mobile Home Park at about 11am Saturday morning on a report of a deceased infant.   Police are not releasing any details about the infant or the cause of death.

Hello. Thank you for making a stop by our 715 Newsroom today. We’re glad you’re here! As the week can occasionally feel long, difficult, or challenging we are here for our Saturday morning “scroll down memory lane.” It’s just a simple way to ease into your new day by looking back at events that have happened on this day in the pages of history. So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll! On This Date: In 1789, the Constitution

The Eau Claire Fire Department responded to a structure fire Friday evening on the West side of Eau Claire. 2 Engine companies, 2 Truck companies, 1 Medic company, and 2 Chief officers were called to the scene. Medic 9 was first on scene and reported heavy smoke throughout a 1 1/2 story garage and directed operations until the arrival of Engine 9. Fire crews made entry into the structure finding high heat conditions and zero visibility, however were able to

 A nearly 800-thousand dollar grant from the Defense Department will help prepare Madison for the deployment of F-35 fighter jets at Truax Field this spring.  The funding Senator Tammy Baldwin’s office announced on Friday will go toward initiatives including town halls and multilingual education efforts.  It also will pay for a study to determine what the state’s Department of Military Affairs can do for surrounding neighborhoods affected by the noise. 

When lacing up for a marathon, you usually plan to run the race to the finish line, but for this week’s Friday Feel Good we have a different path to victory.  A surgeon ran through a half-marathon in Philadelphia to retrieve an organ that was stuck in traffic and needed for a time sensitive surgery.  The half-marathon was the reason the transport driver couldn’t get the liver to surgery.  Here is Dr. Adam Bodzin and patient Charles Rowe talking about the life-saving