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Wisconsin’s local government associations are airing ads about election security heading into next week’s election. The League of Wisconsin Municipalities, the Wisconsin Counties Association, and the Wisconsin Towns Association released the new ads yesterday. The idea is to reassure voters that local election managers are taking election security and election integrity very seriously. The League of Wisconsin Municipalities’ Jerry Deschane says local election managers are our neighbors and friends, and are doing the best they can with what he calls a “rigorous process.”

Wisconsin has its first-ever conviction under its invasive species law. The state’s Department of Natural Resources yesterday said a judge ordered the Louisiana Crawfish Company to pay over 34 thousand-dollars in fines for shipping and selling red swamp crayfish. The crayfish are banned in Wisconsin because of the damage they may do to the state’s waterways. The case started in 2020 when neighbors in Ozaukee County spotted a crayfish acting ‘aggressively.’ It apparently escaped from a crayfish boil at a near-by house. That

The Powerball jackpot will continue to grow.  There wasn’t a winner in Monday’s drawing which means Wednesday’s jackpot will be an estimated one-point-two-billion-dollars.  That marks the largest Powerball prize in over six years.  Monday still saw plenty of winners of smaller prizers.  Powerball said more than five-point-four-million winning tickets were sold for prizes that totaled nearly 60-million-dollars, including ten that won one-million-dollars.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is coming to Wisconsin.  Sanders will make stops in Madison, La Crosse, and Eau Claire Friday before stopping in Oshkosh on Saturday.  Sanders is campaigning for Wisconsin Democrats ahead of next week’s election.

A new study says Madison is one of the top cities in the country for veterans.  WalletHub ranks Madison fourth for veterans compared to the 100 largest cities in the country.  WalletHub says Madison also ranks in the top ten in two categories, veteran economy and veteran employment.  Madison’s worst category is veteran health, ranking 25th.  Milwaukee is much further down the list at 76th.

At 9:27am on Monday, October 31 2022, the Barron County 911 Center received a call from the Jennie- O Plant in Barron reporting a chemical leak at its Main Plant Feed Mill location. Upon arrival, emergency responders conducted an assessment and determined that two chemicals (Anatox and Lysine) had been accidentally mixed together and were off-gassing a poisonous vapor into the atmosphere. Jennie-O had immediately evacuated the facility to protect employees against inhalation hazards.  Emergency responders enacted a precautionary shelter-in-place on

We now know who was found on campus heading into the weekend. The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Police Department was conducting a death investigation in the Putnam Park area adjacent to campus. At approximately 11:35 a.m. Friday, Oct. 28, the body of an adult male individual was found unresponsive and emergency personnel were notified. The deceased has been identified as 32 year old Thomas J. Polski, from Danbury, Wisconsin. UW-Eau Claire Police were assisted by the Eau Claire Police Department,

Bentley the service dog is safe and back home. Police in Madison say they found Bentley yesterday afternoon in downtown. Officers say someone stole Bentley from his owner late Saturday night or early yesterday morning. There’s no word on suspects, though police say anyone who knows anything about the theft should contact them.

One man is dead and another is in the hospital after a double shooting on Milwaukee’s northwest side. It happened yesterday afternoon near 33rd and Center. Police say a 23-year-old man died in the shooting, and a 25-year-old man was wounded. Investigators are not saying anything about a motive in the case. They say they are looking for unknown suspects.

It’s here…HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Calling all PumpKINGS and Scream Queens! Whether you love all things haunted and creepy, or prefer more merry than scary there is something for everyone in our community, including the return of trick or treating in many communities. As trick-or-treating traditions return to area businesses, campuses, and neighborhoods. The doors open on haunted houses and parties invite the bigger kids in for a night of fright. CLICK HERE FOR A FULL CALENDER OF LOCAL HALLOWEEN EVENTS When it