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Kohl’s is blaming inflation for a cut in its financial forecast.  The Wisconsin-based retail chain now projects net sales to decline by up to six-percent.  It also slashed earnings per share expectations by more than half.  Kohl’s says shoppers aren’t going to stores as much and if they do, they’re spending less money each time they go.

Larry Lokken wants his stuff back. Lokken, who is serving nine years in prison for stealing over a million-dollars from county taxpayers, asked a judge earlier this month to return the things taken from him during the investigation. Some of those things were taken six years ago. Lokken has about three years left on his sentence, and has yet to repay the county for all of the money he stole.

 Lawyers for the man accused of running down more than 60 people during last year’s Christmas parade in Waukesha want the case against him thrown-out because of a jailhouse search of his cell. Darrell Brooks Jr.’s lawyers say authorities took privileged documents when they searched his cell last month. Guards were looking for evidence that Brooks was conspiring on an insanity defense with his mother and another inmate. His lawyers say if the judge won’t dismiss the case, then the

 It’s a million-dollars bond for the suspect in a Madison killing from last month. A judge yesterday ordered 27-year-old Aquille Lowe held on a seven figure bond for July’s shooting death of a man on the city’s north side. Lowe is accused of shooting and killing a man over a stolen car. Lowe fled to Ohio after the shooting, he was arrested there about two weeks ago.

It’s now 42 days and counting for the beach closure at Lake Altoona. The state says an algae bloom closed the beach last month, and swimmers have been banned ever since. Lake Altoona board’s Michelle Skinner says they’ve essentially lost half the summer. DNR biologists say this has been a particularly bad summer for algae. The old record for an algae-related-closing at the beach was 28 days.

Voters in La Crosse County won’t see ballot questions about pot and abortion this fall. The county board last night voted down or was deadlocked on questions for the fall ballot. Both would have been advisory questions, meaning they didn’t carry any weight or change any laws. Supporters say it’s important to let lawmakers in Madison know where the people stand on key issues. Opponents say the ballot questions were simply aimed at getting more people to the polls in

The top Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly is facing a second challenge from the man who almost beat him earlier this month. Adam Steen, who came 260 votes short of unseating Assembly Speaker Robin Vos in this month’s primary, yesterday said he is running again as a write-in candidate. Steen is angry with Vos for not overturning the 2020 presidential election in the state. He said he wants voters to know the truth. Vos said Steen is ignoring the will of the

The University of Wisconsin says it’s affordable for most students in the state. The university released the results of its ‘affordability review’ yesterday. New UW President Jay Rothman said low- to moderate-income students are less likely to apply to a UW school, meaning a college degree may still be unaffordable to them. The review said even incoming underrepresented minority and first-generation students are more likely to come from higher-earning families. Wisconsin students pay about 11 thousand-dollars a year in tuition at UW-Madison, while out-of-state

It’s the 17-year anniversary of the Stoughton tornado that killed one person and injured nearly two dozen others.  The Stoughton tornado was an EF-3, a half-mile wide, and was on the ground for about 20 miles.  It was one of 27 tornadoes that tore across Wisconsin on this day back in 2005, causing around 30-million dollars worth of damage.  The outbreak remains the largest in Wisconsin history.