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On December 24th, 2022, at 5:47 p.m. the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting an armed robbery at the Cenex gas station located at 485 East Main Street in the Village of Gilman, Taylor County. It was reported that a man entered the Cenex gas station in dark clothing wearing gloves and a mask to cover his face. The suspect was armed with a handgun that he pointed at the clerk while demanding money. The clerk indicated

On Sunday, December 25, 2022, at approximately 4:47 PM a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle on Catlin Avenue in the city of Superior after observing the vehicle failing to stop at a stop sign. The Trooper observed signs of impairment and a subsequent investigation, including standardized field sobriety tests, showed the driver, 52 year old Todd Kenneth Burd from Superior, WI, was operating the motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant 7th offense with a minor

 A high of 20 degrees is hardly warm, but after a sub-zero weekend across southeast Wisconsin 20 will feel warm enough. The National Weather Service says most counties will emerge from the deep-freeze this week. By Wednesday, forecasters are talking about a high or nearly 40. Thursday’s high is expected to be 50 degrees. You can put your thermostat back at 68. We Energies on Saturday ended its request for people to lower their thermostats in order to save natural gas. We

There’s still a chance. Green Bay did what it needed to do yesterday to keep their slim playoff hopes alive. The Packers held-on to beat Miami 26-20. The game got off to a racing start, but slowed in the second half. Miami’s quarterback threw three interceptions that helped keep the Packers in the game. Aaron Rodgers finished the game with 2888 yards and one touchdown. The Packers play the Vikings next Sunday.

 Milwaukee’s holiday weekend shooting tally is small, just five shot, but police say there were two homicides. One of the killings happened Friday night, there aren’t many details in that case. Milwaukee Police say the other homicide came Christmas Eve when a 27-year-old woman was shot and killed on the city’s south side. Police say they are looking for suspects in the case.

Westbound I-94 at the Stadium Interchange is back open after a shooting yesterday morning.  The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office isn’t reporting any injuries, and isn’t saying exactly what happened. The shooting closed 94 between Hawley Road and Highway 175 for over two hours yesterday. Traffic was flowing by yesterday afternoon, and should be fine for the drive to work today.

Folks could be zooming on the snowmobile trails in Chippewa County in a matter of days. Volunteers with the Bloomer Snowhawks Club say they’ve spent weeks clearing the trails in the county, and hope to open this weekend. It’s been a slim few years for snowmobiling in western Wisconsin because of a lack of snow. This year, the Snowhawks say there is plenty of snow, they say it’s now just a matter of maintaining the county’s 450 miles of trails so people

There’s a change at the top of the Department of Natural Resource’s board. Fred Prehn, who was nominated by former Governor Walker, has stepped down. Prehn fought to stay on the board, saying Governor Evers never officially replaced him. But last week, Prehn said it was time to allow the State Senate to vote on his replacement. Prehn was a deciding vote on a number of issues including Wisconsin’s wolf hunt. Senate leaders say they expect to give the governor’s nominees

 A new audit says the University of Wisconsin spent almost all of its 563 million in coronavirus stimulus aid properly. The report from the Legislative Audit bureau found just 239 thousand-dollars was spent on ‘unallowable expenses.’ Lawmakers say there’s room for improvement at the university, but they say overall the audit shows the university did a good job in spending its stimulus haul. The audit does ding the school for not having written policies as to how each campus could have, or

 It’s Christmas! If you celebrate, we wish you and yours the warmest of holiday wishes.  President Biden and family attended an evening mass, followed by their traditional Christmas Eve Italian dinner.  He took to Twitter Saturday to say he hopes that “everything that divides us fades away” this holiday weekend.  Washington DC is one of many places experiencing cold weather nationwide, with a projected low of seven degrees on Saturday. Bethlehem is marking Christmas.  Police put up barriers in Manger Square Saturday morning before