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The gift of a newborn is special year-round, but families received an extra special delivery from HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital during December.  Baby boys and girls born at HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital during the month received an elf hat and Christmas stocking to begin their holiday season. For parents, this provided a great opportunity to share a cute photo of their newest family member.   Maria Green, Women and Infants Center manager at HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital says this Christmas tradition

ABOVE PHOTO: DECA district winners receive awards at a recent competition at UW-Stout. The 51st annual event for about 450 high school students will be held on campus Jan. 7. University of Wisconsin-Stout will host the DECA District I Career Development Conference for the 51st straight year on Saturday, Jan. 7. The event, organized and run by the UW-Stout Marketing and Business Education Association, is an applied learning experience for high school competitors and UW-Stout students. The competition is from

As expected, Wisconsin is ending 2022 with a record amount of money in the bank. Governor Evers yesterday said the state is ending the year with a record four-point-six billion-dollars in its general fund. The cash is part of what is expected to be a record six-point-six billion-dollar budget surplus by the end of next year. Both Republicans and Democrats yesterday took credit for the savings. The governor says he moved the state into a better fiscal position, but Republican lawmakers say

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow? That seems to the appropriate seasonal tune for our immediate future. Just about all of Wisconsin will spend the next few days under a Winter Storm Warning.   Only leave the house if you have to is the message from the DOT. The state’s Department of Transportation is telling people to stay home during the worst of today’s winter storm. Wis-DOT managers yesterday said not only do plow crews need time and space

The snow is being blamed for a crash on I-94 that killed a woman. On December 21, 2022, at about 5:10pm the Wisconsin State Patrol responded to a single vehicle rollover crash with ejection on I94 near mile marker 66 westbound in Eau Claire County. Upon arrival Troopers found a civilian first responder had stopped and was performing life-saving measures on the ejected driver, 30 year old Samantha Minks from Eau Claire. That individual also informed Troopers a child in

A Jackson County man who killed his father back in 2013 is getting out of the state mental hospital. A judge yesterday ordered that 29-year-old Lars Helgeson be released from state custody. Helgeson served just five-and-a-half years of what could have been a life sentence for killing his father. Prosecutors say Helgeson shot his father in the head, burned, then buried his body on their property. Helgeson’s lawyers say he suffered from untreated schizophrenia. Helgeson will be out of the

 There are finally charges in last summer’s boat crash on the Fox River that sent a dozen people to the hospital. The state’s Department of Justice yesterday announced hit-and-run charges against 52-year-old Jason Lindemann from Oshkosh. Investigators say he crashed his boat into the riverboat On The Loos after a day of drinking back on July 9th. There were 44 people on the riverboat at the time of the wreck. The state says Lindemann dropped some of the injured off

Flags will fly at half-staff today to remember the Milwaukee mailman gunned down earlier this month. Governor Evers yesterday ordered flags lowered today to remember Aundre Cross. He’s the mailman who was shot and killed while delivering mail back on December 9th. The governor says Cross was a dedicated public servant who gave 18 years to the Post Office. Milwaukee Police have not yet made any arrests in the case, despite a 50 thousand-dollar reward for information.The dates are out

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is asking drivers to be very cautious during their holiday travel this week.  The D-O-T says travel may not be possible in some parts of the state Friday because of the potential for blizzard conditions.  The D-O-T also says driving conditions may become too treacherous for tow trucks to help stranded drivers.  Twenty-four hour road conditions are available online at 5-1-1-W-I-dot-gov.

The dates are out for the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.  The Republican National Committee says the convention will run from July 15th to the 18th, 2024.  Republicans will spend the week selecting their nominee for the 2024 presidential election.