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It’s DeForest. The White House last night released the details for President Biden’s visit to the Madison area today.  He will speak to a crowd at the IUNA Training Center in DeForest about 1 p.m.  The president is expected to talk about ‘good paying union jobs’ during his visit.  The president’s trip to Wisconsin comes as he begins his sales pitch for his State of the Union address, and as he looks toward running again in 2024.

Governor Evers is blaming the murder of a Milwaukee police officer on guns, while Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol are blaming Milwaukee’s approach to crime. The governor and lawmakers both weighed-in on the murder of a Milwaukee police officer yesterday. The governor sent his thoughts and prayers, and said the killing is ‘another tragic loss due to gun violence.’ Racine state Senator Van Wanggaard said the officer’s murder is part of Milwaukee’s failed approach to holding criminals accountable. Thirty seven-year-old Peter Jerving

The sheriff in Sauk County is looking for new information about the murder at Devil’s Lake State Park two years ago.  Investigators have never named a suspect in 24-year-old John Schmutzer’s death. The sheriff’s office says he was blindsided while hiking in the park in October of 2020.  The sheriff yesterday said they’ve conducted hundreds of interviews, but don’t have a suspect to name.  Investigators are asking anyone who may know anything about the case, or who may have seen

The missing Tomah woman who was found dead last month froze to death.  The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office yesterday said Felicia Wanna died of hypothermia.  She went missing just before New Year’s, she was last seen at the Walmart in Tomah. Deputies found her body about a half-mile from that store nearly three weeks later.

Public health managers in Madison are warning about a spike in overdoses from fentanyl-laced drugs.  Public Health Madison & Dane County yesterday said 10 people overdosed in 36 hours, one of them died.  PHMDC said the overdoses all came from people who used fentanyl-laced cocaine or meth.  The office also sent out the reminder that it has fentanyl test strips, so people know what is in the drugs they are using.

The governor’s latest budget proposal would send a half-billion dollars to local governments, and let them raise taxes too. Governor Evers yesterday said he wants to increase so-called shared revenue to 20 percent of Wisconsin’s sales taxes. That’d be about 575 million-dollars in the new budget. The governor also wants lawmakers to allow counties to raise their local sales taxes. Milwaukee County would be able to add a full percent to its current half-a-percent sales tax. Other counties in Wisconsin could go as

Wisconsin’s former DNR Secretary is now part of Milwaukee’s mayor’s team. The city yesterday said Preston Cole will take over in the Milwaukee Department of Administration. Cole recently left the DNR, and will start after a vote from the city council. Cole has worked in Milwaukee before, he was the Department of Neighborhood Services commissioner, and before that worked in Milwaukee’s Department of Public Works. Mayor Cavalier Johnson picked Cole himself.

A Milwaukee police officer is dead following an overnight confrontation with a robbery suspect.  Police Chief Jeffery Norman says officer Peter Jerving was an outstanding member of the community who will be sorely missed. Officer Jerving was in pursuit of 19-year-old Terrell Thompson early Tuesday morning when they got into a struggle.  Police say during the fight, Thompson shot officer Jerving, who then returned fire and killed the suspect. Jerving was a life-long resident of Milwaukee and had been on

The Wisconsin Department of Justice is raising internet safety awareness for Safer Internet Day 2023.  The DOJ says its Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force is getting more and more cyber tips, an increase of 740 percent over the last ten years.  The task force also arrested over 300 people last year.  For Safer Internet Day 2023 the task force has internet safety tips online on the Wisconsin Department of Justice website.

The state is seeing its first cases of toxic shock syndrome in over a decade.  The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says it’s seen four cases since last July.  Wisconsin hasn’t had any reported cases since 2011.  Toxic shock syndrome is described as a rare bacterial infection that can be caused by skin wounds, surgery, and the use of feminine products.  Symptoms include sudden fever, rash, vomiting, confusion, seizures, and headaches, among others.  Toxic shock syndrome can also be life threatening.