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The City of Marshfield Parks & Recreation Department announces the passing of Blizzard, the Arctic fox, at Wildwood Zoo. Blizzard was ten years old and had lived at Wildwood since he was just a few months old. At his age, he was considered a senior fox.  Over the past week, the zoo employees and veterinary staff working with Blizzard exhausted all possible treatment options after he was found unable to pass urine or stand without assistance. He was transported to

Democrats at the Wisconsin Capitol want to overhaul the state’s cash bail system.  A handful of lawmakers and some advocacy groups yesterday said they are working on legislation that would replace cash bail with a “dynamic risk assessment system.”   The announcement comes as voters will decide on April 4th whether to change the state’s constitution to make it easier for judges to set higher cash bails, or hold criminal suspects without any bail at all.  The Democrats’ push is unlikely to make

One of Madison’s state senators says people in Wisconsin bought a lot of marijuana in Illinois last year.  State Senator Melissa Agard said yesterday that a new memo from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau found that people from Wisconsin spent 36 million-dollars in taxes alone on legal pot in Illinois.  Agard, has been pushing for  legal marijuana in Wisconsin for years.

Corn, soybeans, tomatoes and peas! Today might also involve planting a few 4 leaf clovers for luck, too. And for this week’s Friday Feel good a lucky conversation turned into much more for one man and the seeds of kindness were planted to help turn his life around.  A Canadian woman sparked a conversation with a homeless man.  20 minutes later, she offered him a job at her farm and he took it.  Here’s Brian Bannister and Danielle MacDuff talking about the

We hope your Irish eyes are smiling on this St. Patrick’s Day, even if our cheeks are more red than green on this chilly Friday. If you’re wondering where to celebrate Irish heritage, these cities won’t disappoint.  Tripping-dot-com has named the seven best cities to get your green on.  Number one on the list is Chicago, where the Chicago River is dyed green.  It’s also home to one of the largest St. Patrick’s Day parades in the country.  Boston comes

A mobile home in Jackson County is a total loss after a fire. Firefighters say no one was home and no one was hurt when the trailer near Alma Center burned. Firefighters from Black River Falls, Clark County, Fairchild, Hixton and Merrillan all played a part in putting out the flames. There’s no word on what started the fire.

There’s now a proposed law that would ban the kind of secret microphones that were installed in Green Bay.  State Rep. David SteSteffen and State Senator Eric Wimberger, both from Green Bay, yesterday introduced legislation that would spell out just when and how state and local officials can record people.  The legislation comes after Green Bay’s mayor secretly installed microphones inside city hall.  The mayor claimed the microphones were legal, and part of a security system.  The new legislation would

Folks who take an Uber in western Wisconsin could soon be on tape. Uber yesterday announced plans to launch an audio recording feature for both riders and drivers in Eau Claire and La Crosse. Uber says it’s a safety feature that would allow people to record any incidents that may happen. The audio would be encrypted on the rider or driver’s phone. Uber has offered the recording feature in 70 cities across the country since 2019, but Eau Claire and La Crosse

There’s a plan at the Wisconsin Capitol to make the Henry 45-70 Wisconsin’s official state rifle. New legislation from state Reps. Dave Armstrong, Treig Pronschinske and James Edming, as well as state Senator Romaine Quinn would be symbolic, no one would have to buy the rifle and the state wouldn’t be purchasing any either. Henry is based in Rice Lake, and there’s a Henry plant in Ladysmith. At least nine other states across the country have ‘official’ state rifles.

Republican lawmakers at the Wisconsin Capitol want to do more about PFAS pollution, but they also want a firm price tag for what it will cost. State Senator Rob Cowles this week pressed Wisconsin’s DNR secretary for more specifics on the governor’s plan to spend 100 million-dollars on PFAS projects. Cowles says the 100 million is ‘doable’ in the state’s new budget, but he wants to know how much of that will go for testing, how much will go for treatment, and how