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 “It’s a scientific fact that the gray wolf has recovered well past its recovery goal…”-TIFFANY Yesterday, Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) and Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-03) led 22 Members of Congress in reintroducing the Trust the Science Act. This legislation follows the scientific recommendation of wildlife experts that the gray wolf should be removed from the Endangered Species List and that gray wolf populations should be managed by states instead of one-size-fits-all federal government regulation. Congressman Tom Tiffany said, “It’s a scientific fact that the

There are many times it seems our best friends are here to save us, in literal and metaphorical ways. For this week’s Friday Feel Good we hear about a chance for two legs to return the favor and save four.  An Arizona man is being called a hero after jumping into a canal to save another man and his dog from drowning. Rich Zuccarello talks about how he ended up in the canal with his dog Smokey Bear, and Ryan Correa, talking about

Above Photo: Rachel Croft celebrates at commencement.  Rachel Croft completed the near-impossible – earning a bachelor’s degree in just five semesters, all while maintaining an honors status. “I made an effort to go all in and to get the most out of this experience,” she said.  “My education at UW-Stout has prepared me to enter the job field with a competitive edge and attain a full-time job in the industry,” Croft, of Scandia, Minn., graduated from University of Wisconsin-Stout on

The Dane County deputy who shot and killed a man who tried to run him down in a pickup truck will not face any criminal charges. The Dane County D.A’s Office yesterday cleared the deputy for the shooting last October at the Super 8 motel in Windsor. Investigators say the deputy fired only after the suspect tried to speed away from his arrest, almost hitting the deputy in the process.

The state of Wisconsin is trying to get unclaimed property back to its rightful owners faster. On Wednesday, state officials announced legislative revisions to unclaimed property statutes, allowing the state to not only return property faster, but also account for newer varieties of property, like cryptocurrency.  Officials estimate 1 in 7 Wisconsinites have unclaimed property, and Wisconsin Department of Revenue Secretary Peter Barca says checking into whether you do could pay off. There’s no cost to search or file a

It’s another sub-zero start to the day for the Chippewa Valley. The National Weather Service is leaving a wind chill advisory in place til noon for the entire state. Forecasters say the wind chill could drop as low as 25 below. That’s cold enough to cause frostbite on exposed skin in less than a half-and-hour.

We now know who was shot in the officer-involved shooting in Menomonie last month. The state’s Department of Justice yesterday identified the man as 45-year-old Nicholas Ciccarelli. Investigators say two Menomonie police officers and a Dunn County deputy shot Ciccarelli after he started to point his gun at them. Ciccarelli is accused of breaking into a home on Bongey Drive back on January 21st, then stealing a car. It was during a traffic stop on that car when he was

Lawyers for the woman accused of chopping-up her boyfriend after a day of drug use want another delay in her case. Taylor Schabusiness’ attorneys now say they need more time to review the evidence in the case. Schabusiness is set to go on trial early next month. Her lawyers have asked for several delays in the past, mainly to see if she’s competent enough to stand trial. Doctors have repeatedly said that she is. Police say Schabusiness strangled her boyfriend

Expect a mad-dash from schools across Wisconsin to spend the rest of their coronavirus stimulus money. The Institute for Reforming Government says two-thirds of Wisconsin’s one-and-a-half billion-dollars in ESSER money remains unspent or unallocated. The ESSER money is the money Congress sent the state to help schools recover from the coronavirus. IRG’s Quinton Klabon says of the money that’s been allocated, just over half has gone into classrooms. Schools have until the fall of 2024 to decide how to spend the money, but

 Wisconsin’s voting machines worked like they should have in the November election. The state’s Elections Commission yesterday said there were no voting machine errors in the vote last fall. Commissioners say an audit found a handful of ‘human-forced errors,’ but didn’t find anything wrong with the machines themselves. Commissioner Bob Spindell says the results of the audit should give voters across the state confidence in Wisconsin’s election systems, and in the people who run those elections.