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Dane County is including hundreds of thousands of dollars in its budget to address the opioid epidemic.  Dane County Executive Joe Parisi says the 740-thousand dollar Harm Reduction and Prevention Act will take six key actions, including community education, awareness, widespread distribution of Narcan and fentanyl test strips.  Parisi says 86 percent of the overdose deaths in Dane County last year were opiate-related.

The Milwaukee County Zoo invites you to a spooky Zoo visit this Halloween season. Kids and families will enjoy Boo at the Zoo, presented by Prairie Farms Dairy, Thursday, Oct. 20 through Sunday, Oct. 23 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Boo at the Zoo (back as a walking event this year) will feature wicked family-friendly activities including a Trick-or-Treat Trail, live pumpkin-carving demos, dazzling light shows, plus so much more! Several of the animal buildings will be open just

A teenage boy is facing attempted homicide and burglary charges after police say he stabbed a teenage girl multiple times. The 15-year-old victim says she was asleep in her home in Onalaska when she woke up to find 17-year-old Austin Bailey attempting to strangle her. She told police that she broke free and began punching him, only to have him begin stabbing her. Bailey had reported that he took photos of her without her consent while she was sleeping. The

A man is facing murder charges in a homicide case dating back to 1985. Sixty-year-old Donald Maier will be formally charged tomorrow with first-degree murder. He is currently in a Racine prison serving a sentence for an unrelated stalking case. Maier is accused of fatally stabbing Benny Scruggs in his bed back on July 17th, 1985. Court documents state that Maier and Scruggs’ wife, Yvonne, had slept together and that she told him that if he wanted her, she knew

The survivors of the Waukesha Christmas Parade tragedy will receive a special room where they can watch the trial of the suspect in the case.  The trial of Darrell Brooks is scheduled to start October third.  He’s charged with driving into the parade last November, killing six people and injuring more than 60 others.  He faces the possibility of life in prison.  The United Way worked with Waukesha County and the District Attorney’s office to secure federal funds to build

Authorities are releasing the names of the two people killed  in a plane crash in Pierce County on Tuesday. John Zeman, age 28, and Ethan Smith, age 20, were both from Rochester, Minnesota. They died when the experimental aircraft they were in crashed into a field near the Red Wing Regional Airport in Bay City. The crash is still being investigated by the NTSB.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is urging residents to get boosted for COVID-19 as we progress into fall. People 12 years old and up are now eligible to receive updated boosters that now protect against the omicron variants. The updated boosters have already begun arriving in Wisconsin and will continue to be delivered to medical providers over the coming weeks. Appointments are strongly encouraged. WisDHS also says those 50 and older and those who are immunocompromised should also get the updated booster for

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is ranked among the top universities in the nation. That is according to the annual compilation from Forbes entitled “America’s Top Colleges List.” U-W-E-C is ranked third in Wisconsin among all public and private schools. The university ranked 253rd among all schools nationwide. It also ranked 43rd among all public or private universities in the Midwest.

Three people are arrested after a drug bust in Wisconsin Dells.  The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office says members of its drug task force searched a motel in Wisconsin Dells last Friday and found meth, THC, fentanyl, and other drug paraphernalia.  Cody Fry of Baraboo, Katelynn McDonald of Wisconsin Dells, and Eli Matson of Elroy are all facing several drug charges.

The man convicted of murdering a University of Wisconsin doctor will spend the rest of his life in prison. Today a judge sentenced Khari Sanford to life in prison without parole.  He was convicted earlier this year of of killing Dr. Beth Potter and her husband Robin Carre.  Their bodies were found in the University of Wisconsin Arboretum in March of 2020.