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Fans will have to wait to see the changes at Camp Randall stadium. The university gave reporters a tour of the newly renovated south end zone yesterday. The upgrades include real seats instead of bleachers, huge open spaces to watch the game, and even fireplaces. The University of Wisconsin spent more than 75 million-dollars on the new end zone. Fans will get their first look at the improvements when the Badgers begin their football season on Saturday.

The State of Wisconsin is investing 90-million dollars into K-through-12 education.  Today Governor Tony Evers announced a 15-million-dollar investment for the Get Kids Ahead initiative and 75-million dollars to help fix the state’s teacher shortage.  That equates to over 91 dollars per student.  Evers says the money comes from the American Rescue Plan.

Wisconsin drivers are the sixth-most likely to be involved in a wreck with an animal.  State Farm says the likelihood of a driver hitting an animal in Wisconsin is one in 56.  The most-hit animal in America is no surprise, deer.

Mark Engevold was born to work in emergency services. The 52-year-old rural Osseo man is the kind of person who puts people first. In his younger years after high school, he worked in health care and firefighting, but entering law enforcement soon became his dream. He made that dream happen as a member of the first class to walk through the doors of the Emergency Service Education Center – a Chippewa Valley Technical College campus – just after it was

Southbound Dewey Street will be closed to thru traffic on Wednesday, August 31st through Friday,September 2nd for paving operations adjacent to the LE Phillips Library. If this is part of your commute, plan on a detour to include Galloway Street to Farwell Street to East Grand Avenue.

Wisconsin’s governor says it will be fine if he’s invited to be on the stage with President Biden when he comes to Milwaukee on Labor Day. The governor yesterday wasn’t too excited about the president’s recently announced campaign plans but plans to attend the event. Evers said it will be up to the voters to decide if the president’s presence, and low approval ratings, helps or hurts his campaign. Meanwhile, Democratic US Senate candidate Mandela Barnes yesterday wouldn’t say if

A former supervisor at the state prison in Sturtevant is looking at sex charges for her relationship with an inmate. Prosecutors in Racine County yesterday filed formal charges against 37-year-old Jacqueline Heidt. Investigators say she had sex with an inmate at least three times per-week between April and last week. She’s a licensed social worker and has been at the prison since 2010. She is looking at sexual assault and misconduct charges. Her lawyer says her relationship was romantic and

A new online survey says Milwaukee is in the Top 10 most polite cities in America. The folks with the language learning app Preply say Milwaukee is the ninth nicest city according to their findings. The app based its politeness rankings on things like people being absorbed by their phones, refusing to let people merge in traffic, and being noisy in shared spaces. Austin, San Diego, and Fort Worth are the top-three most polite cities, while Philadelphia, Memphis, and New

 A man is dead after going to the water during a fishing tournament in La Crosse. Police say the man went into the Black River Saturday afternoon. Fishermen in the Bassmaster Elite Tournament saw the man go in, and saw him go under. No one is saying what led-up to his fall into the water. The man has not yet been identified.

There are some people who aren’t happy that Cadott’s Dollar General has been closed. Cadott Area Fire and Rescue ordered the store closed because it’s a fire hazard. Investigators say there are too many boxes and unsold merchandise in the store’s aisles, and that could be deadly if a fire were to break out. Store managers say they are working to fix their issues, and reopen the store as quickly as possible.