Around Town
JAZZ JAM: If you like Jazz, don’t miss Jazz Jam tonight at LitleWolf Gallery. It starts at 5:30 p.m.
Around the County
PACKERS DONATE HELMETS: Weyauwega-Fremont football players got a surprise Friday as the Green Bay Packers unveiled 25 brand-new football helmets for the program. Read the WFRV story here.
WAUPACA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE is seeking the public’s help to identify a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run crash in Symco. The incident occurred on Friday evening around 6 p.m. at the intersection of State Highway 110 and State Highway 22. The suspect vehicle is believed to be a gray or silver 2009-2014 Ford F-150 with front-end damage. (Source: WBAY)
Around the State
DEER TICKS: New findings from the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute’s Tick Inventory via Citizen Science study show 51% of 700 adult female deer ticks carry the pathogen that causes Lyme disease. Read the WSAW news story here.
PFAS LIMITS: Some policy experts say Wisconsin’s drinking water standards for PFAS could be vulnerable to a legal challenge after the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to roll back limits for some chemicals. Marquette University’s Dave Strifling said state and federal law dictate Wisconsin’s rules may be no less stringent than federal requirements under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Read the Wisconsin Public Radio story here.
Portage County DET. SGT. RESIGNS: A former detective sergeant for the Portage Police Department resigned from the force a day after he was arrested for crashing a UTV and injuring one of his three passengers in May 2025. A breath test at the time of his arrest had that officer, Brian Johnson, at about double the legal driving limit, according to the criminal complaint. Read The Badger Project story here.
Here are the top overnight news stories from across Wisconsin:
ONE PERSON DIED and another was injured when two semi-trucks collided on northbound I-43 near Big Bend in Waukesha County early Thursday morning. One truck rear-ended the other around 6 a.m., shutting down the highway for hours as crews cleared debris. The surviving driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries. (Source: WISN 12)
A 22-YEAR-OLD MILWAUKEE WOMAN was charged after authorities said she carelessly discarded a cigarette that sparked a five-alarm fire destroying a vacant warehouse on the city’s north side Wednesday evening. The building was ordered razed due to instability. (Source: FOX6)
A 32-YEAR-OLD WOMAN wanted for murder in Mexico was arrested Thursday in Wisconsin on charges of illegal re-entry into the U.S. after prior deportation. Federal authorities took her into custody. (Source: WMTV 15)
JANESVILLE POLICE are searching for an armed man with a knife who threatened two people in a vehicle and slashed their tires at Riverside Park on Friday afternoon, around 4:30 p.m. The suspect remains at large. (Source: Channel 3000)
MULTIPLE CAR FIRES were reported and are under investigation on Milwaukee’s east side early Thursday. Neighbors witnessed three vehicles burning near East Belleview and North Oakland around 1 a.m. (Source: TMJ4)
