UNION GROVE, Wis. (WFRV) – The body of a 38-year-old Wisconsin man was found inside a home after crews extinguished a fire on Thursday night. According to the Racine County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched to a house fire at 801 11th Avenue in Union Grove around 8:18 p.m. on Thursday. According to the Kansasville…… MORE
UPDATE: The Racine County Sheriff’s Office recovered a body from the house after the fire was extinguished. UNION GROVE, Wis. (WFRV) – Numerous agencies were deployed to the scene of a house fire that fully engulfed a home in Wisconsin on Thursday night. Kansasville Fire and Rescue Department and Raymond Fire and Rescue Department Crews…… MORE
DE PERE, Wis. (WFRV) – Special Olympics Wisconsin supporters across the area gathered in De Pere on Saturday for a Polar Plunge to raise money while creating chilling, but fun memories. The Green Bay Polar Plunge® began at the Perkofski Boat Launch at the Brown County Fairgrounds with a noon ceremony and constant jumps into…… MORE
COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WFRV) – A Wisconsin man was charged with gun and drug felonies after officials in the Chicago area recovered multiple firearms, suspected narcotics and other drug paraphernalia from a suburban Chicago home. According to a Cook County Sheriff’s Office release, officials from the Organized Crime Division and Hostage Barricade Team executed a…… MORE
OSSEO, Wis. (WFRV) – A previously convicted felon from Illinois with active arrest warrants was arrested in Wisconsin after engaging officers in a police pursuit. According to a Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office release, deputies witnessed a sedan commit a speeding violation on I-94 near Osseo around 9:49 p.m. on Friday. The deputy exited the median…… MORE
MONONA, Wis. (WFRV) – A 24-year-old Wisconsin man was arrested early on Saturday morning for an OWI offense resulting in a crash. According to the Monona Police Department, an officer was going east on West Broadway in Monona around 2:14 a.m. on Saturday, witnessing a westbound vehicle going at a rapid speed, before he could…… MORE
(WFRV) – The 29-year-old Wisconsin man nicknamed ‘Blue Collar’ who earned a UFC contract in October while competing in season eight of Dana White’s Contender Series is set to make his official debut on Saturday night. Nick ‘Blue Collar’ Klein is a former Random Lake wrestler and native of Plymouth. Klein’s career fighting record is…… MORE
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nate Bittle had 23 points and Jackson Shelstad made a desperation 3 to force overtime as Oregon beat No. 11 Wisconsin 77-73 on Saturday. Bittle, a 7-foot center, scored six points in overtime to help snap Wisconsin’s five-game winning streak. Shelstad scored 13 points as the Ducks (20-8, 9-8 Big Ten) extended their…… MORE
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the Vatican said. The 88-year-old Francis, who has been hospitalized for a week with a complex lung infection, also received blood transfusions after tests showed a condition associated with anemia, the…… MORE
(NEXSTAR) – With the IRS laying off thousands of employees Thursday, many Americans may be wondering if their tax returns — or their refunds — will be affected. A government official who asked to remain anonymous confirmed news of the IRS culling 6,700 employees to Nexstar’s NewsNation. It represents the latest mass termination amid an…… MORE
