Scholastic/Annabelle Helms(NEW YORK) — Joanna Cole, former librarian who created the bestselling book-turned TV series The Magic School Bus, has died at 75. Her publisher, Scholastic, says the author succumbed to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Cole’s 1986 creation became a hit animated series, and recently it was announced that Elizabeth Banks would play the bus’ time-and-space-travelling teacher, Mrs.…… Read more »
JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) — Amber Heard’s former personal assistant testified at Johnny Depp’s libel trial against British tabloid The Sun that a story she told in confidence to the Aquaman actress regarding a violent sexual assault she endured was twisted by Heard for her own use. Kate James, who worked for Heard from 2012-2015, claimed she had told…… Read more »
While the airports across the state may look empty, the Central Wisconsin Airport is filling all their seats, plus a few more.… Read more »
A preseason home game can bring in about $15 million in economic impact to the area.… Read more »
Michael Becker / FOX. © 2020 FOX MEDIA LLC(LOS ANGELES) — Fox announced on Wednesday that it is sticking with Nick Cannon as the host of its popular reality competition series The Masked Singer, following his apology on Facebook earlier in the day. “When we were made aware of Nick Cannon’s interview with Richard Griffin on YouTube, we immediately began a dialogue…… Read more »
Gotham/GC Images(LOS ANGELES) — If you can’t see Chrissy Teigen’s tweets on your Twitter feed, that’s because, in a surprising move on Wednesday, she made her account private. The development came after the Bring the Funny host blocked over a million Twitter accounts propagating a conspiracy theory that she is linked to Jeffrey Epstein because she allegedly flew on one…… Read more »
Students in Marathon will be raising money for charity with a car wash Thursday morning.… Read more »
NBC/Photo Bank via Getty Images, Getty Images/Getty Images for EIF & XQ(LOS ANGELES) — What do Kim Kardashian, former President Barack Obama, Kanye West, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates all have in common? They were just a handful of the celebrities whose Twitter accounts were hacked by Bitcoin scammers. It went down on Wednesday when the celebrity accounts all tweeted some…… Read more »
New fundraising reports for state and federal political races across Wisconsin provide shape to the fall election in a key battleground state, where Wisconsin remains a toss-up in the presidential election that could set the tone for down-ballot voting in battles for power across the state, most notably in the Republican-controlled state legislature.… Read more »
With Walmart, Kroger and Kohl’s all announcing Wednesday plans to require face masks for customers shopping at store locations across the country, health professionals in Marathon County are happy to see the businesses lead by example.… Read more »