Wisconsin top remaining transfer portal target, Mi’Quise Grace, committed to Kentucky on Sunday. Grace, a Football Championship Subdivision All-American at South Dakota in 2024, chose the Wildcats over Wisconsin, Georgia, Georgia Tech and Mississippi State. Wisconsin hosted Grace on a visit this month.

Two men were pulled from an icy lake after their UTV plunged through the ice, Wisconsin officials said. While neither man was seriously injured, the driver was placed under arrest once he was safely retrieved from the freezing water in Hustisford, the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office said in a Jan. 6 Facebook post.

A 1-year-old was found alone inside a smoke-filled home in Wisconsin after the toddler’s father died in a car crash, authorities said. Around 10:30 p.m. Jan. 4, police were called to a report of a car crash in Neenah, a Facebook post by the police department said. A vehicle hit a tree and was on fire, according to police.

Wisconsin is still pursuing top edge-rusher talent even after landing two transfers at the position — Mason Reiger (Louisville) and Tyreese Fearbry (Kentucky). The Badgers are set to enter 2025 with those two as primary rotation members along with Darryl Peterson, Aaron Witt, Sebastian Cheeks and Thomas Heiberger.