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Wisconsin IPA Fest: 40 breweries compete in 8th annual event
MILWAUKEE - The eighth annual Wisconsin IPA Fest takes place on Saturday, Aug. 3, at Third Space Brewing in Milwaukee. Forty breweries will compete against one another for the title "Wisconsin's Best IPA." A panel of judges from the Beer Judge Certification program will do a blind taste test of...
WisDOT hosts summer road safety event with hands-on tips
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) -The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) held an event Tuesday to inform the public on road safety this summer. The event featured numerous informative booths such as car seat fitting, driving safely in construction zones and more. Attendees were also able to meet a K-9 team, tour a Wisconsin State Patrol car and see first hand all the ways to work together to keep the roads safe.
Legislature requests stay in lawsuit over electronic ballots for disabled voters
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature asked a Dane County judge to stay his temporary injunction granting voters with disabilities the ability to cast absentee ballots electronically so the order can be appealed. The lawsuit, brought by Disability Rights Wisconsin, the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin and four voters with disabilities, alleges that the current absentee […]
President of Universities of Wisconsin discusses Direct Admit
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Area high school seniors could be receiving some good news this week. The Universities of Wisconsin Direct Admit Wisconsin Program is on track to begin in the fall of 2025. Nearly 350 public and private high schools in the state are participating in the program...
Overstretched assisted living facilities, National park bill for Apostle Islands, ‘Slow-Mow Summer’
A journalist shares their reporting on Wisconsin assisted living facilities struggling to care for the complex needs of residents. Then we learn about the effort to make the Apostle Islands a national park. And an Appleton site manager explains how the city’s pivot from from “No Mow May.”
Republicans ask voters to deny governor's power to spend fed money
Wisconsin Republicans are asking voters to take away the governor's power to unilaterally spend federal money, a reaction to the billions of dollars that flowed into the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers was free to spend most of that money as he pleased, directing most of it toward small businesses and economic development, angering Republicans who argued the Legislature should have oversight. That's what would happen...
Governor Evers asks voters to vote ‘no’ at the Aug. 13 election
EAU CLAIRE — Governor Tony Evers (D) visited Eau Claire Monday in order to encourage voters to vote ‘no’ on two questions that will be present on the Aug. 13 ballot. The questions read: “Delegation of appropriation power. Shall section 35 (1) of article IV of the constitution be created to provide that the legislature may not delegate its sole power to determine how moneys shall be appropriated?” and “Allocation of federal moneys. Shall section 35 (2) of article IV of the constitution be created...
Copernicus Cultural Foundation gifts $130,000 to UWSP College of Fine Arts and Communication
STEVENS POINT – The Aber Suzuki Center and students within the Department of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will benefit from gifts from a local foundation funded by notable Stevens Point businessman Edmund Bukolt. The Copernicus Cultural Foundation of Stevens Point gifted the UW-Stevens Point College of...
Steel King: Drive-In, Drive-Through Rack
Drive-in racking creates a cost-effective, high density storage system that allows forklift access. Pallets are loaded onto horizontal rails. Drivers then remove the pallets from the same entry point at which they were loaded. Drive-in rack systems are often used against a wall. Drive thru racking systems are based on the same concept but are located in an open area so that forklifts can drive completely through the rack system.
Teel Leads The Way In Monster Performance 14-2 Blow-Out Win Over Loggers
LA CROSSE, WI. – The Rafters completed a season series sweep over the La Crosse Loggers at Copeland Park on Sunday night and Aidan Teel was a big factor in the outcome. Teel got the scoring started in the top of the first frame with a solo home run over the right field wall. The long ball was Teel’s fourth of the season and his second away from Witter Field.
Five accused of harboring, aiding a felon in Amherst standoff involving Sauk Co. suspect
Five people are accused of harboring or aiding a felon after an armed standoff in Portage County involving a suspect accused of shooting a Sauk County deputy, a criminal complaint states.