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RLHS students chosen as top winners in State Park Design Contest
Rice Lake High School students Evan Strand and Jehiel Josh De Los Santos were selected as the first and second place winners in the Wisconsin State Park and Forest vehicle admission sticker contest, the Wisconsin DNR announced Wednesday. Strand's sticker was chosen as the winning design, which will be printed on state park and forest vehicle admission stickers. The designs were created in teacher Roger Britton's graphic design class last winter. ...
Republican Voters Against Trump features former Trump voters
Republican Voters Against Trump announced a new $1 million ad campaign in Wisconsin that the group calls its largest effort of the campaign. It will include ads that will run on streaming TV services and YouTube through the end of August in Milwaukee and Madison as well as billboards. The...
Central Wisconsin: Storms and Heavy Rain Expected Thursday Until 8PM
Green Bay, WI – Showers and thunderstorms are expected at various times today, with the greatest risk of severe weather occurring between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Some of these storms could become strong, particularly across central and east-central Wisconsin. According to the US National Weather Service in Green...
Wisconsin Man Wins $4.3M Megabucks Lottery Jackpot
This is the 30-year lesson one player, Richard Kiesner, may share with other lottery hopefuls. Playing the Megabucks lottery, the Wisconsin resident managed to hit the $4.3 million – the largest jackpot to date – on July 17. Kiesner, whose name was shared by the lottery because of...
New Wisconsin-themed fence mural debuts on Lombardi Avenue, just east of Lambeau Field in Green Bay
GREEN BAY - A new fence mural with the slogan "For the love of Wisconsin" was unveiled this week along Lombardi Avenue and just east of Lambeau Field. The artist behind the mural, Spencer Young, said he designed it to celebrate important parts of Wisconsin culture. "It started as a conversation, an...
Are you interested in a safe election season in Wisconsin? Here are some groups doing the work
Political violence, including threats to poll workers and other politically motivated attacks or harassment, has increased in the United States in the past decade. In Wisconsin, that’s led to more bipartisan, pro-democracy efforts. People met for one such effort last Saturday at the Civil War Museum in Kenosha. It...
Wisconsin Rapids Streetwise: Steve's Rental has a new name & Branding Iron owners to retire
WISCONSIN RAPIDS – What’s happening with businesses in the Wisconsin Rapids area? Streetwise has your answers. These roundups offer an easy way to stay up to date with what’s happening on the Streetwise beat. If you know of a new business, a development or a place that’s closing, send me a note at cshuda@gannett.com....
Recall expanded in multi-state listeria contamination that sickened dozens, including in Wisconsin
Boar’s Head Provisions, Co. is recalling an additional roughly seven million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products amid a listeria outbreak that left two people dead and dozens hospitalized in states including Wisconsin. The company initiated a recall on July 26 that could be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes,...
Johnson is new children’s librarian
PHILLIPS — Linda Johnson, of Phillips, was recently named the Youth Services Librarian at the Phillips Public Library. Johnson fills the vacancy left by former children’s librarian Jake Wyrzykowski, who accepted a similar position at the Friday Library in New Richmond. Johnson previously worked as a paraprofessional at the Phillips Elementary School and while this is her first library role she said it is a natural step having worked so much with kids and education. ...
Man in Wisconsin who led high-speed chase, shot at deputies found dead in Portage County
AMHERST, Wis. (WFRV) – A 32-year-old man who shot at deputies after a police chase around 11 p.m. on July 23 was found dead at a residence in the 400 block of Mill Avenue in Amherst. Jeffery Miller was wanted for an incident that occurred after he fled officers...
EPA waives summer restrictions on gasoline in Michigan
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requesting an emergency fuel waiver to prioritize fuel access and distribution ahead of the 2024 hurricane season—which is predicted to be severe.