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A portion of southbound Hwy. 51 was closed to traffic for five hours on Sunday while crews battled a blaze that started in a storage garage in Arbor Vitae. The blaze was reported at about 6:40 p.m. at 111107 Kern Lane. The four-bay storage garage was engulfed in flames when crews arrived, with several small explosions. Several vehicles near the garage were also on fire, officials said.

Arbor Vitae fire does $400-thousand in damage, Northwoods Child Development Center receives $10,000 grant, water a big draw in the Northwoods but that can bring some risks, Wisconsin voices worry about the future of a key hunger relief program.

The 2024 Dairy Cares of Wisconsin campaign puts the focus squarely on where it is needed most: Helping support children and families facing life-altering medical conditions. Now in its 14th year, the nonprofit organization that supports Children’s Wisconsin allows anyone with a smartphone to take part in a virtual auction or donate directly to the health system.

Wisconsin will prove a key battleground state for the presidency in the general election on Nov. 5. But the August partisan primary, occurring on Aug. 13, will narrow down key city, county and state races and determine the fate of two referendum questions related to who administers state funds and federal funds given to the state.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is looking for minority- and women-owned businesses to bid on projects in August across the state. The transportation agency opened bids for 10 projects in all of its regions with varying Disadvantaged Business Enterprise goals. DBE firms are small businesses that are at least 51%...

Mary Gruhl thought she could fix up the R.D. Pike Building with just a dustpan, broom, a can of paint and a brush. She was determined to have the building cleaned up in a week. But the building, more than 125 years old and used a fish hatchery and residence, proved to need more work than expected. Gruhl and other Friends of the R.D. Pike Building launched an initiative to...

STEVENS POINT, Wis. – Stephanie Hauser, executive director of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, was approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations National Council for a four-year term on the NFHS Board of Directors. Hauser, who will serve as the Section 4 representative on the Board...

(Ariel Perez, Green Bay Press-Gazette) The state of the economy became a significant concern for many Wisconsin residents when inflation started to rise in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Ariel Perez with the Green Bay Press-Gazette, inflation accelerated and prices peaked at 9.1% the following year, and they...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is now accepting applications for the E-Cycle Wisconsin Electronics Collection Grant for projects hosting an electronics collection site or event between September 2024 and December 2025. Financial support for additional collection sites and events will make it easier for residents in those areas...

Sunday saw a few downpours in parts of southeast Wisconsin. While the showers and storms were few and far between, they were very efficient rain makers with those that seeing them picking up 1-2" of rain in just an hour or so. But Milwaukee did not see any of the...

The latest northeast Wisconsin weather forecast from Storm Team 5…. Nice weather in northeast Wisconsin Monday for big events beginning today! EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh along with Packers Training Camp, and the shareholders meeting all look dry with sunny and warm conditions. The best rain chance for all communities is...

A good-looking day ahead as we start off the new work week! Mostly sunny skies with just a few clouds from time to time with highs near 80 degrees.

BLOOMINGTON, MN – Fans of “American Pickers,” get ready for some excitement! The beloved History Channel reality show is gearing up to film in the Midwest this September. The team will be making stops in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and their home state of Iowa. They’re on the lookout...

Green Bay, WI – Eastern Wisconsin is set to experience a dynamic weather pattern today, starting with mostly sunny conditions in the morning, transitioning to increasing clouds and scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. The National Weather Service in Green Bay reports that north-central Wisconsin will see the strongest storms,...

MADISON – Just days after Republicans packed up and left Milwaukee following the Republican National Convention, the state's Democratic delegates were shoved into the spotlight as President Joe Biden withdrew from the race. High-ranking Wisconsin Democrats on Sunday praised Biden's withdrawal from the the race and threw their support to Vice President Kamala Harris to...

Dozens of people urged state environmental regulators Thursday to deny a large livestock farm’s proposal to expand in Pierce County. The plan would more than triple the number of cows and manure generated by the farm.Ridge Breeze Dairy in the town of Salem is a concentrated animal feeding operation, or CAFO, that runs a roughly 1,700-cow dairy within the Rush River watershed that drains into the Mississippi River. The farm wants to change its existing CAFO permit so it can grow the operation to about 6,500 cows by the end of 2025. The expansion is expected to generate nearly 78 million gallons of manure each year.In a Thursday hearing, residents of the area voiced concerns to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources about the proposal’s potential to pollute nearby waterways and groundwater, pointing to the owner’s history of violations.Samantha Bowen said she’s a sixth generation farmer in the town of Union and lives nearby Ridge Breeze Dairy. She said some local streams and private wells in the area already struggle with nitrate contamination, saying that adding millions more gallons of manure to fields won’t improve water quality.“The potential for groundwater problems seems more possible than ever. No one is coming to save us if our water gets contaminated. We are on our own,” Bowen said.She and others urged the DNR to require groundwater monitoring wells and cap the number of animals at the farm’s current amount. Bowen said testing of private wells in Pierce County has shown nitrate levels above the federal health standard of 10 parts per million, including in her own well. A 2022 report on well testing shows 12 percent of wells sampled exceeded that threshold in the towns of Salem, Union, Maiden Rock and others.Nitrate contamination has been linked to blue-baby syndrome, thyroid disease and colon cancer. Around 90 percent of nitrate in groundwater can be traced back to agriculture.

Erica Kochanski has been paying attention to the Waukesha School board since moving to the district in 2021. That was the same year the board gained national attention for deciding not to participate in a federal program that would have provided free school lunches to families. The district has since gotten notice for its handling of LGBTQ+ issues.

People on the verge of a mental health crisis or a relapse of substance abuse often face a catch-22. They know that they need help, but their situation isn’t yet dire enough to merit hospitalization. And so they’re forced to struggle as best they can, either waiting to hit rock bottom or struggling to find stability.