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Central Wisconsin's top HS prep performers for beginning of October
The first week of October was another action-packed week for Central Wisconsin sports. Here is a look at the area's top prep performers from Sept. 30 to Oct. 6. End of Septembers top performers: A 154-yard passing,156-yard rushing game peaks top Central Wisconsin prep performances ...
Wisconsin dams are failing more frequently, a new report finds
Wisconsin is seeing more frequent dam failures in another sign that the storms blowing through the state are growing stronger. Wisconsin recorded 34 dam failures from 2000 through 2023, the second-highest total for that period behind only South Carolina, the Wisconsin Policy Form said in a report released Thursday. More than 80% of the failures — 28, to be exact — happened since the start of 2018, and 18 of those happened since the start of 2020. None of the failures resulted in human deaths, the report found. The state is home to more than 4,000 dams. Some are massive hydroelectric constructs while others are small earthen dams that create farm ponds. They’re owned by a mix of companies, individuals, government and tribal entities, and utilities. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ National Inventory of Dams lists 1,004 Wisconsin dams ranging in height from 6 feet (nearly 2 meters) to the 92-foot-tall (28-meter-tall) Flambeau dam on the Dairyland Reservoir in Rusk County.
These Wisconsin Rapids organizations are offering trunk-or-treat events for Halloween 2024
WISCONSIN RAPIDS – As Halloween approaches and cities and villages set their annual trick-or-treat hours, many organizations are scheduling their own "trunk-or-treat” events, gathering a variety of decorations, candy and volunteers at one location. These events are scheduled throughout the month in the Wisconsin Rapids area. Saturday, Oct. 19 ...
Turning cooler with multiple rain chances this weekend
The Latest Northeast Wisconsin Forecast from Storm Team 5… The weather truly got better all week long and we hit the jackpot today across the area with temperatures reaching the lower 80s across the southern Fox Valley. Overnight we will stay relatively clear with a few clouds arriving late. Temperatures will land in the 40s, […]
Wisconsin fall colors update: Some northern spots at peak color, others close behind
Several northern Wisconsin locations are reporting peak fall color conditions as of Oct. 10, according to the Fall Color Report posted by Travel Wisconsin. Observers from Boulder Junction in Vilas County, Mercer in Iron County and Forest County all report peak color right now. ...
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