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“Utah Black Diamonds Pickleball Center” Coming to Utah Summer 2025, Establishing the First-Ever Home Facility for a Professional Pickleball Team
“Utah Black Diamonds Pickleball Center” Coming to Utah Summer 2025, Establishing the First-Ever Home Facility for a Professional Pickleball Team. Facility will be home to Utah’s Major League Pickleball team and will serve as a high-end pickleball club for players of all levels. Salt Lake City, Utah–April 12,...
Loaded up and truckin'...on the water? Portage Co. man builds semi-truck pontoon boat
CUSTER, Wis. -Summer's here, and that means a lot of Wisconsinites are getting their boats out on the water. But don't feel intimidated if you're pushing off from the dock and see a semi-truck making waves on the open water. John Yach of Custer spent the winter building a pontoon...
As fireworks displays get more expensive, Wisconsin communities see scaled-back, canceled shows
It’s time to celebrate Independence Day, and for a lot of families in Wisconsin, that means heading to a local fireworks show. While large-scale public fireworks displays are a popular holiday attraction, cities around the state are struggling to keep up with the rising costs of putting on Fourth of July festivities.
Wisconsin home loans record, Tension over nursing schools in Madison and Milwaukee, Home kits modeled after Frank Lloyd Wright
We talk with a guest from the WHEDA about the high dollar amount of home loans extended last year. Then we learn about plans for Arizona College of Nursing schools in Wisconsin’s largest cities. And former professor at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture talks about designing home kits.
Wisconsin police seek person who threw cheese at someone's car
EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin — Wisconsin is known for its devotion to the dairy, but police in Eau Claire say someone took that to an unusual extreme earlier this week, aggressively throwing cheese at someone else's car."Last night we responded to what might have been the most Wisconsin complaint ever," police said.The incident happened Monday around 9:45 p.m. Police say officers were sent to check on a report from a driver that someone had been chasing them down. The caller said that the person then threw cheese at their vehicle."Not gouda," police said. "It's un-brie-lievable that someone would do that. Throwing...
Smith: Survey shows continued decline in mallards but total ducks higher than long-term mean
The 2024 Wisconsin spring waterfowl breeding survey showed a continued decline in mallards, the state's most abundant duck species, and a year-over-year drop in total ducks as well as Canada geese. However the number of total ducks was higher than the 50-year average and waterfowl numbers are still in good...
Fourth of July tradition continues for a church in Sauk County
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Between cookouts and parades, lots of Fourth of July celebrations took place on Thursday. One celebration happened at Blackhawk Bethlehem Church, just west of Sauk City. Organizers said they’ve been hosting this gathering for close to 100 years. Henry Elsing, resident of Sauk County, said...
Moore joins Galin Scholars program
Sidney Moore, a rising junior at the Verona Area High School (VAHS), has been selected to participate in the second cohort of the Galin Scholars college preparation program. Moore will join Orenella Adanhou, a rising VAHS senior, as two of the nine total program participants from Verona. According to a...
Down at The Bogey Factory
At The Bogey Factory – Verona’s newest indoor golf simulator and sports bar – making an extra swing is not anywhere near a bad thing. In fact, owner Tyler Kersten hopes that people embrace the mistakes – and ultimately fun – that inevitably comes with the game of golf.
Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear challenges to Wisconsin abortion law
(The Center Square) – The Wisconsin Supreme Court is going to decide on abortion. The court said it will hear two challenges to Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion law, without waiting for lower courts in the state to rule on them first. “In granting this case, this court is doing what many other state courts have done, both before and after Dobbs v. Jackson – considering a state constitutional challenge to an...
Kristi Tanner marks 5 years sober by opening Wisconsin's first nonalcoholic bottle shop
Saturday, July 6 marks two important milestones for Kristi Tanner — five years of sobriety and the opening day of Sober Social, her nonalcoholic (NA) bottle shop in Middleton.
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