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Ag Briefs: Source of manure spill in northeast Wisconsin still under investigation
ACE Twilight Meetings to be held on four Wisconsin dairies. In an effort to open dialogue about agriculture between community members, elected officials and business leaders, Professional Dairy Producers, Wisconsin Counties Association and the Wisconsin Towns Association, will be hosting the 2024 Agricultural Community Engagement ACE Twilight Meetings across Wisconsin next month.
Could the discovery of ancient canoes lead researchers to an underwater Indigenous village?
For thousands of years, people in what’s now Wisconsin used fire and stone tools to fell and split trees. They hacked away excess limbs and hollowed out the center to make dugout boats. Today, two of those ancient canoes are sitting in a Madison warehouse, bathing in a preservative.
MIAD instructor selected to produce work for Farm/Art DTour
Matthew Vivirito, adjunct instructor at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), is one of eight artists and artist teams selected to create site-responsive art for Wormfarm Institute’s biannual Farm/Art DTour. Farm/Art DTour, the popular self-guided tour encompassing 50 miles of rural Wisconsin farmland in Sauk County, encourages...
Madison Police Department hosts community panel discussing crime rates
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The Madison Police Department held a public safety summit Tuesday evening to talk with city leaders and the public about current crime trends in Madison. Focusing on community reform to reduce crime was the overarching message coming from leaders of the panel. They urged the public...
City of Madison to install over 50 air quality sensors
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - On Monday, the city of Madison installed the second of what will be over fifty air sensors planned to monitor local air quality. The project involves community partners, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison and several multicultural groups. According to Gabriel Siaz, the city of Madison sustainability programs coordinator, the sensors will be part of one of the nation’s most significant metropolitan air quality data collection projects.
Wisconsin, in a first, to unveil a Black woman's statue at its Capitol
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — About 1,000 people are expected at a gala event this weekend as Wisconsin finally honors a person of color with a statue at its state Capitol. Workers lowered the shrouded statue of Wisconsin Secretary of State Vel Phillips into position outside a Capitol entrance Tuesday, and then encased it in a crate ahead of Saturday’s unveiling. “This is beautiful,” said Michael Johnson, a civil rights advocate who came up with the idea and led efforts to raise $700,000 to cover the costs. Black actor Larenz Tate is set to host, with Gov. Tony Evers and Phillips’ son, Michael, among the attendees.
Wisconsin Music Festival Surprises Fans with Drone Show
It's music festival season, and Wisconsin is home to several huge festivals that draw tens of thousands of fans for several days of music and fun, one of these festivals just surprised fans with a high-tech show to end the day. Rock Fest in Cadott, Wisconsin, just celebrated its 30th...
Register for NCBA Stockmanship & Stewardship Event in Lancaster, WI
Verona, WI — While the dictionary doesn’t include the word “stockmanship,” most livestock producers know what it means: handling livestock in a calm, quiet manner that results in animals that are healthier and gain faster. Stockmanship skills will be a major focus of the upcoming NCBA Stockmanship & Stewardship event in Lancaster, Wisconsin Aug. 28-29. Extension organizations, beef councils, and cattlemen’s associations from Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin have joined with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, to hold this event, which runs from 12:30 p.m. Wed. through 1:15 p.m. Thursday.
Beloit’s Ho-Chunk Casino will feature four restaurants, bar, 312-room hotel
BELOIT, Wis. (WTVO) — Details have begun to emerge on the future Ho-Chunk Gaming Casino in Beloit. Plans include a $405 million casino, convention, and 18-story hotel to be built at the southeast corner of Willowbrook and Colley roads between Willowbrook Road and Interstate 39-90. The 240,478-square-foot casino will house a 62-seat bar, four restaurants […]
One-on-one: Badger247 sits down with Wisconsin LB Jake Chaney
Indianapolis, IN– As the Big Ten Conference took over Indianapolis this week for Big Ten Football Media Days, Wisconsin took center stage on Tuesday, along with five other teams in attendance for the first day of press conferences. Badgers' head coach Luke Fickell, as well as players such as...
Once Again, It’s the Badgers and Huskers Atop an Even Bigger Big Ten
Nebraska and Wisconsin have owned The Big Ten Conference in recent years. The Badgers reigned supreme recently, but Nebraska finally broke their streak of four straight league titles last season. While UW was winning titles, the Huskers were hot on their heels and finished second three times in those four years.
Alison Gorham Promoted to Vice President at McShane Construction Company
McShane Construction Company is pleased to announce that Alison Gorham was promoted to Vice President of the firm’s Wisconsin Regional Office in Madison. Alison Gorham joined McShane in 2012 as a Project Engineer and was subsequently promoted to Project Manager. In 2018, she established McShane’s Madison office and was promoted to Director of Wisconsin Operations.
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