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Larry’s Last Ride: A chance to honor Wisconsin veterans this weekend
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Hogs for Heroes is hosting a fundraising motorcycle ride, “Larry’s Last Ride,” on Saturday, July 27 in Janesville to honor the event organizer’s brother and other Wisconsin veterans. Hogs for Heroes is a nonprofit dedicated to helping Wisconsin military veterans heal through...
Multi-state listeria outbreak reaches Wisconsin, dozens hospitalized
A multi-state outbreak of listeria linked to sliced deli meat has left two people dead and 28 people hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Wisconsin is among the 12 states reporting cases so far. The deaths happened in New Jersey and Illinois, officials said. CDC officials...
Exceptions approved for downtown hotel
The city of Winona Board of Adjustment (BOA) granted 60 Main developers’ request last week to allow for fewer windows than normally required on some sides of the hotel-apartment building currently under construction downtown. BOA members noted the city’s downtown aesthetic rules are geared toward retail spaces and said the rules may not be as applicable for 60 Main, a residential-focused project. BOA members also highlighted other buildings in the same area with few windows and other projects that received exceptions — or variances — to the window requirements.
Local naturalist inspired children's book
Cotter Schools alum and former Winona resident Melissa Rousu recently wrote and published her debut children’s book, “Grandpa Loved Wild Things,” about her grandfather, Bill Drazkowski, a longtime Winona resident active in the Winona Bird Club, a nature photographer, and raptor rehabilitator. Drazkowski passed away in 2017,...
TEN: 13 Cardinals and both programs collect ITA academic honors for 2024
WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's and women's tennis teams boasted a combined 13 members who earned Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athlete honors, while both Cardinal teams were among those to claim ITA All-Academic Team accolades. More than 1,070 Division III men's student-athletes were named ITA Scholar-Athletes,...
BB: Cardinals land ABCA academic award
WINONA, Minn. — For the eighth time in the last nine years, the Saint Mary's University baseball team was rewarded for its efforts in the classroom. Saint Mary's was among those programs from across the country to earn the 2023-24 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award, presented by Sports Attack, it was announced Wednesday.
Kids from Wisconsin bringing summer show to Stevens Point Thursday
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAW) - Some of the state’s most musically and theatrically talented students will take the stage Thursday night in Stevens Point. Kids from Wisconsin is a traveling group that makes stops all summer long. Nearly 40 talented kids, including a live band, make up the show. The summer show theme this year is Larger Than Life. The kids say there’s something for everyone during the performance.
The Violent Implications of the “Jezebel” Attacks on Kamala Harris
The predictably racist and misogynistic attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, came from equally predictable sources. “She does not speak well, she does not work hard,” said former Trump spokesperson Kellyanne Conway on Fox News on Sunday. “She should not be the standard-bearer for the party.” Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance went with the same “lazy” trope, adding a not-subtle “welfare queen” allusion to Harris. “What the hell have you done other than to collect a government check for the past 20 years?” Vance demanded at a campaign rally on Monday. ...
Gov. Evers announces funding to fix rural roads
ELK MOUND, Wis. (WEAU) - Governor Tony Evers in the Chippewa Valley Wednesday highlighting new efforts to improve rural roads across Wisconsin. At Meyer Brothers Grain in Elk Mound, Evers and WisDOT discussing nearly $50 million that will go towards projects fixing roads that are used to transport crops, livestock, and more.
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