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Bank robber sentenced in case that prompted change in Wisconsin law
GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- A bank robber whose case prompted a change in state law was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison. Jeffrey Morris, 55, was also placed on extended supervision for two years by Judge John Zakowski. Morris did not address the court at Tuesday's hearing. A jury...
Award-Winning Actor Spotted In Wisconsin
It's not everyday that you have Hollywood royalty spending some time in Wisconsin but that was exactly the case just last weekend. Award-winning celebrity Henry Winkler was spotted all over Wisconsin, eating at a local restaurant and taking in a popular car show. Of course, Winkler is most famous for...
DMV offers information on obtaining an ID for voting
Ahead of the Wisconsin fall primary, Aug. 13, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Division of Motor Vehicles reminds U.S. citizens how to obtain identification, free of charge, that is valid for voting. Valid identification for voting purposes, for those who will be at least 18 years of age by the...
Former state toxicologist says nitrate drinking water standards are too lax
A former Wisconsin state toxicologist who was involved in creating the state’s nitrate standards for drinking water in the 1980s alleges the science that has informed those standards for decades is deeply flawed and the standards should be stricter. Dave Belluck, who worked as a toxicologist for multiple states and the federal government, says that […] The post Former state toxicologist says nitrate drinking water standards are too lax appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
A long-vacant federal judgeship in Wisconsin could finally be filled
Despite past controversy over approving a replacement, the latest attempt to fill a long-vacant federal judgeship in Wisconsin appears to be moving forward with bipartisan support. Earlier this month, both Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin turned in what are known as “blue slips,” formalizing...
Wisconsin lawmakers strike down three emergency election rules
(The Center Square) – The fight over who writes the rules for elections in Wisconsin continues. The Legislature’s rule making body, the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules, on Monday voted to suspend three proposed emergency rules from the Wisconsin Elections Commission that dealt with uniform rules for absentee voting, challenges to candidates and challenges to nominating paperwork. Attorney Sklyar Croy, with the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty,...
Cardinals improve playoff odds, host Hayward Friday
SPOONER — The Spooner Cardinals got a split over the weekend. They will welcome Hayward to Merchant Park this coming Friday, July 26. Twin Ports 5, Spooner 2The Cardinals lost a non-league game against the Twin Ports Timbers on Friday night by the score of 5-2. Dawson Jorczak pitched a very solid seven innings, giving up five runs (only two earned). The Cardinals committed two uncharacteristic errors with two outs...
Hawks baseball beats Brill, tightens league race
Jonah Sande pitched a two-hit shut-out as the Hayward Hawks beat the Brill Millers 2-0 Saturday July 20 at Havelka Field in Brill, snapping a four-game losing streak. Sande struck out 10 and walked one in the win. The Hawks scored a run in the fourth inning on singles by Austin Wessel, Kyle Cummings and Micah Bacon. They added a run in the eighth on a double by Terry Kilmer...
Hayward logrollers to host large tournament
The Namekagon River Rollers logrolling club will host more than 100 amateur and elite logrollers and boom runners for their annual Namekagon River Roll-Off Saturday and Sunday July 27-28 at Lumberjack Bowl in Hayward. The competition is free and open to the public to watch. Boom runners will compete at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, staring with the pros and followed by the amateurs. In the boom run, athletes run two at...
Rice Lake competing at Little League state tournament
Rice Lake’s 12U youth baseball team is competing at the Wisconsin Little League State Tournament in Kenosha. As the District 3 selection, Rice Lake is one of six teams in the tournament. Through three games the Warriors are 1-2. Rice Lake features a roster split between 11- and 12-year-olds, coach Russ LaPoint said, while a majority of the other teams in the tournament have mostly 12-year-olds on their teams. LaPoint has seen a lot of poise from the squad in a tournament where they are...
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