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Aspirus Medford Hospital will move birthing services to Wausau, about 45 miles away
MEDFORD – Aspirus Medford Hospital will be transitioning its birthing services to the Aspirus Wausau Hospital Birthing Center later this year. According to a release from Aspirus Health, Aspirus Medford will continue serving patients with prenatal and postnatal care, but deliveries will be performed at the Aspirus Wausau Hospital Birthing Center, about 45 miles away, effective Oct. 1.
New doc explores Uniroyal departure from western Wisconsin
It was 32 years ago, in June of 1992, when the Uniroyal tire plant in Eau Claire shut down for good. It had been a stalwart in the western Wisconsin manufacturing landscape for some 75 years. More than 1,000 workers lost their jobs in the closure. A new documentary chronicles...
A peek inside at the book of Trump poetry — Wisconsin’s Afternoon News
MILWAUKEE — From mean tweets to poetry, that was the goal for Ian Pratt, who took those tweets from former President, Donald Trump, and turned them into volume one, poetry edition. WTMJ’s John Mercure caught up with Ian to get an inside look at what these poems sound like,...
Wisconsin RNC delegate avoids answering questions on role in fake elector scheme
MILWAUKEE -- Pam Travis is the former treasurer of the Wisconsin Federation of Republican Women and a delegate at this week's Republican National Convention. She is also one of 10 fake electors in Wisconsin implicated in a plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Bucking the GOP establishment: Northwestern Wis. Republicans challenging their own party’s incumbents
A trio of Northwestern Wisconsin Republicans are challenging incumbents within their own party, and Aug. 13 will see if they prevail in upending the GOP status quo after the ballots are counted. Jim Swenson, Scott Harbridge and Jay Calhoun sat down on Wednesday in Anderson Park in Barron to discuss their reasons behind throwing their hats in the ring in challenge to either GOP incumbents or party-endorsed candidates. The three...
Lake Mills grad James Dunkleberger to be inducted into UW-Madison Athletic Hall of Fame
James Dunkleberger started his decathlete career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison just hoping to make the travel squad for meets. He ended it by becoming the 1997 NCAA champion in the decathlon, scoring 7,924 points. Dunkleberger, a 1992 graduate of Lake Mills High School, was recently announced as a member of the 2024 UW Athletic Hall of Fame and will officially be inducted during a banquet on Sept. 6 before...
Tradition! CVCA brings 'Fiddler on the Roof' to the Heyde Center
CHIPPEWA FALLS — The Chippewa Valley Cultural Association has stuck to “Tradition,” bringing back the classic musical “Fiddler on the Roof.” “In 2017, the Heyde Center presented ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ and many people felt that the performance was magical,” said Debra Johnson, the executive director for the Heyde Center for the Arts. “It sold out all three days — over 1,280 people, and our ...
Wisconsin Democrats waffle on Biden as GOP proclaims unity after Milwaukee convention
As Democratic pressure mounts on President Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race, Wisconsin Democrats have largely continued to walk a fine line — though cracks in support are beginning to show. Rep. Gwen Moore’s office has said the Milwaukee Democrat supports Biden’s reelection bid but did not respond to questions about...
28-year anniversary of Illinois’s biggest rainfall in recorded history
A swath of heavy rainfall occurred across portions of south central Wisconsin, northeast Illinois, and northwest Indiana on July 17-18, 1996. From the National Weather Service: The heaviest rainfall was observed near Aurora, Illinois, with a maximum point rainfall of 16.94 inches in a 24-hour period. The 24-hour rainfall measured near Aurora remains the statewide record (as […]
'It's tough.' With home stadium flooded, Aqua Jays go elsewhere to practice, compete
JANESVILLE — With the Rock River at Traxler Park over its banks from record rain and a slow-no-wake order still in place, the Rock Aqua Jays haven’t practiced or performed at their home stadium since early June. The team has performed only two home shows this season, on May 29 and June 2. “We’re already halfway through our season with only two home shows, which is both surprising and disappointing,”...
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