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Scattered showers and storms roll in Tuesday
After almost a full week of dry time for most of southeast Wisconsin, showers and storms are likely for Tuesday. Some rain started to roll into our northwest counties around 5 AM Tuesday morning with a broken line of showers and a few storms moving southeast. Here's a radar image...
Are mosquitoes worse in Wisconsin this year?
If you feel like mosquitoes are around more this year than the past couple summers, you're not imagining it. After several years of drought, above-average rain this summer seems to have brought mosquitoes back out in full force. Here's the rundown on how much more mosquito activity we're seeing in Wisconsin this year,...
‘Feeling of freedom’: Wisconsin sailor Stephanie Roble to make second Olympic appearance
Stephanie Roble grew up in East Troy and was destined to be a sailor on Lake Beulah. “My dad was into sailing,” Roble said. “When I was born, he and my brother sailed around the lake with ‘IT’S A GIRL’ on the on the sail. I joke with them, ‘Little did you know what you were manifesting for me in life.’”
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.
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,...
Wood County purchases Four Stools Short. Here’s what they have planned for the bar and neighboring properties.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS − As Wood County comes within a few months of finishing work on the new Wood County Sheriff's Office and Jail, officials are looking at how to improve parking for visitors and county employees. Part of that solution included recently purchasing Four Stools Short, 180 Second St. N., which sits across...
Strasser Sentenced for OWI, Fleeing an Officer as Part of Plea Deal
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) — A Marathon County man has been sentenced to jail time and probation as part of a plea deal for OWI, eluding an officer, and operating a firearm while intoxicated. John Strasser pled guilty to a first offense OWI and no contest for the other charges....
Wausau Finance Committee Approves Extra Money for Summer Road Projects
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) — The Wausau Finance Committee has approved a $200,000 budget transfer from this year’s snow removal plan to summer road work. Public Works Director Eric Lindman told the Committee the transfer was made possible by a lack of snow emergencies in the first six months of the year. “We could potentially put that towards hot mix for additional maintenance. That work would be done in-house,” said Lindman. “We would have to contract out for milling, but the majority would be done in-house with our new equipment.”
Community spread of Pertussis reported in Marathon County
The Marathon County Health Department has identified several cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, in the county, consistent with the statewide and national increase reported by the CDC. Pertussis is a highly contagious bacterial disease that can affect people of all ages. However, it can be severe, especially...
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