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Local advocacy group, Lincoln County board chair Boyd react to Pine Crest sale agreement’s termination
LINCOLN COUNTY – A local group that has advocated against the sale of Pine Crest Nursing Home in Merrill, as well as the Chair of the Lincoln County Board of Supervisors, recently reacted to the termination of the facility’s sale agreement. A lawsuit brought against Lincoln County by...
Wausau Patriots Legion softball teams sweep Whittlesey
WHITTLESEY – The Wausau Post 10 Legion softball teams posted another pair of victories as the Junior team won 16-1 and the Seniors team was victorious 19-8 over Whittlesey on Tuesday. The Patriots scored five runs in each of the first two innings and added six more in the...
Jeopardy Champ Awards Scholarships To NE Wisconsin Students
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A local non-profit organization is teaming up with “Jeopardy!” champion Ben Chan to present college scholarships to high school seniors in Northeast Wisconsin. CollegeReady is awarding more than $485,000 in scholarships to approximately 180 students from 18 high schools in Brown and...
Wednesday elevated bacteria advisory for South Shore Beach, McKinley closed
MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has issued an elevated bacteria advisory for South Shore Beach on July 17. The DNR also closed McKinley Beach on Wednesday due to elevated bacteria as well.
Purple Wisconsin: The Impact of ‘Fighting Bob’ La Follette
THIS STORY IS PART OF OUR ‘PURPLE REIGN’ FEATURE. Robert La Follette Sr. might not have seemed destined to become one of the nation’s most influential political reformers. As a UW-Madison undergraduate, La Follette was famous for pranks like “putting a farm animal on the balcony of...
Wisconsin congressman claims assault at RNC; others differ
(The Center Square) – Western Wisconsin’s congressman says he was assaulted at Milwaukee’s Republican National Convention, but a women’s group disagrees. Republican Congressman Derrick Van Orden took social media Tuesday to say a protester with the group Code Pink assaulted him while he was standing in line at the RNC. “While standing in line to enter an event at the RNC today, I was assaulted by what appeared to be...
Keeping drinking water safe, Antigo school referendum planned, Manito Art Show
Lincoln County Health Department seeing an increase in bacteria in drinking water, Antigo School District voters will be asked to fund construction of a new elementary school, the annual Manito Art Show begins Thursday at the Manitowish Waters Community Center.
Antigo School District going to referendum to build new elementary school
Voters will have a lot of choices to make in November, and in Antigo, the school district hopes they will vote to pass a $54 million dollar referendum for a new elementary school, an improvement they say is desperately needed. All three of Antigo's elementary schools were built in the...
Wausau Legion baseball drops slugfest to Wisconsin Rapids
WAUSAU – Wisconsin Rapids responded from a six-run fifth inning by Wausau with eight runs on its own and went on to defeat the Bulldogs 17-9 in a wild Wisconsin Valley Legion Conference baseball game Tuesday at Athletic Park. Wisconsin Rapids scored five times in the top of the...
Tickets still available for Big Bull Falls Blues Fest in Wausau
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Tickets are still available for a 2-day blues music festival. It’s Aug. 16-17 and Fern Island in Wausau. Festival tickets are $60 and are good for both days. VIP tickets are $160. Shuttles will make stops at seven Wausau locations during Big Bull Falls Blues...
Stable Hands Equine Therapy Center Harnesses Healing Qualities of Animals
(Shereen Siewert, Wisconsin Public Radio) For more than 30 years, Stable Hands Equine Therapy Center near Wausau has harnessed the healing qualities of animal companionship, helping people cope with a range of emotional and physical challenges. According to Shereen Siewert with Wisconsin Public Radio, Stable Hands offers several programs that...
Wisconsin delegate reacts to the rest of the world discovering Milwaukee — Wisconsin’s Afternoon News
MILWAUKEE — From Florida to New York, across the country to California and over many oceans, there are delegates in Downtown Milwaukee seeing the city for the very first time. Wisconsin’s Afternoon News’ John Mercure caught up with one local delegate, Kathy Broghammer, to gather her thoughts on what...
Missing Child Scam Circulating In Minnesota
All scams are terrible and there are plenty of them to go around these days. However, this one might be one of the worst thanks to the nature of the scam. There have been so many scams in Minnesota and Wisconsin lately that the Duluth Police Department recently shared some basic scam tips to help us all avoid becoming a victim.
Daughter of man who died in Wisconsin prison pushes forward through despair
Megan Hoffmann Kolb began the one-year anniversary of her father’s death before the sun came up. She awoke at about 2 a.m. on Saturday, June 29. She and her mom drove about an hour from Cedarburg to meet with other supporters of criminal justice reform outside Wisconsin’s Waupun prison, where Dean Hoffmann died by suicide in solitary confinement 366 days earlier.
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