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Oak wilt spreading on county’s eastern side
ANTIGO — Local forestry officials are taking steps to curb the spread of a fungal disease known as oak wilt that has been killing an increasing number of oak trees in the eastern half of the county in recent years. According to Linda Williams, a forest health specialist with the Wisconsin DNR, the disease is deadly to trees in the red oak group — including the northern red oak, northern pin oak, and black oak — which are most-easily recognized by their pointed leaves. In...
How Wisconsin’s education endowment factors into the Lac du Flambeau land dispute
Boozhoo ("hello" in Ojibwe) and miigwech ("thank you") for reading the First Nations Wisconsin newsletter. Last week, there finally seemed to be some movement forward to settle the 19-month long dispute over four roads on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation in northern Wisconsin. Officials with the nontribal town of Lac du Flambeau, located on...
Wisconsin man steals utility vehicle and crashes into several signs & parked cars
MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) – A 20-year-old Wisconsin man was arrested on Sunday morning after stealing a vehicle, crashing into several objects, and then trying to blend in with several unhoused individuals. According to a release, officers with the Madison Police Department were sent to East Wilson Street at John...
Animal intelligence, wildlife rehabilitation, and coyote mortality
Author Brandon Keim shares ample evidence of animal intelligence in new book. Then, we talk to two wildlife rehabilitators in Oconomowoc. Then, we hear what the DNR has learned about the fate of coyotes in southern Wisconsin. Author argues animal intelligence is all around us. With new understanding of the...
Circle K continues its Wisconsin expansion by opening two locations in the Fox Valley
(WFRV) – Circle K continued its expansion into Wisconsin on Tuesday by opening two new locations in the Fox Valley. The convenience store and gas station, located at 1935 East Calumet Street in Appleton and 1492 Appleton Road in Menasha, held ribbon-cutting ceremonies. The openings are part of the...
Elections commission votes to keep Kennedy on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will stay on the Wisconsin ballot in November, the Wisconsin Elections Commission decided Tuesday, despite Kennedy’s last-minute request to be removed. Elections commission Chair Ann Jacobs, one of three Democratic appointees to the evenly divided commission, argued that state law prevents removing a candidate for office who has […]
DNR sends back CAFO expansion application after accusations of false manure spreading agreements
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has sent back a factory farming operation’s application to expand a Pierce County farm after local residents raised concerns that properties listed in the application as sites where manure would be spread on fields had never agreed to that arrangement. The Appleton-based Breeze...
2025 NFL draft-themed corn mazes to debut in September in Wisconsin
GREEN BAY - As the fall season approaches, some Wisconsin farms are using this time to build up the hype for the upcoming 2025 NFL draft in Green Bay. Corn mazes with the 2025 NFL draft theme are set to debut throughout Wisconsin in the month of September. The mazes will "celebrate our...
Xcel restoring power to 150,000 in the Twin Cities and western Wisconsin following storms
Via KSTP: Crews are currently assessing damage and working to restore power to about 150,000 customers in the Twin Cities metro and western Wisconsin. Overnight, crews restored power for 50,000 of the 87,000 affected customers, Xcel said, adding damage is widespread. Izzy Canizares at Bring Me the News reports St....
Universities of Wisconsin leader says layoffs were needed because of falling demand
Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman is defending a leadership decision to lay off tenured faculty as a necessary response to declining enrollment and lagging state aid. Earlier this month, the Board of Regents voted overwhelmingly to lay off 32 tenured faculty members in the College of General Studies from...
Gen Z voters at DNC energized by Harris/Walz ticket
The group Voters of Tomorrow (VOT) has released a poll that shows Gen Z voters in swing states overwhelming supporting Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump. The big picture: VOT is a Gen Z-led non-partisan group that encourages political action by 18-29-year-olds, a generation that has an...
'Deeply disturbing news.' Invasive quagga mussels documented in Geneva Lake; first finding in Wisconsin inland lake
Geneva Lake in Walworth County has long been known for its clear, deep water and scenic location. Over the last century it even acquired the nickname "Newport of the West" for its lakeside estates owned by the Schwinn, Wrigley and other wealthy families. ...
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