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We are open: Washburn businesses granted permission to place signs to attract more customers
Construction continues to pinch businesses on Bayfield Street, but Washburn is taking measures to try to help. Business owners can now place additional signs, part of a measure approved by city council that essentially lifts the city’s sign ordinances and enforcement until six months after phase one of construction is complete. After that, the moratorium goes into effect during phase two of construction, which is expected to start in 2027 and wrap in September 2028. The moratorium would then be revoked six months after phase...
New music festival coming to the Chippewa Valley
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - The Eau Claire Event District is bringing a new music festival to the Chippewa Valley. Summer Jam will take place June 20-21, 2025. The first headliner to be announced is Southern Rock legend Lynyrd Skynyrd. The group’s hits include “Free Bird”, “Give Me Three Steps” and “Sweet Home Alabama”.
2020 election, Milwaukee absentee ballots, Foxconn: A look back at our Trump fact-checks
When former President Donald Trump takes the stage in Milwaukee during the Republican National Convention, he’ll be returning to a city and a state that has been the subject of many of his false claims. Many of Trump’s claims that PolitiFact Wisconsin has checked are about the 2020 election:...
Beaver Dam Native Heading For Miss America Stage
(Beaver Dam) Mandi Genord, a Beaver Dam native, has won the Miss Wisconsin crown and is heading for the Miss America stage. The Miss America Organization is the largest provider of scholarship assistance to young women across the country, and Genord is the latest recipient. Through visiting hometown staples like...
Troopers In A Truck Roll Into Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Wisconsin State Patrol troopers are teaming up with truckers to better spot dangerous driving behaviors. On Thursday, the annual Trooper in a Truck initiative conducted enforcement in the Green Bay area. The program made stops in Hudson, Waukesha and Madison earlier this week and will finish Friday in Wausau.
Wildwood Zoo in Marshfield announces passing of its male bobcat
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAW) - The City of Marshfield Parks & Recreation Department has announced the passing of Bets, the male bobcat at Wildwood Zoo. Bets was 17 years old and considered to be a geriatric cat. After he was observed behaving atypically, a veterinary exam revealed that Bets had an extremely enlarged liver, which was determined to be filled with likely cancerous tumors. The size of the tumor was causing problems for other organs to function normally.
Man involved in standoff appears in court
ANTIGO — Tuesday afternoon, 17 separate charges were filed against the Antigo man involved in the standoff with police last week Tuesday near the Langlade County Safety Building and Courthouse. Richard Kaszuba, 49, was charged with felonies including battery, domestic abuse, fleeing an officer, battery or threat to a law enforcement officer, and attempted 1st degree intentional homicide. Court Commissioner Brent DeBord set bond for Kaszuba at $1 million, the...
'Walleye Wagon' volunteers aim to help Solberg lake
WORCESTER — Solberg lake residents and volunteers with Walleyes for Tomorrow spent this past spring helping to ensure that the walleye population will be self-sustaining for their children and grandchildren. Solberg lake is stocked by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources but adopting a more natural method to help the fish reproduce naturally and survive to adulthood is now the goal, said Jim Michler, a Solberg Lake resident and member of Walleyes for Tomorrow. ...
Local teachers get ‘hands-on’ learning experience with the Wisconsin Army National Guard
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - The Wisconsin Army National Guard held three Educator Flights in the state giving teachers a unique perspective about careers and opportunities in the military. Nearly 50 teachers total took part in tours and Blackhawk Helicopter flights in Madison, Milwaukee and Green Bay. There were 10...
(Archive April 1, 2011) Ellen Pratt on Why Wisconsin Matters to MWCC
Members of the Massachusetts Community College Council (MCCC) had a rally at the Statehouse in Boston last Feb 22 in response to Wisconsin’s ongoing battle between State budget needs and teachers unions fighting to keep their collective bargaining rights. Ellen Pratt, Chapter President of MWCC’s Faculty & Professional Association, a chapter of the MCCC, said the purpose of the rally was “to bring attention to the threat to collective bargaining rights for public employees.”
Gateway hosts statewide Microsoft AI train-the-trainer event
Gateway Technical College hosted a Microsoft train-the-trainer Artificial Intelligence Bootcamp for Educators event at its SC Johnson iMET Center in Sturtevant on Thursday, July 11, an event that marks one of the many steps taken by Microsoft to invest in Wisconsin and its economy. As part of Microsoft’s AI Skills...
Illinois’ Neighbor Has 41 Of The 50 Drunkest Counties In The U.S.
I'm sure that the moment you read the headline you thought to yourself "Wow, Iowa. You need to slow down on the drinking because you're embarrassing yourself." Not about Iowa embarrassing itself, because I'm sure that happens. You'd be wrong in thinking that Iowa is the Illinois neighbor with 41 of the 50 drunkest counties in America. Before you run around casting aspersions at Illinois' neighboring states to the east, west, and south, I should give you a small clue as to which state we're talking about:
Godlewski, litigants settle open records litigation
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s secretary of state is promising to include private email accounts that are used for state business in any future open records requests. Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski agreed to settle the lawsuit from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, and the Institute for Reforming Government that focused on IRG’s request for emails from last year. The institute asked for any emails related to Godlewski’s...
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