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WisconSWIM Mermaids anxious to cross English Channel; 4-member team set to take on challenge later this month
The clock is ticking down to when Pamela Toshner and three of her friends attempt to make history. The trio from northern Wisconsin call themselves the WisconSWIM Mermaids. Their ambition isn’t modest. They want to become the first all-female team to swim across the English Channel. Toshner, a lake biologist from Barnes, will attempt the crossing alongside Michelle DeYoung, a business owner in Barnes; Lisa Weispfenning, an X-ray technologist from...
Brown County Republican Party rallies in support of 'yes' vote on constitutional amendment questions
BELLEVUE — Nick Ratajczyk has voted for Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, and Constitution Party candidates. He's participated in every midterm election since 2010 and presidential election since 2012 as a Bellevue resident. He's one of the less common Wisconsinites to also vote in primaries and on constitutional referendums; he just didn't know how to cast his ballot Aug. 13. ...
Central Wisconsin Forecast: Clear Skies and Warm Temperatures This Weekend
La Crosse, WI – This weekend’s weather in Central Wisconsin promises a mix of clear skies and warm temperatures, but residents should prepare for potential showers and storms starting late Saturday night. Today and Saturday will feature clear skies with temperatures reaching between 85 to 90 degrees, slightly...
GOP candidates seek to advance to November ballot
Voters in Wisconsin’s 67th Assembly District may choose between two men vying on the Aug. 13 Primary Election ballot to become the GOP candidate who will face Democrat Jeff Foster of Colfax in November. Dave Armstrong is the two-term incumbent from Rice Lake being challenged by Jimmy Swenson of Barron, who was chair of the Republican Party of Barron County until the State Republican Party revoked the county party’s charter earlier this year. ...
Using ARPA funds, state gives long-term care agencies a bonus to raise wages
The state health department will increase payments for a group of long-term care providers starting in October in a strategy to increase wages and stabilize the caregiving workforce. For the first time, Wisconsin will institute a minimum fee schedule for providers who care for people covered by Medicaid. The fee structure is supposed to enable […]
What is the average student loan debt in Wisconsin and how borrowers could get relief through Biden plan
Starting in August, about 25 million student loan borrowers nationwide will begin getting emails about next steps to forgiving their debt, the U.S. Department of Education announced Wednesday. The emails are the next step in President Joe Biden's sweeping student debt forgiveness plan, which he announced in Madison in April. The president's latest...
More 3K-12 students in Wisconsin are going without routine vaccines to protect against measles, other diseases
The number of 3K-12 students behind on routine vaccines has gone up in the last year, with a growing share of students obtaining waivers from state-mandated vaccines that protect against such diseases as measles, according to new data from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Nearly 100,000 students, or 10.8%, did not meet...
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