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Absentee voting underway in Wisconsin’s August primary
In-person absentee voting started this week in Wisconsin as voters across the state started casting ballots in the August primary elections. The primary election takes place on Aug. 13, with in-person absentee locations opening on Monday. Each municipality in Wisconsin sets its own dates and hours for in-person early voting, but that option is available […]
Applications for 2025 Upriver Lakes sturgeon spearing license are due by Aug. 1
OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds sturgeon spearers that the deadline to apply for Upriver Lakes spearing tags is Aug. 1, 2024. The DNR says only 500 license holders will be selected to spear a sturgeon from lakes Poygan, Winneconne, or Butte des Morts...
Heat wave hits Wisconsin State Fair as livestock arrive
WEST ALLIS, Wis. — As temperatures soar before the state of the Wisconsin State Fair on Thursday, exhibitors are working hard to ensure their livestock remain cool and comfortable. For young exhibitors like Kaylee Raymond, a 15-year-old from New Richmond, the intense heat had added a new layer of...
Minnesota man gets 20 years for fatally stabbing teen, wounding others on Wisconsin river
HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — A Minnesota man convicted in the slaying of a high school student and stabbings of four other people who were tubing on a western Wisconsin river has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. A judge also ordered 54-year-old Nicolae Miu on Wednesday to serve six years of extended supervision following his release from prison. The July 2022 stabbings along the Apple River in St. Croix County took place as Miu and the victims were tubing in separate groups. A jury convicted the Prior Lake, Minnesota, man in April of first-degree reckless homicide, four counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety and one count of battery. St. Croix County sits along Wisconsin’s state line with Minnesota.
Cooling centers open for another heat wave
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Cooling centers are open again on Wednesday to offer people relief from the heat and humidity. The Salvation Army of Greater Green Bay on Union Court opens at 8 a.m. Anyone can utilize the cooling center, regardless of where they live, especially if they don’t...
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued for Northeast Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin
Duluth, MN – The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Northeast Minnesota and far Northwest Wisconsin, effective from Wednesday afternoon until 7 p.m. CDT. Residents are urged to prepare for potentially hazardous weather conditions this evening. According to the NWS Storm Prediction Center, a well-organized...
City clerk explains what to expect with drop boxes, primary ballots
Following a state Supreme Court ruling this month, city, town and village clerks are preparing to reopen ballot drop boxes for the upcoming election season. But not all clerks are prepared to host drop boxes in their area for the August partisan primary election, according to Elena Hilby, city of Sun Prairie clerk and vice president of the Wisconsin Municipal Clerks Association.
Forgotten in the 1800s, unearthed decades later, 7 ancestors put to rest by Neville Public Museum
GREEN BAY - It was just before noon on a cool, breezy day in late October 1963 when a construction crew installing telephone conduit pipes in Baird Place struck and unearthed a cast iron casket the likes of which had not been seen for a century. Work stopped. ...
New Wisconsin-themed fence mural debuts on Lombardi Avenue, just east of Lambeau Field in Green Bay
GREEN BAY - A new fence mural with the slogan "For the love of Wisconsin" was unveiled this week along Lombardi Avenue and just east of Lambeau Field. The artist behind the mural, Spencer Young, said he designed it to celebrate important parts of Wisconsin culture. "It started as a conversation, an...
Final igNight Market of summer will feature biggest hot-air balloon glow to date, yarn bombing, giant insect hotel
GREEN BAY - On Broadway Inc.’s final igNight Market of the summer will come with the event's biggest balloon glow to date. Fifteen hot-air balloons will be anchored along the Fox River in Leicht Memorial Park during the market and will be illuminated from 8 to 9 p.m. Aug. 17, weather permitting. Balloon glows make for a colorful display at...
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