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Former WI Legislator Steve Freese Dies
A former Wisconsin state legislator has died. The Telegraph Herald reports 64-year old Steve Freese died Wednesday morning at his home in Hazel Green following a battle with cancer. Freese served the 51st district as a Republican from 1991 to 2007. He also was CEO of Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association...
Wisconsin authorities arrest wrong-way driver on I-39 for operating while intoxicated
WESTFIELD, Wis. (WFRV) – Authorities in Wisconsin arrested a motorist Friday morning after allegedly driving the wrong way on Interstate 39 while intoxicated. According to a release, the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office received multiple calls shortly before 2:00 a.m. regarding a vehicle traveling south in the northbound lane on Interstate 39 near Westfield.
Charter Communications to permanently close Region Operations Center in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) – Charter Communications has announced the permanent closure of one of its Region Operations Centers in southern Wisconsin, resulting in over 30 employees being laid off. According to a letter sent from Charter Communications to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) on August 28, the...
Fight over Line 5 reroute rages in Wisconsin
(The Center Square) – More than 11,500 Wisconsinites have signed a petition in support of Enbridge Energy’s plan to reroute the Line 5 pipeline around tribal lands, one day before the public comment period on the project closes. After a years-long legal battle over the existing portion of Line 5 running through Bad River Band lands, Enbridge has agreed to cease transporting oil and gas through the pipes. The company plans instead to replace 20 miles of existing pipeline – including the 12 miles currently...
It Just Got Easier to Dive to Shipwrecks in Lake Michigan
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration just finished implementing some long-overdue safety precautions in Lake Michigan—not to protect ships, but shipwrecks. NOAA established the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary in 2021, turning a 962-square-mile area of Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan shore into a protected environmental and archaeological heritage site. Conceived as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s goal of promoting “locally led, collaborative conservation,” according to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, the sanctuary includes 36 historically significant shipwrecks, 21 of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Tim Walz’s political origin story does not add up
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) has long described the moment in 2004 that inspired him to run for public office. In Walz’s telling, the “folksy” high school teacher and two of his students attended a campaign rally for President George W. Bush as an educational experience. However, Walz says, all three of them were denied entry […]
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