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Northwest Wisconsin Braces for Severe Weather with Hail and Strong Winds Today
Duluth, MN – A high risk of rip currents is affecting the beaches of Duluth and Superior today, including Park Point Beach, creating dangerous swimming conditions. These powerful currents can easily sweep even strong swimmers away from the shore, posing a life-threatening risk. According to the National Weather Service...
Hospital Sisters Health System announces new leadership team
Hospital Sisters Health System introduced its newly formed team of executive leaders serving its Wisconsin Market at HSHS St. Vincent Hospital and HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center in Green Bay, HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan and HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls. Robert J. Erickson...
Wisconsin businesses can apply for subcontracting roles in 2025 NFL Draft
GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- With the NFL Draft coming to Green Bay, businesses across the state have the opportunity to shine. The NFL is offering local businesses contract opportunities to become a part of the big event in April. Businesses are encouraged to apply to the 2025 NFL Draft Source...
Mermaids from Wisconsin cross the English Channel
They did it. Four middle-aged women from northern Wisconsin have become the first relay team from the Badger state to swim across the English Channel. Their goal was just to finish. That’s not easy, but not only did they do that, the WisconSwim Mermaids beat the average time of about 13 hours by roughly 90 minutes. ...
ATV groups give rides to assisted living residents
MONDOVI, Wis. (WEAU) - ATV engines were revving while walkers and wheelchairs remained parked outside an assisted living home this morning. Dozens of community members donated their time and ATV’s to drive residents around. Two ATV clubs were involved, the Eleva-Strum rail riders and Buffalo County trail riders. It’s...
Minnesota weather: Much quieter and cooler Tuesday after a raucous start
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Strong storms are packing a punch in the Twin Cities metro early Tuesday morning, but the skies will clear out for patchy afternoon sunshine and possible late-day rumbles. Tuesday's forecast. Thunderstorms are pushing from the east early Tuesday morning, hitting the west metro at around 5...
Home-Grown Goods At The Clover Valley Farm Fest
TWO HARBORS, Minn. — Local farmers were sowing seeds of community in Two Harbors on Sunday. The Second Annual Clover Valley Farm Fest was under way bringing with it local vendors, farmers, and performers. The ten farmers that make up the Clover Valley Trail put the festival together to get the word out on how beneficial it is to buy local and get to know farmers around you.
Evers, DNR propose new set of PFAS drinking water standards
Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) introduced a proposed new set of standards for the allowable amount of PFAS in the state’s drinking water on Monday. The action brings Wisconsin’s standards in line with the federal government’s. PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” are a family of man-made chemical compounds […]
UW regents to ask Evers for $855 million budget increase
MADISON (AP) — Universities of Wisconsin regents agreed overwhelmingly on Thursday to ask Gov. Tony Evers for an additional $855 million for the cash-strapped system in the next state budget. UW system President Jay Rothman has promised he won’t seek to raise tuition during the life of the two-year spending plan if the system gets the money. Tuition and student fees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the system’s flagship campus,...
Excessive Heat Warnings Now Issued In These 12 Minnesota Counties
For those who thought summer weather was behind us and were already in a pumpkin spice frame of mind, the start of this week served as a great reminder that summer is still very much here. Throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin, the story of the day Monday was the hot weather,...
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