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Beaver Dam shuts out Wausau Legion baseball at Firecracker Tournament
STEVENS POINT – The Wausau Post 10 Legion baseball team was held to two hits and lost a 1-0 decision to Beaver Dam to open play at the three-day Firecracker Tournament in Bukolt Park on Friday afternoon. Oliver Turjaski and Tony Iaffaldano each had singles for Wausau to account...
Wisconsin athletics among elite group ahead of Olympic Games Paris 2024
Wisconsin athletics will be well represented in France at Olympic Games Paris 2024. As many as twelve former Badgers will make the trek oversees in search of a gold medal. Only a handful of collegiate programs, including Big Ten rivals Penn State, USC and UCLA, will send at least 10 Olympians to this summer’s games.
Ojibwe tribes from Wisconsin back EPA in lawsuit by 12 states over water rights
Two Ojibwe tribes from Wisconsin have come to the defense of the Environmental Protection Agency against a lawsuit filed by 12 states over water rights. The Lac du Flambeau and Sokaogon (Mole Lake) tribes joined five other tribal nations from around the country in defending the EPA’s new tribal water rights rule under...
Unemployment is low, the labor market tight. But more Wisconsinites are on FoodShare, or food stamps, than before COVID
The number of people enrolled in the food assistance program FoodShare in Wisconsin remains above pre-pandemic levels, according to a new Wisconsin Policy Forum report. As of April, a little over 700,000 people were enrolled in FoodShare, the Wisconsin program part of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, that helps low-income households buy food, according to the latest figures published by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. ...
Late collapse spoils Waterloo's upset bid against Sun Prairie
The Waterloo Home Talent Baseball League team was looking to set off some upset fireworks on Independence Day. The McKays played host to Sun Prairie, traditionally a power in the Eastern Section, on July 4 and gave the Red Birds a good scare. The pitching combination Logan Bullock Keegan Lauersdorf kept Sun Prairie off the board through the first six innings. Sun Prairie got the offense started with one run in the top of the seventh and followed with five more in the eighth. The...
Convicted felon arrested following chase from FDL into Washington Co., WI | By Sgt Andrew Kohlmann
July 6, 2024 – Fond du Lac, WI – On July 5 at 10:19 p.m. a Fond du Lac County Deputy observed a vehicle driving recklessly and driving through a stop sign at a high rate of speed on County Highway B near I41 in Fond du Lac County.
Jefferson Schools keeping students fed for the summer
On Wednesdays from 1-2 p.m. Jefferson Schools will hand out free meal packs to children during the summer through August 28. The meal packs include seven complete breakfasts and lunches to keep kids going throughout the week. The weekly giveaway is part of the Meet Up Eat Up program through the Michigan Department...
Lex’irriaz: Woman-owned food truck brings birria and karaoke to Janesville
JANESVILLE — Through perseverance and passion, Alexis Riemer of Janesville has made her dream of owning a food truck a reality. Lex’irriaz is a woman-owned and operated karaoke birria food truck that serves Janesville, Beloit and surrounding areas. “I never would have thought my career would have been with food,” Riemer said. Initially wanting to...
Silver Alert: 75-year-old man missing from Madison
MADISON, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A statewide Silver Alert has been issued for a 75-year-old man from Madison. Timothy Mcintyre is described as a 75-year-old White man, around 5'9 and about 170 lbs. He has gray balding hair, and a short beard. Authorities say Timothy absconded from his assistant living...
Sober Social hosts grand opening as first non-alcoholic drink store in area
MIDDLETON, Wis. (WMTV) - A Middleton store had its grand opening Saturday as the first fully non-alcoholic beverage store in the Madison area. Sober Social is a store that offers a variety of beer, wine, cocktails and other beverages, all alcohol free. Founder Kristi Tanner said she wanted to create...
Madison Metropolitan School District wins nine national awards
MADISON, Wis. -- The Madison Metropolitan School District announced Friday it won multiple awards from the National School Public Relations Association, highlighting its exemplary work this past year.
Janesville man arrested on 7th OWI offense after driving into oncoming traffic
JANESVILLE, Wis. (WMTV) - Janesville Police arrested a Janesville man on his 7th OWI offense on Thursday night after an officer saw a vehicle traveling into oncoming traffic. On July 4, a JPD officer located a vehicle traveling westbound on W Milwaukee St. from N Main St. around 11:38 p.m.
Phil Knight Is 86 Years Old And Desperately Wants To See A Championship, So He's Providing Oregon With Unlimited NIL Resources
Yeah, Oregon is on a fucking heater right now. Getting the #1 WR in the country, Dakorien Moore, earlier this week was the eye opener for some.....but they've been racking up big time recruiting wins all over the place recently. And there are some wild accusations as to how, ranging from bringing the biggest bags in the country to the NIL meetings to flying 18 year old recruits on private jets to even get to campus. And while some were speculating that the Nike money was behind all of it, there weren't really any reports saying so. Until now, when Rick Neuheisel went on ESPN and said that Phil Knight is now 86 years old, has seen ZERO Oregon football National Championship wins, and is willing to provide unlimited resources to ensure he does.
Self-serve kayak company to start rentals in downtown Beloit
BELOIT — The Beloit City Council on Monday night approved a contract with a fast-growing Madison-based company to rent one- and two-person kayaks on the Rock River in downtown Beloit. The Surf Shack, LLC should have kayaks ready for rental by mid-July, company owner Nathan Olson said. Originally from Eau Claire, Olson began thinking about ways to allow more people access to Wisconsin’s many lakes and rivers about five years...
Cool Bikes North fixes flats and sells saddles on Madison’s north side
Zach Kmiec didn’t care much about bikes when his mom, an avid biker, got him a summer job assembling bikes at the now-shuttered Williamson Bicycle Works in 2005. “By the middle of the summer, I had gotten bit by the bike bug … and that was it. I was hooked,” said Kmiec, who was a college student at the University of Iowa at the time.
Mecha disaffiliates from UW-Madison
Mecha de Teejop, formerly Mecha de UW-Madison, announced their independence from the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Thursday. The organization disaffiliated on June 17 after they were suspended by Dean of Students Christina Olstad on May 6 during a Committee on Student Organizations (CSO) investigation into antisemitic chalkings found at the Dane County Farmers’ Market.
Steam swat Honeybees defeating Minot 10-0 in six innings
Returning home for just the second time in nine days, the La Crosse Steam came out swinging against the Minot Honeybees on Friday. The Steam plated eight runs in the first two innings to put the game out of reach early and they would go on to win 10-0.
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