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Wisconsin Man Wins $4.3M Megabucks Lottery Jackpot
This is the 30-year lesson one player, Richard Kiesner, may share with other lottery hopefuls. Playing the Megabucks lottery, the Wisconsin resident managed to hit the $4.3 million – the largest jackpot to date – on July 17. Kiesner, whose name was shared by the lottery because of...
Apple Picking Season Is Here Earlier Than Usual This Year
Tropical Wisconsin weather isn’t something you hear about every day, but 2024 is on track to be the hottest year to date and Wisconsin farms are feeling the heat. As a result, apple picking season is early this year at local farms, including Apple Holler, a fruit farm based in Sturtevant.
Wisconsin State Fair food; Saz's in thick of busy catering season
WEST ALLIS, Wis. - The Wisconsin State Fair is one of the area's most popular summer events. One catering group has served almost all of them. Saz's Hospitality Group has two booths at the state fair. With a busy 11 days ahead, the phrase "all hands on deck" is no cliché here.
Wisconsin IPA Fest: 40 breweries compete in 8th annual event
MILWAUKEE - The eighth annual Wisconsin IPA Fest takes place on Saturday, Aug. 3, at Third Space Brewing in Milwaukee. Forty breweries will compete against one another for the title "Wisconsin's Best IPA." A panel of judges from the Beer Judge Certification program will do a blind taste test of...
Two Big Lots stores in Northeast Wisconsin to close
Big Lots announced it would close 149 stores in 28 states earlier this year and citing inflation and competitive difficulties as the cause. “While we made substantial progress on improving our business operations in Q1, we missed our sales goals due largely to a continued pullback in consumer spending by our core customers, particularly in high ticket discretionary items,” President and CEO Bruce Thorn announced in June.
Last peregrine falcon chick of 2024 takes flight from Weston Power Plant
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - A Wisconsin Public Service fan favorite is celebrating a medal-worthy moment just as the world’s greatest competition gets underway. “Champ,” the final peregrine falcon chick of the season, is learning to fly and will soon leave the Weston Power Plant nest box for good.
Harris gives Democrats a jolt in a critical part of swing state Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More than 40 people filed into a converted coffee shop on a recent Saturday morning in Madison, Wisconsin, to organize in a west-side neighborhood for Vice President Kamala Harris. A month ago, fewer than 10 people showed up for a similar event for President Joe...
The Future of the First Buc-ee’s in Wisconsin is Uncertain
Excitement permeated in Wisconsin and beyond in early 2023 when news of a Buc-ee's convenience store and gas station was revealed to be making its debut in the Cheese State. The store was planned to be located in DeForest, between Madison and Wisconsin Dells, just north of Highway V, east of Highway I, and west of Interstate 39/90/94.
WisDOT hosts summer road safety event with hands-on tips
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) -The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) held an event Tuesday to inform the public on road safety this summer. The event featured numerous informative booths such as car seat fitting, driving safely in construction zones and more. Attendees were also able to meet a K-9 team, tour a Wisconsin State Patrol car and see first hand all the ways to work together to keep the roads safe.
Legislature requests stay in lawsuit over electronic ballots for disabled voters
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature asked a Dane County judge to stay his temporary injunction granting voters with disabilities the ability to cast absentee ballots electronically so the order can be appealed. The lawsuit, brought by Disability Rights Wisconsin, the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin and four voters with disabilities, alleges that the current absentee […]
Remains identified of Wisconsin soldier killed in Korean War
(WLUK) -- The remains of a Wisconsin soldier who was reported missing in action nearly 75 years ago during the Korean War have been identified. U.S. Army Cpl. Robert P. Raess, 21, of Dodgeville, was accounted for March 26, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Tuesday. Scientists used anthropological analysis, mitochondrial DNA analysis and circumstantial evidence to identify Raess's remains.
President of Universities of Wisconsin discusses Direct Admit
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Area high school seniors could be receiving some good news this week. The Universities of Wisconsin Direct Admit Wisconsin Program is on track to begin in the fall of 2025. Nearly 350 public and private high schools in the state are participating in the program...
Ag Briefs: John Deere says massive layoffs necessary to counter economic headwinds
Milking procedures laid out for dairy cows at State Fair. Officials at the Wisconsin State Fair are taking extra precautions in light of the national outbreak of avian influenza. While the state fair's milkhouse will be operational throughout the fair, exhibitors of lactating cattle have the option of bringing their own milking claws, provided the exhibitor's tubing fits. The staff will sanitize milking units between cows using chlorinated water solution. Portable milking units will not be permitted.
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