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DNR investigating after high number of fish found dead in Wisconsin lakes
MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) - The Wisconsin DNR is investigating high numbers of fish deaths in two different locations in south central Wisconsin. The first is in the Buffalo Lake Watershed in Marquette, Green Lake, and Columbia counties. The second is on the Yahara River in Stoughton. Due to recent heavy rain, additional reports of fish mortalities are likely, and the DNR will continue to investigate reports as they come in.
Delegates explore areas outside Milwaukee
RIPON, Wis. — While the political action is in Milwaukee this week, some attractions outside that metropolitan area are also expecting an uptick from visitors. The Little White School House in Ripon recounts the background and formation of the Republican Party 170 years ago. Ron Wright is in Wisconsin...
The origin of the Republican Party
What happens at the Republican National Convention, being held this week at Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum, will help determine whether Donald Trump – whose vision of America differs sharply from that of President Joe Biden – will return to the White House. But it was a much smaller meeting, in a much smaller town about 90 miles away, that proved every bit as consequential.On March 20, 1854, around 50 concerned citizens gathered inside the Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin, widely believed to be the birthplace of the Republican Party. "These were people who wanted to form a new party," said...
Replica of Wisconsin schoolhouse, where GOP began, on display at RNC
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) – A piece of American and Wisconsin history is displayed at the Republican National Convention. In 1854, the Republican Party formed in a schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin. "Although they came with various political parties, they laid those parties aside and came under one banner, one name,...
Fox Lake Community Sees Continued Growth
(Fox Lake) Mayor Tom Bednarek and City Administrator Kelly Crombie addressed a positively trending housing market among other factors in the Fox Lake area. A couple of key growth points in the community are the LeRoy Meats expansion project and an effort of adding 36 new apartment units. The added...
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