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Day Four At The Dodge County Fair
(Beaver Dam) It’s the fourth day of the Dodge County Fair. After early morning judgings that include goat as well as cat and kitten, the farm tractor pull gets underway at 12 noon on the clay track in front of the grandstands. The Dodge County Holstein Futurity Show begins at 12:30pm, which will also be video streamed on DailyDodgeTV.
JD Vance’s plane makes emergency landing in Wisconsin
JD Vance and Donald Trump should maybe consider taking the bus for the remainder of their campaign events after both "Trump Force One" and "Trump Force Two" were forced to make emergency landings this month. Exactly one week ago, Trump's plane made an emergency landing in Billings, Montana — more...
Allouez leader will retire after 30 years of service, 10 as village administrator
ALLOUEZ — Brad Lange, the village administrator for Allouez, will retire after almost 30 years in the community's service in early 2025. He is the second administrator to retire in the coming months after De Pere announced its city administrator, Larry Delo, will retire Dec. 18. Lange filled the position in 2014 after Tracy Flucke's resignation that May, chosen out of four other finalists. Before then, he was the village's Parks, Recreation, and Forestry director since 1995. ...
Candy Sold at Major Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin Retailers Under Urgent Recall
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has upgraded a recall of nearly two dozen candies and snacks sold at major retailers; ones that are very prominent in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin. This is an urgent recall, for the products in question can cause serious illness, and in rare cases, death.
SW Wisconsin residents rally to stop wind farm
As a major wind turbine project in southwest Wisconsin comes closer to fruition, some local residents are rallying in an attempt to stop it. Uplands Wind is comprised of two 300-megawatt wind projects designed by Pattern Energy, a California-based company. Tentatively, construction is slated for 2025 with operations starting in 2027. About 200 people, mostly residents of Grant, Lafayette and Iowa counties, attended a meeting Thursday evening at Belmont Convention Center to hear from speakers opposing the Uplands project. Presenters discussed issues such as land value, alleged health defects caused by wind turbines, as well as preserving the natural beauty of the Driftless Area and its wildlife species. There are not yet any official project maps, said Matt Dallas, communications and media relations representative with Pattern Energy. However, the company’s filings with the Federal Aviation Administration show 181 potential turbine locations across the three counties. Generally, these are clustered around Belmont, Mifflin Township, southeast of Mineral Point and both west and east of Dodgeville.
Report: Wisconsin land values up $75B over last year
(The Center Square) – Land continues to get more valuable in Wisconsin. The state’s Department of Revenue released its latest Equalized Values Report, showing the total value of all the land in the state $907 billion, an increase of $75 billion from last year. “The value is needed for each taxation district, which includes every town, village and city plus those portions that are located in an adjacent county,’ the...
Tribe and environmental groups urge Wisconsin officials to rule against relocating pipeline
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A tribal leader and conservationists urged state officials Thursday to reject plans to relocate part of an aging northern Wisconsin pipeline, warning that the threat of a catastrophic spill would still exist along the new route. About 12 miles (19 kilometers) of the Enbridge Line...
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