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Powerball for Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, is a $212 million jackpot. Check your numbers!
Did Powerball make you a millionaire overnight? After no one matched all five numbers plus the Powerball on Saturday, Aug. 10 the grand prize grew to $212 million for the Monday, Aug. 12 drawing. ...
Incorrect race printed on Wisconsin town’s ballots
The Douglas County Clerk says that all in-person and and absentee ballots printed for the Town of Summit have the wrong Assembly District. The ballots contain Assembly District 73 but should instead contain Assembly District 74, which was changed by Wisconsin’s newly enacted district maps. There is a contested...
Spanning the State: West Allis, Waukesha, La Crosse, Oak Creek
Stories you might have missed from across Wisconsin. West Allis: Wisconsin State Fair sets attendance record. The Wisconsin State Fair may be over for the year, but there is still reason to celebrate. Attendance for this year’s fair set a new record, breaking the previous record set the year before the Covd-19 pandemic disrupted everything. The eleven day event drew a whopping 1,136,805 fair goers. The previous record, set in 2019 was 1.130.572. In a statement, Shari Black, CEOof the State Fair said, “The poast few years have focused on enhancing the State Fair Park experiences and brand, as well as bringing additional value to our customers. This year’s attendance and revenue are a testament to the hard work of everyone.” other notable numbers from the Fair: 352,000 original cream puffs were served plus 21,000 specialty cream puffs. Also, more than 90,00 trips were taken on the SkyGlider. Already looking forward to next year. Full Story.
Election day: State and federal primary picks, constitutional questions on the ballot
Wisconsin voters go to the polls Tuesday to vote on a constitutional amendment that would change how federal funds that come to Wisconsin are distributed and to nominate partisan candidates for Congress and the state Legislature. In southwestern and western Wisconsin, voters in the 3rd Congressional District Democratic primary will choose which of three rivals […]
Ragweed season could be worse than usual
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - We are almost halfway through August and the peak of ragweed season is approaching. According to UW Health, the ragweed season typically runs from August through September. The peak of ragweed season is usually in late August. This summer has certainly been wet across southern Wisconsin....
Popular 'Bachelor' franchise husband and wife make annual summer trip to Wisconsin's Green Lake. Here's what they've been up to.
Some things just go together. Wisconsin summers and lake days. Bachelor Nation's Hannah Godwin and Dylan Barbour. The famous couple and their annual voyage to Green Lake. "Green...
Cooper details reasons he left McDonell for Regis
New Regis High School assistant girls basketball coach Don Cooper spoke to the media Sunday evening to address more of the reasons behind his weekend resignation as McDonell High School’s head girls basketball coach. “I didn’t feel welcome there,” Cooper told the Leader-Telegram in a separate interview before the start of a Regis intrasquad scrimmage at Carson Park Sunday evening. In addition to joining the Ramblers’ girls basketball squad this upcoming season, the decorated coach is also serving as an offensive assistant coach to Bryant...
Rice Lake manufacturing plant closed
RICE LAKE, Wis. (WEAU) - The Rice Lake location of a wood product manufacturing plant closed earlier this month with one day’s notice. According to a notice filed with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development dated Aug. 1, Besse Forest Products, Inc. closed its Birchwood Manufacturing Company facility location in Rice Lake, Wis., on Aug. 2.
Madison brings home the blue at the 2024 Wisconsin State Fair Grand Champion Eats and Treats competition
MADISON, Wis. -- Members of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection's "Something Special from Wisconsin" program won big at the 2024 Wisconsin State Fair Grand Champion Eats and Treats competition.
Zygarlicke stepping down as CEO of La Crosse’s chamber of commerce
Neal Zygarlicke is stepping down as CEO of the La Crosse Area Chamber of Commerce. Zygarlicke has been CEO for the past three and a half years and said he is stepping down to “embrace a new executive leadership role at a longtime, family-owned business within the La Crosse Area community,” according to a social media post from the chamber.
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