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Festival Foods to close its Greenfield location, lay off 91 employees
Festival Foods, a family-owned grocery chain with stores throughout Wisconsin, announced that it will be closing its Greenfield location. In a notice filed Tuesday with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Festival Foods said it plans to permanently close the store at 4777 S. 27th St., Greenfield. The move will affect 91 workers...
Giant Stars and Stripes have been raised at RV store in Onalaska
It may be the biggest American flag for miles around. A 40-by-80 foot flag has been installed outside the Coachmen RV store at Onalaska’s Crossing Meadows. The company that operates Camping World stores has placed those large flags at its locations throughout the country. The manager of Onalaska’s Coachmen store, Brian McConnell, told guests at an official flag-raising ceremony about the dimensions of the banner and its pole.
Great Rivers United Way provides local children with snacks through their 'imPACKs' program
LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- On Tuesday, local nonprofit Great Rivers United Way (GRUW) teamed up with wealth management company Trust Point to ensure children in summer programs are receiving the nutrition they need.
Cooke wins Wisconsin Democratic primary to take on Van Orden
Business owner Rebecca Cooke won the Wisconsin Democratic primary for first-term Rep. Derrick Van Orden’s (R-Wis.) seat in the House, Decision Desk HQ has projected. Cooke, with support from moderate voices such as Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) and the Blue Dog PAC, beat out Wisconsin state Rep. Katrina Shankland (D) in the 3rd Congressional District. Shankland was backed […]
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.
2024 bonus antlerless deer harvest authorizations available
WISCONSIN – Bonus antlerless harvest authorizations for the 2024 gun deer season are available for purchase. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) last week announced that the harvest authorizations, formerly known as tags, can be purchased online through the Go Wild license portal (www.gowild.wi.gov/) and at license sales locations.
Confusion over new district leads to ballot error in Wisconsin primary
A local election clerk failed to realize that Wisconsin's new legislative maps moved a rural town into a new district, leading to an administrative error that could disenfranchise scores of voters in a Republican state Assembly primary race.The new maps shifted Summit, a town of about 1,000 people in Douglas County in far northern Wisconsin, out of the 73rd Assembly District and into the 74th District. But voters in Summit received ballots for the primary in the 73rd rather than the primary in the 74th, city clerk Kaci Jo Lundgren said in a news release issued Tuesday afternoon.Democrat Angela Stroud...
Wisconsin Couple Celebrates Engagement with Kwik Trip-Themed Photoshoot
If you've never been to a Kwik Trip, you might find people's love for the convenience store a little strange. But there's a reason it's seen as the best gas station in the country. They offer great customer service and sell high-quality products, many of which are made at their La Crosse facility and delivered fresh to each store every day.
The Hottest City in Wisconsin Is…
Even though summer is winding down here in the Midwest, that doesn't mean that we aren't expected to see some more incredibly hot days. The summer of 2024 has been one of the hottest summers on record for around a hundred cities across the country, according to a report from CNN.
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