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Wisconsin 4H clubs invited to take part in ice cream flavor contest
WISCONSIN – The Wisconsin 4H Foundation and Cedar Crest Ice Cream have once again teamed up for their annual ice cream flavor contest. All Wisconsin 4H clubs are invited to take part in the Cedar Crest Ice Cream 4-H Flavor Creation Contest. Clubs are eligible to submit their idea for a new ice cream flavor, along with a flavor description and interesting flavor name, between Sunday, Sept. 1 and Friday, Nov. 15.
How Wisconsin’s education endowment factors into the Lac du Flambeau land dispute
Boozhoo ("hello" in Ojibwe) and miigwech ("thank you") for reading the First Nations Wisconsin newsletter. Last week, there finally seemed to be some movement forward to settle the 19-month long dispute over four roads on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation in northern Wisconsin. Officials with the nontribal town of Lac du Flambeau, located on...
76-year-old Wisconsin man arrested for 4th OWI after police find vehicle stopped near train tracks
MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) – A 76-year-old Wisconsin man was arrested for his fourth operating while intoxicated offense after officers found him stopped near train tracks. According to a release, the Madison Police Department received several reports of a vehicle stopped just short of train tracks near East Johnson Street and North First Street in Madison.
Evers, DNR propose new set of PFAS drinking water standards
Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) introduced a proposed new set of standards for the allowable amount of PFAS in the state’s drinking water on Monday. The action brings Wisconsin’s standards in line with the federal government’s. PFAS, also known as “forever...
DNR sends back CAFO expansion application after accusations of false manure spreading agreements
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has sent back a factory farming operation’s application to expand a Pierce County farm after local residents raised concerns that properties listed in the application as sites where manure would be spread on fields had never agreed to that arrangement. The Appleton-based Breeze Dairy Group has requested permission from […]
Wisconsin communities say no to ballot drop boxes
(The Center Square) – City councils in two Waukesha County municipalities, Brookfield and New Berlin, have voted to ban the use of ballot drop boxes in their cities for the upcoming general election, following a state Supreme Court ruling that reinstated municipalities' right to utilize the equipment. Brookfield justified its decision last week to ban drop boxes by arguing they are unnecessary. “Unlike 2020 and 2021, Covid is no longer...
Transgender students more likely than cisgender peers to seek support from school staff, study finds
Transgender students are more likely to seek support from school staff and less likely to seek support from their parents when compared to their cisgender peers, according to a study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and New York University. The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, found among...
Boys Soccer: Hudson seeks fourth straight BRC title as New Richmond, River Falls look to move up
Hudson, New Richmond and River Falls all finished in the top half of the Big Rivers Conference boys soccer standings last season, with Hudson claiming its third straight conference title. Eau Claire Memorial took second, but New Richmond and River Falls hope to change that order this season. Hudson outscored...
Tree branch falls on powerlines in Eau Claire
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - More severe weather hit Western Wisconsin at around 7:00 a.m. Monday morning. Hail, rain, and strong winds took down branches across the area. A giant tree branch fell on to power line wires in Eau Claire. The tree is located on corner of Patton Street and MacArthur Avenue.
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