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Lea Zmurko: Storms to start off the workweek.
We will see plenty of showers and thunderstorms developing over the afternoon and lasting into the early hours of Tuesday. The 50-90% chance of rain is correlated to a shortwave of energy in the upper levels of the atmosphere that located just to our southeast. As this pattern is conducive to showers and precipitation across the Northland.
Best-performing Wisconsin stocks last week
photofriday // Shutterstock Best-performing Wisconsin stocks last week Stacker compiled a list of the best-performing stocks in Wisconsin last week using data from IEX Cloud. Stocks are ranked by the highest percent price change from Jul. 12 to Jul. 19. Stocks headquartered in Wisconsin, listed on the Russell 3000 membership list, and a market cap over $5.0 billion on April 14th were considered. All 10 stocks that met the criteria...
Three Northeast Wisconsin entries are Wis. Innovation Award finalists
The Wisconsin Innovation Awards announced the 31 finalists for the 2024 awards, recognizing the state’s most innovative and forward-thinking companies and individuals. Among the finalists are entries from Appleton, Berlin and Oshkosh. The winners of the 2024 Wisconsin Innovation Awards will be announced at the awards ceremony, scheduled to...
Fiscal Facts: Housing permitting slows, adding to affordability concerns
As housing has become increasingly unaffordable in Wisconsin and nationally since 2021, our state has issued more permits for housing construction. But the pace has declined slightly over the last two years and still lags far behind the housing boom years of the early 2000s. Meanwhile, a growing share of...
Wisconsin’s Weekend Morning News 7-21-24
WTMJ’s Libby Collins recaps the last week in Milwaukee and takes you inside the RNC. Listen for conversations with figures like Newt Gingrich, Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani, Marco Rubio, Greg Abbott, and more, and hear about Libby’s brush with fame.
Green Bay Police, first responders to run training exercise at Lambeau Field
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Green Bay Police said its department, along with other law enforcement departments, firefighters, and EMS, are partnering with the Packers and the NFL to participate in a joint training exercise at Lambeau Field. The exercise will occur inside the stadium on Tuesday. Police said the...
Gasoline prices in Green Bay, Appleton spike in last week; severe weather blamed
The average gasoline prices in Green Bay and Appleton have increased more than 17 cents a gallon within the last week, according to GasBuddy. In Green Bay, prices are up 17.4 cents per gallon, with an average of $3.38, according to the latest GasBuddy survey featuring 127 stations in the city. That is 13.4 cents higher than in June, and 2.2 cents more than last year.
Current Events: Dredging the Great Lakes
Roen Salvage Co. began operation shortly after Capt. John Roen raised the 600-foot freighter George M. Humphrey from where it had sunk in the Straits of Mackinac—connecting Lake Michigan and Lake Huron—in 1944. With no other salvage company willing to take on the challenge, this success put Roen in high demand in his field. In 1949, he joined his daughter Hilda Roen Asher and her husband, Charles W. Asher, in officially founding Roen Salvage.
Cherney County Park to Host Cave Tour
The Cherney Maribel Caves County Park will be hosting cave tours. The tour will feature the park’s New Hope Cave on Sunday (July 21) from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The New Hope Cave, first discovered in 1984, is one of five caves in the state currently being shown to the public.
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