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Wisconsin fans look forward to Olympic watch parties
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Olympic watch parties are popping up around the state, exciting fans and businesses for what’s ahead during the summer games. Team USA women’s soccer fans went to Breese Stevens Field Thursday to watch the team take home a 3-0 victory against Zambia. Heidi Herberger...
Wisconsin's Apostle Islands could become America's newest national park
MADISON - The Apostle Islands could soon become Wisconsin's first national park, thanks to an effort by several federal lawmakers. U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany introduced a bill Tuesday that would designate the area as a national park, upgrading it from its current designation as a national lakeshore. The first hearing on the...
UPDATED: Shelter in place order lifted in Amherst standoff
Police in Amherst on Friday said a wanted suspect “has been located” and lifted a shelter in place order that had been in effect for a full day. A brief update issued Friday evening from Portage County Sheriff Mike Lukas said there is no ongoing danger to the public. He did not say how or when the suspect, 32-year-old Jeffery Miller, was located, nor did he say whether Miller surrendered peacefully.
Peyton’s Promise breaks pop tab collection record, surpassing inaugural year by 800 pounds
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - The final numbers from Peyton’s Promise’s pop tab collection event have been announced, revealing 1,000 pounds of pop tabs collected at the Concert on the Square event on July 10th. The organization sells the aluminum from the tabs and gives the proceeds to the...
UpFront Fridays: Seismic shift in presidential race
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Time now for UpFront Fridays, a look back at the week that was in Wisconsin politics with the executive producer and co-host, Matt Smith. In this case, a week unlike any other: a seismic shift in the presidential race with President Biden bowing out and his choice to take his place making her first campaign appearance right here in the state, VP Kamala Harris in Milwaukee, this past Tuesday.
DAIRYLAND LEAGUE LARGE - Whittlesey tightens Large logjam by sweeping Rapids Redhawks
A doubleheader sweep Sunday over the Wisconsin Rapids Redhawks got the Whittlesey Reds back over .500 in Large Division play within the Dairyland Baseball League and kept them with a mathematical shot at still securing a piece of the title in what has been an anyone-can-beat-anyone division this summer. A...
Interview: Alice in Dairyland celebrates National Ice Cream Month
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Wisconsin’s 77th Alice in Dairyland, Halei Heinzel, celebrates July as National Ice Cream Month. Wisconsin is home to 37 dairy plants making frozen dairy products, and consumers eat more than 12.1 pounds of ice cream each year. Blueberry No-Churn Mascarpone Ice Cream.
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