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'Brat summer' vs bratwurst summer: How Wisconsinites are reacting to trend on social media
Ask anyone in Wisconsin: We know brats. So when “brat summer” started trending on Twitter, Wisconsinites were confused. “I’m from Wisconsin so every time I see someone post 'brat summer' I’m like ‘sure the heck is,’” read one Tweet. ...
Wisconsin DNR to repeal fisherman gun-ban rule
(The Center Square) – The rules will soon be changing for people who carry guns and go near the water in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty on Wednesday announced the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has agreed to repeal its rule that essentially banned people from carrying a gun near any lake, river or stream in the state. The rule stated that no one can “[p]ossess or...
Couple Turned Founders Brought Sherman Park Grocery To Wisconsin, The Only Black-Owned, Full-Scale Grocery Store In The State
Maurice and Yashica Spears Wince are bringing healthy food options to a food desert in Milwaukee, WI, Black Business reports. Combining years of experience, the founders have partnered to open Sherman Park Grocery, the first Black-owned, full-scale grocery store in the state of Wisconsin, per Milwaukee Community Journal. It had the support of the Embassy Center MKE church and other community leaders.
AI industry challenges discussed by Wisconsin legislative committee
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin lawmakers, technology experts and industry leaders met Wednesday to discuss how the state can encourage artificial intelligence innovation and workforce adaption, while still having legal guardrails to protect consumer privacy. In the first meeting of Wisconsin’s Legislative Council Study Committee on the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence, the bipartisan group spent more than two hours hashing out how regulatory legislation should deal with AI. Matthew Friedel,...
Funeral traditions merge with growth of ‘green burials’ in Wisconsin
When Tanya Mudrick searched in 2012 for a place to bury her stillborn son, Oren, she chose Circle Cemetery in Barneveld — one of the nation’s pioneer green cemeteries. Wrapped in a quilt and placed in a hand-weaved wicker basket, Oren is buried among 60 others inside a nature preserve lush with the wetlands, springs and sandstone rock of Wisconsin’s Driftless Area.
Waunakee officials host town hall, plan for future dates
Members of Waunakee’s three main governing bodies hosted an open-door town hall at the village’s public library during the afternoon of Saturday, July 20. While resident turnout was slim for the first-time event, Dane County Board Supervisor David Boetcher, Village Trustee Robert McPherson and School Board Member Dawn Heinrichs used the opportunity to work through Waunakee’s future together. The conversation between the triplet of representatives and the several of residents...
Watch our Assembly District 77 Democratic candidate debate
Voters in Assembly District 77 will have a choice when they head to the polls on Aug. 13 among three Democratic candidates to represent them: Dane County Board member Chuck Erickson, maternal and child health policy worker Renuka Mayadev and pharmacist Thad Schumacher. The district includes the UW-Madison campus, the...
Relay For Life of Dane and Rock Counties planning meeting is July 30
Relay For Life of Dane and Rock Counties welcomes anyone interested in learning more about the American Cancer Society or Relay For Life to attend our team planning meetings. We ask that each team try to have representation at the Team Meetings as we plan and discuss our 2024 event.
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