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Wisconsin Tourism Awards Grant to IRONBULL’s Red Granite Grinder
WAUSAU, WI – The Department of Tourism announced a $9,335 Joint Effort Marketing (JEM) grant to IRONBULL aimed at attracting first time to veteran gravel bikers to the nonprofit organization’s signature Red Granite Grinder race. The annual event invites competitors to experience scenic, yet challenging gravel biking through...
Forgotten Wisconsin Cold Cases: Unidentified Remains - The waiting game
RHINELANDER, Wis. (WSAW) - For more than a year, our podcast has taken us through over a dozen cases involving missing people from central and northern Wisconsin. With each person, we were able to tell you their names and show their faces. This time though — that’s not the case....
Wisconsin student mental health struggles persist, according to DPI report
Wisconsin students are continuing to struggle with unprecedented mental health challenges with LGBTQ+ kids and girls facing disproportionate challenges, according to the Department of Public Instruction’s 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Summary Report. The survey, which took place in the spring of 2023, included responses from 1,882 students in 42 public, charter and alternative high […]
Aliisa Helminen, who first got her hands on a golf trophy at 4 months old, does it again in winning Wisconsin Junior Girls Championship
Adding her name to a golf trophy the size and importance of the one she did Wednesday at Hartford Golf Club might be relatively new territory for Aliisa Helminen. But evidence emerged after her victory at the Wisconsin State Junior Girls Championship of the time the Menasha golfer added herself to one.
Despite being reinstated, many Coulee Region municipalities will not use ballot drop boxes
LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- After a two-year ban, absentee ballot drop boxes are legal again in Wisconsin. However, not every voter in the Coulee Region will have access to them for the Aug. 13 primary election.
Wisconsin tribes awarded $20 million in federal funding for affordable housing projects
Wisconsin tribes will receive $20 million in federal funding to build new affordable housing in their communities. A shortage of affordable housing has put a strain on tribal residents and governments — contributing to homelessness and overcrowding, and forcing residents to look outside their communities for a place to live. On Monday, four of...
Pledge to Be Plastic-Free: E.C. Businesses Take Steps to Limit Waste
Wisconsin’s plastic-free movement: what is it? In a decisive step towards a greener future, Eau Claire embraced a bold initiative earlier this year with the Plastic-Free Eau Claire pledge. Since the unveiling of the pledge this April – authored by the Joining Our Neighbors Advancing Hope (JONAH) Environmental Task...
Minnesota Supreme Court rules person being threatened cannot brandish weapon if ‘reasonably possible to retreat’
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that when a person is being threatened or attacked, he or she must retreat if “reasonably possible” rather than brandish a “dangerous weapon.” In June 2021, Earley Romero Blevins pulled out a machete after a man with a knife allegedly threatened him on a rail platform in Minnesota. Blevins was […]
Expansion Project Underway at MSP’s Terminal 2
MINNEAPOLIS (WJON News) -- An expansion project at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is underway. The Metropolitan Airports Commission has begun construction on a 168,000-square-foot expansion of Terminal 2. It is the first of several projects planned in the coming years to accommodate increasing airline and passenger demands at the...
MN Trooper Londregan cleared after internal affairs review, could return to work soon
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan is "exonerated" following a state Department of Public Safety internal affairs review of the Ricky Cobb II fatal shooting, Londregan's defense attorney Chris Madel told FOX 9's Paul Blume. A finding that would seemingly clear the way for the trooper’s return to patrol duties.