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Midwest Braces for Severe Heatwave: Wisconsin Faces 111-Degree Heat Index
La Crosse, WI – A severe heatwave is sweeping across Wisconsin, with temperatures and humidity levels expected to reach dangerous levels today and Monday. The National Weather Service in La Crosse warns that the heat indices will soar into the 90 to 110-degree range, creating potentially hazardous conditions. According...
'A shoot can be legal. That doesn’t mean it was necessary.’ Fatal police encounters rise in Wisconsin
Deadly police encounters in Wisconsin were up last year and are on track this year to exceed the modern record of 26 deaths set in 2017. The increase comes after Wisconsin Watch and The Badger Project reported two years ago that Wisconsin’s rate of police killings ranked among the lowest in the nation over the past decade. In the past two years the rate has risen, particularly compared with neighboring states. ...
Meteor seen over Wisconsin on Friday
According to the American Meteor Society, over 70 reports came in from across parts of Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois of a meteor seen early Friday morning. Based on reports, the fireball was estimated to of had a path starting east of Augusta in Eau Claire county, travelled southeast and burned up northeast of Tomah in Monroe county. Seen as far north as Perham, Minnesota, and as far south as Talbott, Illinois, the fireball entered the atmosphere between 6:10 and 6:15am local time. The American Meteor Society will take any reports if you have any at amsmeteors.org.
HAWS’ new executive director determined to carry legacy forward
WAUKESHA, Wis. — There’s a new executive director at HAWS, The Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha County. Lynne Olenik, the longtime leader of the organization, announced her retirement at the end of July. She had served as executive director for 20 years. “It was hard walking out...
Latina students worry about Alverno's future
I'm Hope Karnopp and this is the Daily Briefing newsletter by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Sign up here to get it sent to your inbox each morning. It's going to be dangerously hot today and tomorrow — much of Wisconsin is under an excessive heat warning or heat advisory, with feels-like temperatures nearing 105 degrees. The Milwaukee area will feel a bit cooler in the mid-90s. Here are tips to stay safe, including limiting physical activity, wearing light-colored...
Slinger High School named U.S. News and World Reports BEST High Schools in Nation
Slinger, WI – Slinger High School has been named one of U.S. News and World Reports BEST high schools in the nation. Slinger High School ranks No. 19 out of 460 in the State of Wisconsin and No. 878 out of 17,680 schools nationally. FREE local news at. Washington...
MSOC Moves Past Marist With A Victory, 6-1
MILWAUKEE - The Marquette University men's soccer team (2-0-0, 0-0-0 BIG EAST) closed out its opening weekend with a 6-1 win over Marist (0-2-0, 0-0-0 MAAC) Sunday afternoon at Valley Fields. Marquette got hot quickly, scoring in the seventh minute after freshman defender Jack Wandschneider knocked one in off a...
WSOC Falls 3-0 At Western Michigan
The Marquette University women's soccer team (0-3-1, 0-0-0 BIG EAST) wrapped up a two-match road swing on Sunday afternoon with a 3-0 loss at Western Michigan (2-0-1, 0-0-0 MAC) in non-conference action. WMU broke the match open midway through the second half, netting a pair of goals in just over...
Rogers Behavioral Health to Open Clinic in Manitowoc
Rogers Behavioral Health has announced that they will be opening a clinic in Manitowoc. The clinic will be inside the Lighthouse Recovery Community Center, located at 818 State Street, and will open this fall. In a statement, Rogers’ President and CEO Cindy Meyer praised the work of Lighthouse, saying, “We...
Toss It Now! Huge Recall In Iowa, Illinois & Wisconsin For Cucumbers
People in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin make not be feeling the best after eating cucumbers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are letting Iowans, Illinoisans, and Wisconsinites know to avoid whole cucumbers. Whole cucumbers that have been grown in Florida are being recalled due to a Salmonella outbreak...
National Park Service announces grant to protect historical sites in WI
MADISON, Wis. -- The National Park Service announced Tuesday $25.7 million in "Save America's Treasures" grants, which will fund the preservation of nationally significant sites and historical collections in Wisconsin and 25 other states.
Capitol Connection: Recapping the DNC
CHICAGO (CBS 58) -- This week, the biggest political story across the country, and certainly in Wisconsin, was the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. CBS 58's Emilee Fannon, A.J. Bayatpour, and Adam Rife were all a part of the team coverage in Chicago. Fannon and Bayatpour recap some of the...
DNC a ‘Hollywood show’ that offered no policy answers: Wisconsin GOP
(The Center Square) – Following the final night of the Democratic National Convention, Wisconsin Republican lawmakers held a press call blasting the DNC’s “whitewashing” of the past and the lack of answers offered for the future. “I think what we’ve seen over the past four days is a lack of answers to the biggest challenges […]
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