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Bodies of 2 children recovered from Lake Michigan after capsized sailboat found
The bodies of two children were found in Lake Michigan on Monday, hours after their family’s capsized sailboat was recovered, officials said. The search continues for their father, the final person who was aboard the vessel, according to the Oconto County Sheriff’s Office. The children’s names are being...
Farmers market could move next summer
Popular Tuesday afternoon market seeks new home at Memorial Field. The wheels are in motion to move the Oconto County Farmers Market to a new home in 2025. The Oconto Falls City Council on July 9 approved continued conversations with coordinator Sophie Ford about moving the weekly market from its current location at Highland Plaza to Memorial Field next summer.
Wisconsin tribe watching presidential race for cannabis law reform as state maintains prohibition
MILWAUKEE — A leader with the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa said lifting federal prohibitions on marijuana would allow for the sovereign nation to enter the billion-dollar industry sweeping the country. Cannabis in all forms — except for CBD products — is illegal in Wisconsin. Bordering states Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois all […] The post Wisconsin tribe watching presidential race for cannabis law reform as state maintains prohibition appeared first on Michigan Advance.
Wisconsin housing permitting isn’t moving fast enough to make homes more affordable
The pace of housing permits being issued in Wisconsin has declined slightly over the last two years, and more of those permits were for multi-family units as single-family permitting has stagnated. That’s according to a new Wisconsin Policy Forum report released Wednesday that examined housing permitting data to learn how...
Daughter of man who died in Wisconsin prison pushes forward through despair
Megan Hoffmann Kolb began the one-year anniversary of her father’s death before the sun came up. She awoke at about 2 a.m. on Saturday, June 29. She and her mom drove about an hour from Cedarburg to meet with other supporters of criminal justice reform outside Wisconsin’s Waupun prison, where Dean Hoffmann died by suicide in solitary confinement 366 days earlier.
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