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Tomahawk Community Thrift Shop announces summer grant recipients
TOMAHAWK, Wis. (WJFW)- Cindy Wescott spends her summers at the Tomahawk Community Thrift Shop. Including herself, there are 48 volunteers who keep the store up and running Tuesdays through Saturdays. "Everything that we sell is donated from people in the community and from as far away as Chicago and the...
Wisconsin Alliant Energy workers return home after helping with Illinois tornado cleanup efforts
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Dozens of Alliant Energy workers from Wisconsin returned home this weekend after helping with tornado cleanup efforts in Illinois, the energy company reported on Monday. After 25 confirmed tornadoes touched down in Chicago and surrounding areas last week, ComEd, an energy company serving northern Illinois, requested...
'He is a good friend': Gov. Tony Evers becomes emotional talking about Biden's decision
After President Joe Biden announced his decision to drop out of the race, Wisconsin Democrats have rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him at the top of the ticket. Two top Democrats from the state, Gov. Tony Evers and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, made their support clear at an event...
Lea Zmurko: Storms to start off the workweek.
We will see plenty of showers and thunderstorms developing over the afternoon and lasting into the early hours of Tuesday. The 50-90% chance of rain is correlated to a shortwave of energy in the upper levels of the atmosphere that located just to our southeast. As this pattern is conducive to showers and precipitation across the Northland.
Three Northeast Wisconsin entries are Wis. Innovation Award finalists
The Wisconsin Innovation Awards announced the 31 finalists for the 2024 awards, recognizing the state’s most innovative and forward-thinking companies and individuals. Among the finalists are entries from Appleton, Berlin and Oshkosh. The winners of the 2024 Wisconsin Innovation Awards will be announced at the awards ceremony, scheduled to...
Fiscal Facts: Housing permitting slows, adding to affordability concerns
As housing has become increasingly unaffordable in Wisconsin and nationally since 2021, our state has issued more permits for housing construction. But the pace has declined slightly over the last two years and still lags far behind the housing boom years of the early 2000s. Meanwhile, a growing share of...
How can I register to vote in Wisconsin for the 2024 election? What to know.
Wisconsinites are gearing up for a number of elections in 2024, including the presidential race in November, as well as other partisan offices for the State Assembly, State Senate, U.S. Congress, and U.S. Senate. Registering to vote and voting for the first time might seem overwhelming, so we'll explain the...
Wisconsin’s Weekend Morning News 7-21-24
WTMJ’s Libby Collins recaps the last week in Milwaukee and takes you inside the RNC. Listen for conversations with figures like Newt Gingrich, Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani, Marco Rubio, Greg Abbott, and more, and hear about Libby’s brush with fame.
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