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More people reporting harmful blooms, related illnesses on Wisconsin lakes
Reports of algal blooms and related illnesses have surpassed last year’s total on Wisconsin lakes, and state environmental and health regulators say more could emerge this fall. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources had received 195 reports of blooms as of Sept. 9, exceeding the 178 reports received last year. The agency confirmed around 72 percent were cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae blooms, according to Gina LaLiberte, the DNR’s harmful algal...
Children's Museum of Rock County receives $50,000 donation
JANESVILLE — The Children’s Museum of Rock County has received a $50,000 donation from BlueScope Buildings North America, bringing its capital campaign total to $9.6 million. That’s just $400,000 short of a $10 million goal. The funds raised will be used to convert the former First National Bank Building at 100 W. Milwaukee Street in Janesville into a children’s museum John Westphal, president of the board for the Children’s Museum...
Cougars’ boys soccer shuts out Vikings 10-0
JANESVILLE — The Janesville Craig Cougars pounced on the Parker Vikings for a 10-0 triumph at Janesville Parker High Thursday night. The Cougars (2-5-1, 1-5) poured in on their rival in the Big 8 conference boys’ soccer match during rivalry week. Once the Cougars scored their first goal at the 25-minute mark, the visiting team never looked back. The win for the Cougars earned them their first conference victory. ...
Madisonian's beauty brand for men makes waves
As many companies struggled with the onset of COVID-19 in 2020, Madison native and current resident Tony Lecy-Siewert began laying groundwork for a new business alongside New York City-based Jamie Melbourne. The pair created Apostle, a beauty brand blending makeup and skincare for men. Today, the company is poised for success after being named part of Ulta Beauty’s 2024 MUSE Accelerator Cohort this September.
Few games matched the thrill of the Wisconsin-USC Rose Bowl in 1963
Wisconsin will face USC for the first time as a Big Ten colleague Saturday, a surreal development that perhaps calls to mind one of the greatest college football games in program history, albeit in a losing effort at the Rose Bowl in 1963. Wisconsin last met USC in the Holiday Bowl after the...
UW confident that QB Braedyn Locke's experience will help him adapt to his new role
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin quarterback Braedyn Locke has been through this before. One year after filling in as an injury replacement for 3 1/2 games, Locke must take over once again now that Tyler Van Dyke will miss the rest of the season with a torn right ACL. Locke will make his first start of the 2024 season Saturday when Wisconsin (2-1, 0-0 Big Ten) opens its conference schedule...
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