Politics

State v. Maria A. Larson, 2023AP1534-CRAC, 4/24/24, District II (recommended for publication); case activity. Larson’s frustrated attempts to request judicial substitution are finally vindicated in this published decision emphasizing a plain text reading of the statute’s straightforward legal requirements. At its core, this appeal presents a very simple...

BLAIR, Wis. (WKBT) -- Two wedding barn venues are suing the state of Wisconsin over recently passed alcohol laws.

Ripon, WI – The League of Women Voters (LWV) of the Ripon Area is pleased to announce our 62 nd Annual meeting on Saturday, May 4 th . Join us for our Annual Meeting. Marty Farrell will give a presentation on Ranked Choice Voting. Join us for our annual meeting beginning at 11:30 am. Knuths new location is 221 Watson Street. Some parking is available in the back of Knuths or on the Street. A salad and pizza buffet awaits us for $20 per person. Martin Farrell PhD will do double duty as presenter and parliamentarian. Please RSVP via email lwvriponarea@gmail.com or call 920.960.3397 on or before Wednesday, May 1 st . Following the presentation, we will conduct our 62nd Annual Meeting.

Fish-N-Fun will take place on May 3rd, 4th & 5th, 2024 and is sponsored by our residents, local businesses, & the Montello Area Chamber of Commerce. This city-wide festival offers entertainment for everyone, and admission is FREE!. Friday: Friday evening kicks off at 4 pm with a carnival, vendor fair...

SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital, 845 Parkside Street, is hosting a community blood drive from 11 am – 4 pm on Tuesday, May 21. The drive – through ImpactLife – is open to the public. Donors will get their choice of a gift card, T-shirt, or a donation to Best Friends Animal Society. Appointments are encouraged. Walk-ins welcome. To sign up, visit www.bloodcenter.org. Participants are asked to bring a picture ID. Here’s a helpful tip for donors: Make sure to eat a healthy meal and drink plenty of water before donating.

(Milwaukee, WI) Museum of Wisconsin Art proudly announces Pow-litical Comics: From Ripon to the RNC, on view at MOWA | DTN inside Saint Kate—The Arts Hotel from April 12 to July 22. Coinciding with the Republican National Convention, July 15–18, Pow-litical Comics: From Ripon to the RNC is a timely exhibition of political cartoons reflecting the current moment in US politics. Curated by Adjunct Curator and comics historian James Danky, Pow-litical Comics features work from nearly twenty Wisconsin artists, including celebrated comics artist Peter Poplaski and Paul Noth, staff cartoonist for The New Yorker.

DARLINGTON, Wis. -- Over a hundred customers were without power Wednesday morning as severe thunderstorms made their way across southern Wisconsin. As of 5:34 a.m. Wednesday morning, 95 Alliant Energy customers were without power, mostly in Green Lake and Crawford Counties.

The Wautoma Area School District Adhoc Community Impact Committee (CIC) is planning Community Conversations on April 17 and May 8 at Riverview Elementary School. The CIC will share information about the district's long-term facility planning and a potential new elementary school referendum for the November ballot. The goal is to inform the community about the district's vision and needs, and to collect feedback.

Chris Gordon of Neshkoro, Wisconsin, a life-long resident of Wisconsin and career educator who has worked for students and families at every level from early childhood through graduate school, announced that she is formally declaring her candidacy for Wisconsin’s 39th Assembly District. Chris Gordon made this announcement at the open house and official open...

A new Marquette Law School Poll national survey of registered voters finds President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump each to be the choice of 50% of registered voters. Among likely voters, Biden receives 52%, and Trump 48%. In the most recent prior Marquette Law School Poll, conducted Feb....

Princeton School District voters approved Blake Boxley and Chet Ellsworth to new school board terms during Tuesday election. There were 4 candidates on the Princeton School Board ballot. Mercer voters approved Ervin Taff and Makella Hagan. 5 were on the ballot for the two positions at Mercer. The two City...

A Winter Storm Warning continues until 1 pm today for Calumet, Waupaca, Waushara, and Winnebago counties. There’s a possibility of 2 to 4 inches of additional snow accumulation and winds gusting to 45 miles an hour. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect until 1 pm for Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, and Marquette counties. That too carries the possibility of 2 to 4 more inches of snow and winds gusting to 30 to 40 miles an hour. (Columbia County Sheriff’s photo).

Five area school districts have contested school board races in Tuesday’s spring election. There are contested school board races in Lomira, New Holstein, Ripon, Rosendale-Brandon and Waupun. There are two contested races for Waupun School Board. Former Waupun School Board member Stephen Chene is running against Karen Gibbs for an at-large seat on the board. Incumbent Jodi Schultz faces a challenge from Rebecca Droessler Mersch for the seat representing the towns of Fox Lake, and Trenton and city of Fox Lake.

The 2024 Spring election is April 2nd. Click here to find out where to vote!. Here is a list of races and polling locations. QUESTION 1: “Use of private funds in election administration. Shall section 7 (1) of article III of the constitution be created to provide that private donations and grants may not be applied for, accepted, expended, or used in connection with the conduct of any primary, election, or referendum?” – Vote YES.

La Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica, as the organization is called in Spanish, is similar to the National Honor Society. Only students in their third and fourth years of Spanish are eligible to become members. To earn membership, students must prove to be responsible and keep a solid Spanish GPA. Students in Spanish 3 must have a Spanish GPA of at least 3.5 and those in Spanish 4 must have at least a 3.2. In the past, students in this organization have collected school supplies that were delivered to an impoverished school in Belize and an orphanage in Ecuador. In addition, many participated in a toy drive collecting Christmas gifts for children in Peru. Students have also written Spanish essays, poems and stories that have been published in a Spanish language magazine called Albricias. Last week, returning members and new inductees were honored in their Spanish classes for their dedication to learning Spanish and for the excellence with which they have done so. The Don Quijote chapter of La Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica is proud to welcome back our two year members Leah Conen, Mayghan Kemnitz, Anthony Manley and Ella Shillinglaw. Ella was also awarded Mejor Estudiante del capítulo. This award is given to the highest acheiving member of the Westfield chapter of this organization. Winners of this award are published each year in the Albricias magazine and online on the Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica homepage. As second year members, this group received a pin for their academic letters in addition to the red and gold (the colors of Spain) honor cords any senior member of the group will receive for their graduation ceremony. This year the Spanish National Honor Society has one new member from the Spanish 4 class: Grace Peebles. The chapter also welcomes seven new inductees from the Spanish 3 class: (Seniors) Zaysha Foster and Matilda Wernet, (Juniors) Landan Escoto, Chloe Kerschner, Robert Moody and Holly Swan, and our first ever Sophomore, Ella Carroll. All of these students are extremely hard workers and many have a gift in learning languages. Their advisor, Spanish teacher Julianne West, believes it is a privilege to recognize their achievement. Congratulations for being consistently phenomenal students. ¡Felicidades!

Waushara County Home & Community Education (HCE) will hold their Annual International Program on Thursday, April 11th in the Demonstration Room of the Courthouse, Wautoma. The country to be featured this year will be Malaysia. Registration will begin at 5:30 p.m. A small fee will be collected at the registration table. A typical Malaysian dinner will be served at 6 p.m. followed by a speaker who traveled to Malaysia last year to attend the Country Women of the World Triennial conference. Registrations are due by April 1st -Call the UW Extension office at 920-787-0416. The program is open to the public.

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - A 66-year-old Fond du Lac resident loses his DNR privileges after multiple hunting violations, the Green Lake County District Attorney Gerise LaSpisa announced Tuesday. According to authorities, the investigation started after a person called the DNR Violation Hotline reporting violations that stemmed from 2020. The violations...

Katie Grady says having served as the head of the Governance Council for the Barlow Park Charter Elementary School she would like to continue giving back to the School District. That’s one of the reasons she is running for the School Board. She is a clinical social worker and mental health therapist at the Ripon Community Hospital. She is glad to see more of an emphasis on mental health and social/emotional learning in the schools. She says the stress kids go through today is different than what adults experienced when they were in school. She says through her work at the hospital she has also seen student apprentices interested in the nursing field and likes the internship opportunities high school students are getting. Grady says kids also have the chance to earn college credit while they are still in high school too. Another reason she is running for a seat on the school board is to provide support for the District’s teachers and staff. Five candidates are vying for four seats on the board.