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One reason tribes got caught up in lending business schemes
Boozhoo ("hello" in Ojibwe) and miigwech ("thank you") for reading the First Nations Wisconsin newsletter. Tribal officials with the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe Nation in northern Wisconsin found themselves in hot water recently for partnering with the proprietors of a nationwide payday loan scheme. The lending businesses were mostly owned and operated by nontribal...
IRS Scam Warning Issued To Wisconsin Residents
No surprise here but it's time for another scam alert. Sigh. There really is a scam for everything these days. This scam was reported in Wisconsin just a few days ago and follows the playbook of so many others scams that have been circulating lately. This scam has been reported...
Wisconsin tribes hope new FCC alert will aid search efforts for missing Indigenous people
The Federal Communications Commission recently announced a new nationwide alert code for missing and endangered people. The new “MEP” code, short for “Missing and Endangered Persons,” is similar to Amber Alerts for missing children and Silver Alerts for missing and endangered seniors, but it applies to adults that don’t fit either of these categories. It will allow local law enforcement to quickly disseminate information about missing residents through radio, TV and phone alerts.
Mega Millions for Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, is a $498 million jackpot. Check your numbers!
Did Mega Millions make you a millionaire overnight? After no one matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball in the Friday, Aug. 16 drawing, the grand prize climbed to $498 million for Tuesday, Aug. 20. ...
Nedweski: UW must improve relationship with lawmakers before new money
(The Center Square) – It’s not that Republican lawmakers don’t want to give the University of Wisconsin any more money, one legislator says the problem is the university is reluctant to tell the legislature where the money it currently gets is being spent. Rep. Amanda Nedweski, R-Pleasant Prairie, was on News Talk 1130 WISN Wednesday, and said the UW System is likely not getting more money until school leaders improve their relationship with the legislature. ...
Harris campaign targets Asian Americans in battleground states in new ads
The Harris campaign on Wednesday launched a pair of ads specifically targeting Asian American and Pacific Islanders in battleground states, seeking to appeal to a fast-growing voting bloc that will play a key role in November. The campaign unveiled one ad, titled “Reduced,” that highlights Trump’s past comments about getting rid of the Affordable Care…
Bucks to make several stops in Northeast Wisconsin on statewide 'Deer Crossing' tour
(WLUK) -- The Milwaukee Bucks are hitting the road, visiting more than a dozen cities this month on their Deer Crossing Statewide Tour. Bucks alumni T.J. Ford and Steve Novak, Bucks mascot Bango and members of Bucks Entertainment will make over 15 stops in 11 communities across Wisconsin between Aug. 22-23 and Aug. 29-30.
Northeast Wisconsinites experience DNC in different ways
CHICAGO, Ill. (WFRV) – There’s been plenty of Northeast Wisconsin representation at the Democratic National Convention this week. Among the Wisconsin delegates, many of whom wore cheeseheads on Tuesday night, were familiar faces like governor Tony Evers. But there were also people from Northeast Wisconsin like first-time delegate Marsie Hartman from Sturgeon Bay. .
Gallery donates to Humane Society
SPOONER — On July 20, Arts in Hand Gallery in downtown Spooner hosted an event to raise funds and awareness for the Washburn County Area Humane Society (WCAHS). The collaborative “Christmas in July” week-long event included “Pets in the Park,” in which WCAHS brought adoptable animals from their nonprofit animal shelter to Centennial Park on Walnut Street. Volunteers from Arts in Hand Gallery, along with Spooner’s own “Santa Jeff,” then directed visitors to Studio 210, the gallery’s event space. The art show in Studio 210...
Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez says DNC is 'electric and joyful'
CHICAGO — Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez spoke on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, themed “For the People.”. “I’m not gonna lie, I was pretty nervous walking out there, but I will tell you that the atmosphere here is electric and joyful and happy,” she told Spectrum News 1 during an interview on the second day of the DNC. “It was so much fun to be able to represent Wisconsin on that national stage, to be able to talk to folks about what health care means in this election.”
Gwen Walz and Tim Walz are known as a team. But Minnesota’s first lady has been a powerful force in her own right
Gwen Walz’s biggest test on the national stage will begin Wednesday night, when she is introduced to America at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago – just two weeks after Kamala Harris selected her husband, Gov. Tim Walz, to be her running mate.
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