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Putting a focus on farms
GREEN BAY – In a blend of sports and agriculture, the 2025 Draft Local Organizing Committee is partnering with family farms across Wisconsin to celebrate the upcoming 2025 Draft, scheduled for April 24-26, in Green Bay. “This partnership aims to spotlight Wisconsin’s rich agricultural history while building anticipation for...
Dangerous heat and strong storms take a break
The dangerous heat from Monday and Tuesday is over and we can thank some severe storms for bringing us the cool down. High temperatures for the second day in a row reached into the 90s for most of southeast Wisconsin. It's the ninth time this year that highs have reached the 90s which is the average. It's also the fourth time Milwaukee has hit 94 degrees which is the hottest temp of the year. Northern counties stayed in the 80s since they saw storms first.
CBRE Brokers $34 Million Sale of Two Communities in Madison, Wisconsin
MADISON, WIS. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Royster Commons and 515@Royster, two properties totaling 174 units in Madison. Weidner Apartment Homes purchased the assets from Ruedebusch Development & Construction for $34 million. Royster Commons was built in 2019 and features 86 apartments. The average unit size is 956 square feet. Built in 2022, 515@Royster comprises 88 units with an average size of 761 square feet. Gretchen Richards, Patrick Gallagher, Matson Holbrook and Ted Nevermann of CBRE represented the seller in the deal. CBRE also provided acquisition financing for the buyer.
Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department among WPS Foundation grant recipients
NORTHERN WISCONSIN – The Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) Foundation recently awarded $75,000.00 in grant funds to area public safety agencies. A release from WPS said the grants will be used to purchase lifesaving equipment. The funding is part of the WPS Foundation’s Rewarding Responders Grant Program, which supports first...
Area boys high school soccer teams back in action
Memorial and North high schools both handled their opponents on the boys’ soccer field, Tuesday. The Old Abes beat Onalaska by a final score of 3-0, while the Huskies toppled La Crosse Logan, winning handily, 7-0. In other scores, the Chippewa Falls boys’ soccer team fell to Superior, 3-2; it was Aquinas 3, Altoona 0; and Rice Lake 1, Medford 1. In other high school results from Tuesday’s Chi-Hi triangular girls volleyball pre-season quad, it was Chippewa Falls 2, Wausau West 0; Mosinee 2, Chippewa Falls 1; D.C. Everest 2, Chippewa Falls 0 and Marshfield 2, Chippewa Falls 0
Wisconsin woman wanted for manslaughter in Ohio arrested by Omaha police
OMAHA, Neb. — A Wisconsin woman wanted for manslaughter in Ohio was arrested by Omaha police, according to court documents. Janel Nelson was charged with fugitive from justice in Douglas County court. She's wanted for felony assault – manslaughter in Ohio. According to a Facebook post from the...
Minnesota trucking company fined $621K in death of employee
VIRGINIA, Minnesota — A Twin Cities-based trucking company is contesting a fine of more than $621,000 involving the death of an employee who was found dead inside a tanker trailer last March. The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry OSHA unit (MNOSHA) announced the fine against Wayne Transports on...
‘You’re Going to Jail!’: Wisconsin Black Woman Says She Bruised During Wrongful Arrest After Standing By Friend During Viral Police Encounter
MaKayla Patterson, a 22-year-old Black woman from Wisconsin, said she was brutally attacked by police outside a bar after she was “wrongly accused of threatening […] ‘You’re Going to Jail!’: Wisconsin Black Woman Says She Bruised During Wrongful Arrest After Standing By Friend During Viral Police Encounter
Public testifies on Line 5 as comment period nears end
Opposition continues to grow against the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline, after a federal judge ruled the Canadian energy company trespassed on Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa land in 2013. A coalition of faith organizations, environmental advocates, tribal communities, farmers, public health experts, business owners and residents have submitted over 150,000 public comments to […]
Nearly 30K still without power in Minnesota's storm-ravaged Twin Cities region
Thousands of residents in Minnesota's Twin Cities metro area and some parts of Wisconsin still were without electricity Wednesday after severe storms hit the region, and power may not be restored for some until Thursday.
Along Wisconsin's northern shores, Line 5 continues to pit tribal culture against Big Oil
ODANAH, Wisconsin – Daniel Wiggins Jr. sipped his coffee, which he took light and sweet. The sip gave him a moment to slow the tears welling up in his eyes. It was Father’s Day, and he recalled his fondest memory in the Kakagon Sloughs, a system of wetlands on the Bad River Band...
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