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Legislature requests stay in lawsuit over electronic ballots for disabled voters
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature asked a Dane County judge to stay his temporary injunction granting voters with disabilities the ability to cast absentee ballots electronically so the order can be appealed. The lawsuit, brought by Disability Rights Wisconsin, the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin and four voters with disabilities, alleges that the current absentee […]
President of Universities of Wisconsin discusses Direct Admit
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Area high school seniors could be receiving some good news this week. The Universities of Wisconsin Direct Admit Wisconsin Program is on track to begin in the fall of 2025. Nearly 350 public and private high schools in the state are participating in the program...
Overstretched assisted living facilities, National park bill for Apostle Islands, ‘Slow-Mow Summer’
A journalist shares their reporting on Wisconsin assisted living facilities struggling to care for the complex needs of residents. Then we learn about the effort to make the Apostle Islands a national park. And an Appleton site manager explains how the city’s pivot from from “No Mow May.”
Women’s September Mushroom Conference Celebrates 8th Year
Mycelium Mysteries, the Women’s Mushroom Conference, will be held September 20 through 22 in Almond, Wisconsin. Now celebrating its eighth year, this immersive weekend will offer unique learning opportunities in an encouraging and nourishing atmosphere at Camp Helen Brachman, where participants can explore 200 acres of wooded land on mushroom and plant walks.
Five accused of harboring, aiding a felon in Amherst standoff involving Sauk Co. suspect
Five people are accused of harboring or aiding a felon after an armed standoff in Portage County involving a suspect accused of shooting a Sauk County deputy, a criminal complaint states.
Republicans ask voters to deny governor's power to spend fed money
Wisconsin Republicans are asking voters to take away the governor's power to unilaterally spend federal money, a reaction to the billions of dollars that flowed into the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers was free to spend most of that money as he pleased, directing most of it toward small businesses and economic development, angering Republicans who argued the Legislature should have oversight. That's what would happen...
Governor Evers asks voters to vote ‘no’ at the Aug. 13 election
EAU CLAIRE — Governor Tony Evers (D) visited Eau Claire Monday in order to encourage voters to vote ‘no’ on two questions that will be present on the Aug. 13 ballot. The questions read: “Delegation of appropriation power. Shall section 35 (1) of article IV of the constitution be created to provide that the legislature may not delegate its sole power to determine how moneys shall be appropriated?” and “Allocation of federal moneys. Shall section 35 (2) of article IV of the constitution be created...
DOJ takes over investigation in Amherst standoff that ended in suspect’s death
State officials are now in charge of a death investigation, after a nearly 24-hour standoff in Amherst that ended when police found the suspect’s body in an attic. The situation unfolded on July 25 when police from the Portage County Sheriff’s Department, Marathon County Sheriff’s Department and Stevens Point/Plover tactical teams served a warrant at a home in the 400 block of Mill Avenue in the village of Amherst and an arrest warrant for 32-year-old Jeffery E. Miller.
'Multiple and compound failures': Mulva Cultural Center sues exhibits provider for $1.4M
DE PERE - The Mulva Cultural Center scheduled an inaugural run of exhibits intended to wow greater Green Bay and northeastern Wisconsin residents the moment the $100 million arts and cultural center opened in December. Instead, the nonprofit arts and culture center claims the exhibit company it hired to provide programming failed to live up to its promises, according to a July 15 lawsuit filed in Brown County Circuit Court. The complaint alleges St. Paul-based Exhibits Development...
Judge rules Gibraltar student who took gun to school for protection is unfit for trial
STURGEON BAY (WLUK) – A high school student who said he was afraid of a former student so he brought a firearm to school property is not competent to stand trial, a judge ruled Tuesday. Aidan Rice, 18, faces one count of possessing a firearms on grounds of a...
Breaking: Green Bay Packers Announce They Cut Kicker From Training Camp
The Green Bay Packers are quickly narrowing down the kicker battle in training camp. All offseason, second-year kicker Anders Carlson has been defending his starting job from last season. Carlson had a disappointing rookie campaign, and the Packers have fielded a kicking competition since OTAs. The Green Bay Packers have...