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Wisconsin dogs frantically search for hidden rats in sport called Barn Hunt
The dog, its nose to the ground, frantically searches through straw bales. Sign up for WPR’s email newsletter. The rat’s faint sound is now close. The dog darts through hay bales, a hunter sniffing for its squeaking prey. It’s called Barn Hunt. Dogs and their owners enter a...
Adopt a Dairy Cow campaign raises over $168,000
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Over $168,000 was raised this year to supply milk to those in need through the Adopt a Dairy Cow initiative. Adopt a Dairy Cow was created by Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin to address the shortage of milk donations to the local pantry. The program has provided 300,000 gallons of milk to those facing nutrition insecurity in southwestern Wisconsin since launching a decade ago.
As fireworks displays get more expensive, Wisconsin communities see scaled-back, canceled shows
It’s time to celebrate Independence Day, and for a lot of families in Wisconsin, that means heading to a local fireworks show. While large-scale public fireworks displays are a popular holiday attraction, cities around the state are struggling to keep up with the rising costs of putting on Fourth of July festivities.
Smith: Survey shows continued decline in mallards but total ducks higher than long-term mean
The 2024 Wisconsin spring waterfowl breeding survey showed a continued decline in mallards, the state's most abundant duck species, and a year-over-year drop in total ducks as well as Canada geese. However the number of total ducks was higher than the 50-year average and waterfowl numbers are still in good...
Bergstrom Drives Wishes Home, Raising a Record $355K for Kids
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Bergtrom Automotive team and community members raised an all time record of $355,000 to help make life-changing wishes come true for local kids and families facing critical illnesses. Throughout the month of June, Bergstrom led a number of fundraisers to help raise money for Make-A-Wish...
Wisconsin drug dealer sentenced for turning ghost gun into a machine gun
MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) – A 28-year-old Wisconsin man was sentenced to federal prison on Tuesday for turning a ghost gun into a fully functional machine gun. According to a release, Byron Ellison, 28, from Windsor, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years behind bars for possessing heroin and fentanyl intended for distribution and possessing a machine gun.
WisDems: Round up: Rep. Jill Billings and community leaders call on Wisconsinites to vote no on amendments
MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday, Representative Jill Billings joined La Crosse small business owner Penny Fassler and ARPA funding recipient Andrew Rasmussen at a press conference in La Crosse urging Wisconsinites to vote ‘NO’ on two misleading and risky constitutional amendment ballot questions placed on the August 13 primary ballot by right-wing politicians in Wisconsin’s Legislature.
Rules and quotas set for Wisconsin's 2024 deer hunting seasons
The 2024-25 Wisconsin white-tailed deer hunting seasons will feature two northern counties with buck-only rules and a slight reduction in the statewide antlerless harvest quota. It will also include a record high number of farmland zone counties with extended archery seasons and holiday gun hunting seasons. And hunters in most farmland counties...
Funding for Mendota treatment center withheld by Republican lawmakers
A 16-year-old boy was charged last week with second-degree reckless homicide, felony murder and two counts of battery of 49-year-old Corey Proulx, a youth counselor for the Wisconsin Department of Corrections at Lincoln Hills School for Boys who was killed at work. The youth prison — as well as Copper Lake School for Girls — […] The post Funding for Mendota treatment center withheld by Republican lawmakers appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
DNR sets public hearing on proposal for Pierce Co. CAFO
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has scheduled a public hearing on a proposal from Appleton-based Breeze Dairy Group to expand its operation in Pierce County’s town of Salem to 6,500 animals. Since the proposed expansion was made public, local residents have raised concerns about how the farm plans to manage an estimated 80.7 million […] The post DNR sets public hearing on proposal for Pierce Co. CAFO appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
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