This afternoon’s top stories from the Northwest Wisconsin News Center: — The state’s budget committee declined to discuss forever chemicals and healthcare funding; — Wedding barns sue the state over new liquor license laws; — Rice Lake downtown sidewalk repairs have been postponed to start tomorrow; — and Burnett County remains the only Wisconsin county…
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Mariners beat the Minnesota Twins 10-6. Cal Raleigh connected for a pinch-hit grand slam in the seventh for Seattle, which has won three of four. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 points to help the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the Dallas Mavericks 117-95 in Game 1 of their…
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) At the Capitol, the legislature’s budget committee met on Tuesday. But the committee’s Republican majority did not take up “forever chemicals” or health care funding for western Wisconsin, as requested by Governor Tony Evers. “We will not be discussing PFAS or HSHS today. The governor does not have the authority to compel…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A pair of wedding barns sued the state of Wisconsin on Tuesday seeking to block enactment of a new law requiring them to get liquor licenses similar to other establishments that host events. They argue that because they don’t serve beer or alcohol themselves, but rather allow wedding parties to bring…
STURTEVANT, Wis. (WRN) — President Joe Biden returns to Wisconsin today. Biden is scheduled to deliver remarks at Gateway Technical College in Sturtevant at noon. He’s expected to highlight the scaled up Microsoft data center development in Mount Pleasant, and perhaps contrast that with the underperforming Foxconn project supported by former President Donald Trump, who…
RICE LAKE, Wis. (WJMC) — Work to replace defective sections of newly laid sidewalk pavement in downtown Rice Lake, has been postponed. Main Street Project Engineer Michael Van Guilder said weather has delayed the work and crews will start the work on Thursday, and it will likely extend into Monday, May 13. In the coming…
MADISON, Wis. (AP/WRN) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by animal welfare advocates seeking to invalidate Wisconsin’s new wolf management plan. Dane County Circuit Judge Stephen Ehlke threw out the case on Monday. The lawsuit accused Wisconsin wildlife officials of violating the state’s open meetings law and disregarding comments from wolf researchers and…
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — There is now only one county in Wisconsin free of the emerald ash borer beetle. WJFW-TV reports that the beetle has been found in Washburn and Taylor Counties. That leaves Burnett County in far northwest Wisconsin as the last place the invasive beetle hasn’t spread. The Department of Natural Resources ended…