SPOONER, Wis. (WJMC) — The end of the holiday weekend included long traffic jams for northwoods visitors departing for home. On Highway 53 south, between Haugen and Spooner and Spooner and Trego, vehicles were bumper to bumper on Sunday, according to videos posted to social media. Similar reports said Highway 63, between Cumberland and Turtle…
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CHETEK and RICE LAKE, Wis. (WJMC) — Fires damaged two garages this weekend. A fire destroyed a detached garage on Saturday afternoon, according to Barron County dispatch logs. Reports said the fire was reported just before 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 6, in the 2600 block of Sixth and Fifth and ¾ Avenue, southeast of…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court is changing course and will allow officials to place ballot drop boxes around their communities in this fall’s elections in the presidential swing state. The court ruled in 2022 that absentee ballot drop boxes could be used only in election offices and no one other than the…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court says Republican legislators are improperly blocking conservation projects. The 6-1 ruling Friday marks a victory for Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and environmentalists. Evers maintains that the GOP-run Joint Finance Committee has too much power to kill funding for initiatives. That includes University of Wisconsin employee raises and…
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — He’s staying in the race. President Joe Biden in Madison on Friday, attempting to reassure worried Democrats that he’s still fit to serve a second term. “What do you think – you think I’m too old to restore Roe v Wade to the law of the land?” Biden asked. “You think…
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Wisconsin Democrats sound the alarm over “Project 2025” and a second term for Donald Trump. State Party Chair Ben Wikler fired up supporters of President Joe Biden prior to Friday’s rally in Madison. “Are you ready to stop Donald Trump from becoming the dictator that he dreamed of being,” Wikler said.…
This morning’s top stories from the Northwest Wisconsin News Center: — Fires damaged garages this weekend; — The State Supreme Court says absentee ballot drop boxes are allowed; — President Joe Biden was in Madison on Friday, trying to garner support for a second term; — and Wisconsin Democratic leaders raise alarm over a right-wing,…