Lyle Anderson, 72, of Amery, passed away on February 2. The funeral service for Lyle Anderson will be held at First Lutheran Church, in Clear Lake, on Monday at 11 a.m. Visitation is Sunday, from 1 until 3 p.m., at Williamson-White Funeral Home, in Amery, and from 10 until 11 a.m. on Monday at the…
CHETEK, Wis. (WJMC) – The only negative with this year’s winter temperatures, is the impact they are having with outdoor tourism. Chetek Rod and Gun Shop owner Mike Bilodeau says business is slow because so few people are ice fishing. “The last two years have been tough. Now there’s finally ice. People are walking out.…
This afternoon’s top stories from the Northwest Wisconsin News Center: — A warm winter is driving down fishing tourism; — Wisconsin’s presidential primary ballot is finalized; — Attorney General Josh Kaul calls for better support of crime victims; — And Enbridge appeals to keep the Line 5 pipeline operational. These stories and more on today’s…
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MADISON, Wis. (WRN) – Wisconsin’s Presidential Primary ballot is finalized. Last week, the Wisconsin Elections Commission sent to county clerks the finalized, certified list of candidates qualified to have their names appear on the April primary ballot. That’s determined not by WEC, but by Wisconsin’s Presidential Preference Selection Committee and any applicable court decisions. The…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans are urging the state Supreme Court to ignore a report from redistricting consultants that determined GOP-proposed legislative maps were unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. They argue that the consultants’ findings are unsound. Democrats asked the court on Thursday to adopt one of their maps that the consultants found were “nearly indistinguishable.”…
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) – Wisconsin’s attorney general seeks to better support victims of crime. Josh Kaul and 41 other attorneys general are pressing for funding for mental health counseling, medical care, lost wages, and other services through the Federal Crime Victims Fund, or the VOCA Fund. Kaul said at a press conference Wednesday Wisconsin’s VOCA…
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) – New protections for migrant farm workers in Wisconsin. Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development says the new regulations require employee access to shade and breaks once the temperature is higher than 80 degrees. There will also be updated requirements for urinals and showerheads, and other safety upgrades like access to clothes washers…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Enbridge energy company is trying to persuade a federal appeals court to allow a pipeline to continue operating on a Wisconsin tribal reservation. In June, U.S. District Court Judge William Conley ordered Enbridge to shut down a portion of Line 5 that runs through the Bad River tribe’s reservation by 2026.…