HUDSON, Wis. (WRN) — The trial of a Minnesota man charged with fatally stabbing of a teenager and wounding four others in summer 2022 on the Apple River in western Wisconsin is now in the hands of jurors. The defense told jurors that 54-year-old Nicolae Miu was outnumbered in a chaotic confrontation with a large…
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WRN) — Former President Donald Trump wants Wisconsin’s elections administrator removed. Trump called for the firing of Megan Wolfe during a Tuesday call in to The Regular Joe Show on WTAQ-Green Bay “Well I’ve heard so much about Megan Wolfe, and it’s like unanimous she shouldn’t be there,” Trump said. Trump repeated…
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Democratic Governor Tony Evers wants Republicans who control the Legislature to release $125 million in funding to remediate the harms from “forever chemicals.” Earlier this month, he called the Joint Finance Committee into special session on that. Tuesday saw just the panel’s four Democrats show up. “Are we angry about that?…
CABLE, Wis. (WJMC) — This week, a new segment was added to the state’s Rustic Road program. The new Rustic Road 125, a nine and a half mile stretch near the American Birkebeiner Trail, includes the Telemark Road and Spider Lake Fire Lane. It curves along hilly, glaciated country in Bayfield and Sawyer counties. Since…
This morning’s top stories from the Northwest Wisconsin News Center: — An abortion rights case may be heard by the state supreme court; — Voters with disabilities sue to have access to electronic voting machines; — The governor and legislative Republicans continue to spar over PFAs cleanup funding; — And a new Rustic Road has…
Lucille “Lu” Gargulak, 85, passed away on March 9. She is survived by her husband, William “Bill” Gargulak; children, Michael Gargulak, Mary Bravo and Mark Gargulak; and sister, Dolly Papke. The Mass of Christian burial for Lucille Gargulak will be held at St. Joseph Catholic Church, in Rice Lake, on Friday at 12 p.m. Visitation…
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MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WRN) — A Wisconsin utility looks to raise rates for the third time in three years. We Energies spokesperson Brendan Conway tells Fox 6 Milwaukee most of that rate increase would cover the costs of previously approved new power plants. “As we’re closing our older, less efficient fossil fuel plants we’re building this…
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Wisconsin’s workforce is expected to continue significant growth. Recently published short-term employment projections show the state making a remarkable post pandemic recovery, with employment fully restored as of the second quarter of 2023. Projections by Department of Workforce Development labor economists point to Wisconsin adding nearly 82,000 new jobs, an increase…