MADISON, Wis. (WRN) – Education is available for those interested in hunting bears. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is encouraging new and experienced bear hunters to join the Learn to Hunt Bear program as participants and teachers. The program includes multiple classroom and field sessions, culminating with a bear-hunting excursion. Participants will learn about…
This afternoon’s top stories from the Northwest Wisconsin News Center: — Learn traditional and green skills in Prairie Farm on Saturday; — The governor promotes apprentice firefighter programs; — Amid reports of prison deaths, the state’s Corrections Secretary retires; — and Dove Healthcare expands, having merged with five senior care centers. These stories on today’s…
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A day of educational skills will be held Saturday in Prairie Farm. The Hay River Transition Initiative invites all ages to the 14th Traditional and Green Skills event, this Saturday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., at Prairie Farm School. A full day of learning from local experts, and working together with the community to…
WAUSAU, Wis. (WRN) — Governor Tony Evers was in Wausau on Tuesday to listen to a proposed firefighter-EMT apprenticeship program from the Wausau Fire Department. Evers says such programs are becoming necessary as career firefighters retire. “It’s exciting that the people here are willing to try something different and make their city a better place,”…
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Wisconsin’s Corrections Secretary will retire this week. Governor Tony Evers announced last week that Kevin Carr will leave his position overseeing the state’s corrections system on Friday. Carr was one of Evers’ first cabinet appointees. He led DOC through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. More recently, there have been four…
RICE LAKE, Wis. (WJMC) — Dove Healthcare is expanding with five new locations across Wisconsin, having merged with Divine nursing homes and assisted living centers in Fennimore, Lodi, St. Croix Falls and Superior. They join Dove’s current locations in Barron, Bloomer, Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Osseo and Rice Lake. Dove Healthcare operates rehabilitation, post-acute care,…
This morning’s top stories from the Northwest Wisconsin News Center: — Learn traditional and green skills in Prairie Farm on Saturday; — The governor promotes apprentice firefighter programs; — Amid reports of prison deaths, the state’s Corrections Secretary retires; — and Dove Healthcare expands, having merged with five senior care centers. This on today’s local…
Judy Ricci, 76, of Shell Lake, passed away on March 2. She is survived by her daughter, Allison Ricci. The funeral service for Judy Ricci will be held at Salem Lutheran Church, in Shell Lake, on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Visitation is 10 until 11 a.m. on Wednesday at the church.