MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Wisconsin’s wildfire season is off to an early start. Lack of snowfall across the state means conditions are primed for fires. Already this year, the Department of Natural Resources has responded to 138 wildfires, burning nearly 300 acres. The 10-year average is four fires for two acres. The agency anticipates a…
This morning’s top stories from the Northwest Wisconsin News Center: — A recall for mislabeled allergens in a Nilssen’s beef burger product; — Gov. Tony Evers signs a bill expanding the state’s child care tax credit; — Hundreds of pages of documents have been released from the fake elector lawsuit settlement; — and the spring…
Linda Johnson, 80, of Loma Linda, California, and formerly of Rice Lake, passed away on December 29, 2023. She is survived by her sons, Tom Johnson Jr., Todd Johnson and Tim Johnson; and brother, John Hubeler. The funeral service for Linda Johnson will be held at Appleyard’s Home for Funerals, in Rice Lake, on June…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two attorneys for then-President Donald Trump orchestrated a plan for fake electors to file paperwork falsely saying he won Wisconsin in a strategy to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory there. That’s according to a lawsuit settlement reached Monday that makes public months of texts and emails. Kenneth Chesebro and Jim Troupis…
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed a nearly $800 million income tax cut passed by Republicans, along with bills that would have increased the income tax credit for married couples and raised the amount of retirees’ income exempt from the state income tax. Republicans who voted to pass the bills in February…
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Wisconsin’s Supreme Court won’t redraw congressional maps. Bob Hague takes a look. A unanimous court on Friday rejected a request to redraw the state’s eight congressional district lines ahead of the 2024 elections. The Justices didn’t offer an explanation for the decision to deny the petition from a group of Democratic…
WAUKESHA, Wis. (WRN) — Mobilizing the women’s vote and reproductive rights were the focus of First Lady Jill Biden’s latest appearance in Wisconsin Sunday. “Women put Joe Biden in the White House, and women are going to do it again.” Biden spoke at the Waukesha County Expo Center on the last top of her “Women…
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Fatal workplace injuries increased in Wisconsin year-to-year by almost 20 percent. Newly released data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that in 2022, 125 work injuries that led to deaths were reported in the Badger State. That number is the highest for Wisconsin since the state reached an all-time high…