New benches, chairs and planters have been placed downtown along Rice Lake’s Main Street, signaling the final stages of the city’s main street project. Tomorrow or Wednesday, crews will be removing and replacing defective concrete. No road closures are planned, but concrete trucks and other equipment will be using parking spaces. In the next week…
BARRON, Wis. (WJMC) — Barron’s Main Street project is closing the Seventh Street intersection near KJ’s Market. Barron’s La Salle Avenue is closed from Seventh to Second streets. Main Street businesses can be accessed along Monroe and South Fifth Street. The Seventh Street intersection will reopen tomorrow to local traffic. Construction crews are removing pavement…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has decided it will hear a case dealing with the legality of mobile voting sites without first letting it wind through any lower appellate courts. A conservative law firm sued in December 2022, alleging Racine city officials illegally used a voting van to collect absentee ballots that…
ASHLAND, Wis. (WRN) — A private college in northern Wisconsin, at risk of closing, will remain open. After announcing in March they’d have to close if they couldn’t raise $12 million by early April, the board of trustees at Northland College announced Thursday that the Ashland school would operate on a refocused model. The changes…
This morning’s top stories from the Northwest Wisconsin News Center: — We’re seeing the final stages of Rice Lake’s Main Street project; — Barron’s Main Street project continues; — Wisconsin’s Supreme Court is taking the case on mobile voting sites; — and Ashland’s Northland College will remain open. These stories on today’s local newscast.
SIREN, Wis. (WJMC) — Gov. Tony Evers is in Burnett County this weekend, to kick off the 2024 fishing season. Friday evening, he attended the 58th annual Governor’s Fishing Opener Banquet, in Siren, hosted by the Northwest Wisconsin ITBEC Tourism Committee. Fishing is important to the state’s economy and culture, and it transcends politics, he…
Dorothy (Wiesner) Williams, 83, of Rice Lake, passed away on April 30. She is survived by her husband, Robert; son, Robert Jr. “Pete”; and daughters, Laurie Lewis and Wendy Carlson. The celebration of life for Dorothy Williams will be held at Our Saviors Lutheran Church, in Campia, on Saturday from 1 until 4 p.m.
Today’s funeral announcements.
Today’s sportscast from the Northwest Wisconsin Sports Desk.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Obi Toppin scored 21 points, T.J. McConnell had 20 points and nine assists and the Indiana Pacers won a playoff series for the first time in a decade, beating the Milwaukee Bucks 120-98 in Game 6 on Thursday night. The Pacers will face New York in their first Eastern Conference semifinal in…