by Julia Hunter; from wnanews.com When a Tomahawk High School valedictorian decided against speaking at her graduation after school administrators attempted to censor her, the Tomahawk Leader published her speech in its entirety.
Read MoreThe Capitol Report By WisPolitics.com The great gerrymandering debate continues after the U.S. Supreme Court tossed the hot political potato back to lower courts. The bottom line: district lines in Wisconsin won’t be changing for this year’s elections.
Read MoreThe 2nd District Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a Winnebago County judge’s release of personnel records requested by Alexander Nemec, a reporter with UW-Oshkosh’s student newspaper, The Advance-Titan.
Read MoreThere are government-sponsored funds available to help homeowners who would like to make repairs to their homes. The CDBG Home Repair Program offers loans at no interest to income eligible homeowners for necessary repairs. You repay the loan when you no longer occupy the home (when you sell or move out of the home). Loans…
Read MoreWAUSAU – Governor Scott Walker announced on June 25 that the Great Lakes Cheese Co. has received a $500,000 state grant that will assist the company in training workers for its facility now under construction in Wausau.
Read MoreDunn County Solid Waste & Recycling has made the hard and difficult decision to discontinue the #1 clear thermoform recycling pilot program.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board has a big decision to make. Should Dunn County move all of the offices from the old courthouse building on Wilson Avenue to the Community Services Building on Highway 12/29 and sell the courthouse building? Or should Dunn County offices remain downtown? Either way —…
Read MoreMADISON, WIS. — Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that James Unser, 60, Sheldon, Wisconsin, was sentenced on June 13 by U.S. District Judge William Conley to six years in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it. This term of imprisonment is to be…
Read MoreJoseph Hinz of Star Prairie is the lucky winner of $2.2 million from the April 14 Megabucks drawing. The winning numbers from Saturday, April 14 were 04, 06, 11, 16, 40, and 45.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved an ATV/UTV route through the village, although the route will not be able to be used until sometime after October. The public safety committee discussed the ATV/UTV route, and the general recommendation is to establish a route from county Highway M to Railroad…
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