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Program Nov. 18 in Crivitz on youth marijuana use

CRIVITZ, Wis. — Communities that Care of Marinette & Menominee Counties invites community members to attend its community talk, “Marijuana, Teens and Tomorrow,” an educational town hall focused on youth marijuana use, its potential impacts, and what parents, caregivers and communities need to know to help protect the next generation. The event will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in the Crivitz High School Auditorium, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. for light refreshments and giveaway registration. The evening will feature a 45-minute documentary screening of ...

Forecast points to mild winter as drought turns extreme

Temperatures in the Upper Peninsula this winter may range 4 to 6 degrees higher than average as a potentially record-setting El Nino is expected to shape global weather patterns, according to AccuWeather forecasters. El Nino, characterized by warmer-than-normal sea-surface temperatures over ...

Wisconsin regulators approve lower rate hikes for We Energies and WPS

State regulators approved electric rate increases for two of Wisconsin’s biggest utility companies Thursday, but the size of the rate hikes came in lower than the utilities requested. We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service, both owned by the same parent company, filed applications in ...

Infant dies from measles as Wisconsin outbreak grows

A Wisconsin infant has died of measles — the first death from the viral illness since 1990, the state health department reported Thursday. The death comes as Wisconsin has experienced the largest number of measles cases in more than 35 years, Dr. Ryan Westergaard, chief medical officer ...

Child dies of measles in Wisconsin, first such death since 1990

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An infant in southwestern Wisconsin has died after contracting measles, the state’s first death from the disease in 36 years, state officials announced Thursday. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services did not specify where the death happened or provide any ...

Crowley defeats Tiffany to become Wisconsin’s first Black governor

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrat David Crowley defeated a Republican Tom Tiffany on Tuesday, rising from a childhood in one of the nation’s poorest neighborhoods to become the first Black person to lead the battleground state. Crowley’s win over Tiffany, the U.S. representative from the ...