Smoke from wildfires — which are burning more of the Northern Hemisphere as Earth warms — attacks nearly every system in the human body, killing tens of thousands of people a year, numerous medical studies show. It attacks the body immediately, spiking asthma cases with increased ...
Voters in Wisconsin are not going to get a chance to cast another ballot ahead of next month’s election. The state’s Elections Commission recently clarified rules for “spoiling” ballots cast for candidates who have dropped out. “Once an absentee ballot has been returned to the municipal clerk, it cannot be spoiled and reissued for any reason,” the Commission wrote in a letter to the state’s local election clerks. The decision is new, and a reversal from 2022 when the Elections Commission allowed voters to cast a “do-over” ballot in the state’s Democrat primary ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk likely broke Wisconsin law when he promised to hand out $1 million checks to voters in the 2025 state Supreme Court election, a bipartisan panel has found. The Wisconsin Elections Commission last week referred two complaints to the Brown County ...
MARINETTE, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation Northeast Region will have construction and full highway closure to replace 42 deteriorating culverts on State Highway 180 from State Highway 64 to U.S. 141 between the village of Wausaukee and the city of Marinette in Marinette County will begin Monday. The project is expected to finish this fall. Inspections have determined that the existing culverts are nearing the end of their service life and are showing significant deterioration. This culvert replacement project includes installation of new culverts, removal and ...
Another week of blistering heat will bring even more health risks in the coming days, as overnight temperatures won’t provide much relief. The National Weather Service is predicting more than 90 temperature records across the U.S. will be tied or broken this week through Wednesday — and ...
OCONTO COUNTY, Wis. — A 39-year-old Escanaba man was killed Sunday afternoon when the motorcycle he was operating collided with a truck in Oconto County. The crash happened about 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of County Trunk Highway S and Schwartz Road in Chase, a small town slightly northwest of Green Bay. “A preliminary investigation indicates that a truck was stopped at the stop sign on Schwartz Road, facing south. The truck then proceeded into the intersection, where it was struck on the passenger-side box area of the truck by an eastbound motorcycle traveling on CTH ...
