Wisconsin News

Communities that Care awarded federal grant

MENOMINEE — The Communities that Care Coalition of Marinette and Menominee Counties, under the Menominee County Intermediate School District Prevention Services, has been selected to receive a $125,000 federal grant from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program. This award marks the coalition’s sixth year of DFC funding, after experiencing a lapse in funding last fiscal year after ONDCP required a recompete of all awards to ensure applicant compliance with the administration’s executive orders and priorities. This ...

FBI leads probe into fire at Line 5 reroute in Wisconsin

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is leading a probe into a fire that occurred last Thursday at a drilling site for Enbridge’s reroute of its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in northern Wisconsin. The Ashland County Sheriff’s Office and the Ashland Fire Department were called to a fire ...

Applicants sought for Wisconsin District III Court of Appeals

MADISON — Applicants are being sought for the Court of Appeals – District III to fill a vacancy being created by Judge Lisa K. Stark’s retirement, effective Dec. 28, Gov. Tony Evers’ office announced. The new judge will complete a term that ends July 31, 2029. District III consists of Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Forest, Iron, Kewaunee, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Shawano, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vilas ...

Wisconsin DNR updates hunters on deer diseases as EHD reports grow

Wisconsin wildlife regulators say they’ve received more than 1,600 reports of dead deer in southeastern Wisconsin tied to the state’s largest outbreak of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease. Last month, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources confirmed two wild deer in Washington ...

Police leadership program grads

Top farm-state GOP senator begs Trump for diesel export embargo

WASHINGTON — Diesel prices hit a record average of $6.51 a gallon Monday, and some in President Donald Trump’s own party are breaking their support for the ongoing war in Iran that has driven fuel prices to staggering levels in the United States and across the globe. According to ...