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Extreme heat warning as IM could reach 100

An extreme heat warning will be in effect until 9 p.m. today as the National Weather Service predicts temperatures in Iron Mountain could reach 100 degrees. The record-high temperature at Iron Mountain-Kingsford for July 13 is 103 degrees, set in 1936. The all-time highest July temperature is 104 degrees set in 1917. There have been record highs of 100 degrees or better on 10 different dates in July, but none since 2006, NWS records show. Heat-related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat and high humidity events, the NWS advised. “Take extra precautions when ...

Former Wisconsin judge spared prison for trying to obstruct ICE arrest

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan was spared from prison Wednesday for ushering a Mexican defendant through her jury room door as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents sought to arrest him in a courthouse hallway. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman fined her ...

Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to release voter records

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an attempt by a conservative activist to obtain guardianship records in an effort to find ineligible voters in the presidential battleground state. The case has been wending its way through the courts for years and stems ...

Duffy’s son-in-law divides Wisconsin GOP in congressional race

WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — Michael Alfonso, the 26-year-old son-in-law of U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, has an answer for people who say he doesn’t have the experience necessary to join Congress as its youngest member. He points to George Washington and Thomas ...

Five northern Wisconsin lakes set aside 80 years ago for research

Greg Sass steers a boat out towards four bright orange, round buoys floating off the shore of Escanaba Lake. Two graduate students on the boat hold onto wrapped PVC piping that gets hooked up to the buoys. Back on shore, those pipes are connected to a water heater you might find at an ...

Report: Wisconsin down 100K manufacturing jobs since 2001

Wisconsin has 100,000 fewer manufacturing jobs than it had in 2001 while health care and social assistance has become the state's largest professions, according to a new report from Forward Analytics. Manufacturing was the state’s largest industry in 2001 and now, along with 46 other states, health care and social assistance have overtaken it with those sectors adding 143,000 jobs since 2001. Only Indiana still has more manufacturing employees. Hawaii and Nevada are led by employees in accommodation and food service jobs. “Manufacturing remains a vital part of Wisconsin’s ...