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Wisconsin News

Governor Thompson State Park sets 25th-anniversary celebration

CRIVITZ, Wis. — A 25th-anniversary celebration will take place Saturday at Governor Thompson State Park near Crivitz. The park will have free admission all day with an open house layout. There will be access to all the buildings, along with a short speaking event at 1 p.m. at the Woods Lake ...

A whooping crane dies of avian flu at Wisconsin refuge

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Ducky is dead. The International Crane Foundation announced Monday that Ducky, an endangered female whooping crane the foundation planned to release into the wilds of Wisconsin this fall, died on Thursday after becoming infected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, a ...

Wisconsin Planned Parenthood pauses abortions amid Medicaid cuts

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will stop scheduling patients for abortions starting next week as it works to find a way to provide the service in the face of Medicaid funding cuts in President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill, the nonprofit said Thursday. Abortion ...

Legislation would give state aid for generating aviation fuel from wood

Lawmakers from northern and northcentral Wisconsin are circulating a bill supporting Johnson Timber Corp. in Hayward to build a processing plant for aviation fuel made from logging debris. The legislation would reward the company with a $60 million tax credit and access to $150 million in ...

Trump loyalist Tiffany enters Wisconsin governor’s race

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A fierce loyalist of President Donald Trump who represents a broad swath of Wisconsin's rural north woods in Congress entered the governor's race in the battleground state Tuesday, shaking up the Republican primary. U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany becomes the front-runner over ...

Trump DOJ argues against Michigan effort to shut down Line 5

The Trump administration is stepping into the legal fight over whether Enbridge can continue to operate an aging pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel, arguing that Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer interfered with U.S. foreign policy when she revoked the line's easement almost five years ...