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Storms spawn tornadoes in Wisconsin

Storms — accompanied by booming thunder, lightning displays and powerful winds — swept through parts of Wisconsin, Illinois, northern Indiana and Michigan overnight Thursday, leaving scores of trees down and thousands of homes without power. Several tornadoes touched down Thursday in central Wisconsin. None of the twisters have received ratings yet, said Timm Uhlmann, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Green Bay. “We’re still gathering reports,” Uhlmann said. “We’re assessing some of the damage and still getting video and pictures. The damage that we have is ...

Wisconsin tribe argues against permit for Line 5 reroute

Over two days of hearings this week, members of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, environmental advocates and experts testified against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granting a permit to reroute Enbridge’s Line 5 oil and natural gas pipeline in northern Wisconsin. The ...

Wisconsin judge pleads not guilty

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin judge pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges accusing her of helping a man who is illegally in the country evade U.S. immigration authorities seeking to arrest him in her courthouse. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan entered the plea during a brief ...

Northern Lights Master Gardeners Spring Plant Sale slated on Saturday

MARINETTE, Wis. — The annual Spring Plant Sale hosted by the Northern Lights Master Gardeners Association Inc. will take place from 9 am. to noon Saturday at Harmony Arboretum. The plant sale will feature a wide selection of plants grown and donated by members of NLMGA. Plants at Harmony ready to be divided will also be available for sale and will be dug during the plant sale. This year’s offerings include annuals, vegetables, perennials, herbs, native plants, and house plants. All proceeds go toward public educational programs and improvements to facilitate learning at ...

EPA to roll back some PFAS drinking water limits

The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it plans to weaken limits on some “forever chemicals” in drinking water that were finalized last year, while maintaining standards for two common ones. The Biden administration set the first federal drinking water limits for PFAS, or ...

Wisconsin judge indicted by grand jury in immigration case

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal grand jury indicted a Wisconsin judge Tuesday on charges she helped a man in the country illegally evade U.S. immigration authorities looking to arrest him as he appeared before her in a local domestic abuse case. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah ...