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Large-scale bubble art display at The Weidner

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Giant bubbles are coming to The Weidner on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus. Big. Huge. Evanescent, a large-scale, immersive, temporary sculpture by Atelier Sisu, will be on display day and night outside at The Weidner through Sept. 15. Using light and ...

Seal-A-Smile available

FLORENCE, Wis. — As the 2024-2025 school year gets underway, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services is marking the 25th year of its successful Wisconsin Seal-A-Smile program, which brings preventive dental services to children of all ages statewide. Led by DHS, in collaboration with the Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin and Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation, the program provided care to more than 86,300 students during the 2023-2024 school year totaling an estimated $17,554,000 in dental services. “Tooth decay is the most common chronic disease experienced ...

Homicide investigated at prison

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Sheriff's deputies are investigating an apparent homicide at an aging maximum security prison in northeastern Wisconsin, marking another in a string of inmate deaths at two of the state's toughest prisons over the last year. The Brown County Sheriff's Department said in a news release Wednesday that deputies were called to the Green Bay Correctional Institution in Allouez about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a pulseless inmate who wasn't breathing. Micah Laureano, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene, the sheriff's department said. The initial investigation ...

RFK Jr., West approved for ballot in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted Tuesday to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the presidential ballot, despite his request to be removed, and also rejected a Democratic attempt to oust independent candidate Cornel West. A move by Democratic elections commissioners ...

Evers, DNR propose new set of PFAS drinking water standards

Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources introduced a proposed new set of standards for the allowable amount of PFAS in the state’s drinking water Monday. The action brings Wisconsin’s standards in line with the federal government’s. PFAS, also known as ...

Green Party’s Jill Stein to remain on Wisconsin ballot

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein will remain on the ballot in the crucial swing state of Wisconsin after the state Supreme Court decided on Monday not to hear a Democratic challenge seeking to oust her. Democrats are concerned that third-party candidates ...