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Updated: 6 hours ago
|By Sean White
April marks a significant uptick in job-seeking activities for teens, and the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development has planned a month-long “Welcome to the Workforce” outreach initiative for students, parents, and employers.
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Updated: 6 hours ago
|By The Associated Press
The winner of the country’s most expensive state Supreme Court race to date will determine majority control of Wisconsin’s high court.
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Updated: 6 hours ago
|By The Associated Press
The finance committee approved the settlement unanimously.
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Updated: 6 hours ago
|By Sean White
The Wisconsin DNR announced Tuesday that outdoor recreators can now purchase their 2023 state trail passes.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 4:47 PM CDT
|By WEAU Staff and Jeff Ralph
Janet Protasiewicz and Dan Kelly met and spoke with voters at The Labor Temple on Birch Street.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 2:08 PM CDT
|By WEAU Staff
The pest is the most damaging threat to Wisconsin trees, a media release says.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 1:10 PM CDT
|By PRESS RELEASE
Community and company leaders celebrated the announcement and the future expansion, a press release says.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 5:43 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
The settlement also calls for Kinnard Farms to upgrade two waste storage facilities and a feed storage area.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 4:50 PM CDT
|By WEAU Staff and Jeff Ralph
They’re referred to as the Employ Vets Act and the Protect Military Dependents Act.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 1:40 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
Disabled voters say local election leaders across Wisconsin are not following federal law during early voting in the high-stakes race for state Supreme Court, incorrectly telling them they can’t have another person return their absentee ballot for them.
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Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 5:17 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
Majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is at stake in the April 4 election.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 5:12 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
A cyberattack began early this week, according to a statement from court officials.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 4:26 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
Sentencing is set for May 16.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 3:07 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
Penalties for reckless driving and carjacking would increase under Republican-authored bills that the Wisconsin Legislature approved Wednesday.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 2:14 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
Conversion therapy for minors has been banned in more than a dozen Wisconsin cities.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 1:08 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
Assembly approval would send the bill to the Senate.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 12:53 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press and Harm Venhuizen
The Assembly planned to take up the bill later Wednesday.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 11:05 AM CDT
|By The Associated Press
According to the bill sponsors, only five other states offer the same benefit to retirees.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 6:01 PM CDT
|By Nick Viviani
The bill would repeal the 1849 law and leave all other abortion laws standing.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 3:06 PM CDT
|By Lila Szyryj
The Department of Natural Resources urges the public to avoid feeding deer, including leaving out corn, alfalfa and other feed for them in your backyard.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 10:35 AM CDT
|By The Associated Press and Scott Bauer
Whoever wins the April 4 election for a seat vacated by the retirement of a conservative justice will determine majority control of the court for at least the next two years.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 8:16 AM CDT
|By Heather Poltrock
The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating a woman’s death in Hortonville.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 2:33 PM CDT
|By Sean White
University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman detailed his plan for a tuition and fee increase for the 2023-24 academic year.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 12:41 PM CDT
|By PRESS RELEASE
The FBI is asking anyone with information about the man to contact the FBI Milwaukee Field Office at (414) 276-4684.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 12:29 PM CDT
|By SCOTT BAUER
La Follette, 82, won reelection to an 11th term in November over a Republican who wanted to shift election duties to the office.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 2:56 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press and Harm Venhuizen
Democratic lawmakers unveiled plans Thursday to largely eliminate the use of cash bail in Wisconsin.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 11:52 AM CDT
|By The Associated Press
The bill from state Reps. Dave Armstrong, Treig Pronschinske and James Edming and Sen. Romaine Quinn would designate the Henry All-Weather .45-70 as Wisconsin’s official state rifle.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 10:47 AM CDT
|By WEAU Staff
Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. on April 5, 2023, according to a media release.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 4:15 PM CDT
|By Charlie Hildebrand
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources needs the public’s help documenting frog and toad breeding calls.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 2:30 PM CDT
|By SCOTT BAUER
Democrats have been united in calling for the state’s 174-year-old abortion ban to be repealed entirely.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 4:42 PM CDT
|By WEAU Staff
The Chairman of the Sokaogon Chippewa Community delivered the address.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 11:52 AM CDT
|By PRESS RELEASE
The letters were sent to Walgreens, Albertsons, Costco, Kroger, Walmart, CVS Health, and Rite Aid, according to a press release.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 11:30 AM CDT
|By PRESS RELEASE
The proposed drinking water standards include two of the most well-studied and concerning types of PFAS, a press release says.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 10:59 AM CDT
|By PRESS RELEASE
Firefighting foams containing PFAS have been linked to contamination of drinking water in communities across the country and in Wis. in close proximity to airports, a media release says.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 10:51 AM CDT
|By WEAU Staff
The deadline to submit entries is Friday, May 5, 2023, according to a media release.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 10:48 AM CDT
|By The Associated Press
The winner in the April 4 election will determine majority control of the court.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 4:04 PM CDT
|By Rick Callahan
Arvin Raj Mathur, 32, was in Michigan’s St. Clair County Jail on Sunday following his arrest after traveling from Copenhagen,.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 12:18 PM CDT
|By PRESS RELEASE
The investigation began in early September 2022 as a littering case, according to a press release.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 11:21 AM CDT
|By WEAU Staff
The Wis. spring election is April 4.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 4:48 PM CST
|By Sean White
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and John Hoeven (R-ND) reintroduced the American Aviator Act of 2023 on Friday, bipartisan legislation to increase opportunities and expand flight-training services for veterans to become commercial airline pilots.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 2:13 PM CST
|By The Associated Press and Todd Richmond
The Legislature’s GOP-controlled rules committee voted 6-4 to block the proposal.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 10:24 AM CST
|By The Associated Press and Scott Bauer
The 4th District Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a lower court’s ruling from 2021 in favor of the AP and others.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 3:46 PM CST
|By WEAU Staff
In Wis. last year, 29 domestic flocks in 18 counties were confirmed with HPAI, according to a media release.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 11:23 AM CST
|By The Associated Press and SCOTT BAUER
The Home Crew Coalition was formed as Gov. Tony Evers and the Brewers have teamed up behind the governor’s proposal.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 2:53 PM CST
|By PRESS RELEASE
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined Mark R. Warner (D-VA), John Thune (R-SD), and a bipartisan group of Senators to introduce the RESTRICT Act.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 2:44 PM CST
|By PRESS RELEASE
More than 62,600 students participated in this year’s competition, according to a media release.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 1:48 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
Wisconsin Republicans are preparing to again block a new policy from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers that requires students to get vaccinated twice against meningitis and tightening student chickenpox vaccination mandates.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 2:41 PM CST
|By The Associated Press
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Janet Protasiewicz and Dan Kelly have agreed to meet in at least one debate ahead of the April 4 election.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 9:30 PM CST
|By Heather Poltrock
Ferrario was arrested by the Eau Claire Police Department on March 1. He was transferred to the Marathon County Jail on Friday morning.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 2:41 PM CST
|By Sean White
The Wisconsin Department of Revenue is sending $3.9 million to unclaimed property owners in March, and for many, the delivery of a check will come as a surprise.