Category Archives: Local News
Gov. Evers wants to let voters repeal and create state laws
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is reviving his plan to let voters repeal and create state laws without legislative involvement, this time through the state budget. Evers told reporters on Friday the state ...
Jan 07, 2025 Governor Tony Evers Official Portrait
Baldwin-Led Legislation to Place Women's Suffrage National Monument on National Mall Signed into Law
On Saturday, President Biden signed Senator Tammy Baldwin's Women's Suffrage National Monument Location Act into law on Saturday. Senator Baldwin fought for years to commemorate the women's suffrage m...
Jan 07, 2025 Baldwin Tammy
Tranel the longest serving 49th District Representative
State Representative Travis Tranel of Cuba City was sworn into office in front of friends, family, and colleagues at the Inauguration Day ceremony in the State Capitol. Officially, he begins his eight...
Jan 07, 2025 Travis Tranel
(R-Cuba City)
Green Bay man a semifinalist for Doritos Super Bowl commercial
A Green Bay videographer is a semifinalist in a competition to determine the next Doritos Super Bowl commercial. Landon Jones is in the running to win $1 million and have a commercial they made air du...
Jan 07, 2025
New fire response system in Iowa County
Iowa County Sheriff Michael Peterson issued a press release explaining the use of automatic aid orders during fire calls. After a routine Insurance Services Office rating audit conducted on an Iowa Co...
Jan 07, 2025 sboneham / CC
Iowa man arrest for 3rd OWI in Benton
On Monday at 11:01 PM Benton Fire, Benton First Response, and Hazel Green EMS responded to County Highway H in Benton Township for a one vehicle accident. 65-year-old Charles R. House of Protivin IA w...
Jan 07, 2025
USDA and Wisconsin Award $23.2 Million to Projects that Strengthen Food Supply Chain Infrastructure
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced it has partnered with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) to award...
Jan 06, 2025 GotCredit / CC
Needs assessment highlights key health needs in SW Wisconsin
Mental health, chronic illness and substance misuse top community concerns outlined in a recently released study evaluating health needs in southwest Wisconsin. The findings were published recently in...
Jan 06, 2025
DNR considering wind turbine restrictions to protect bats
Wisconsin's cave bats are in rapid decline. Now the DNR is looking at new restrictions on wind turbines to help save the bats. The fungal disease white-nose syndrome has been devastating Wisconsin's c...
Jan 06, 2025 broker / Depositphotos.com
Drug arrest in Soldiers Grove
On Saturday, January 4th the Crawford County Sheriff's Office conducted a traffic stop in the Village of Soldiers Grove. During the stop, K9 Diego was utilized and alerted to the presence of one or mo...
Jan 06, 2025
