This summer, 97 Seven Country has a mission: to declare, for one day, that The World's Largest "M" (in Platteville) stands for 'McGraw', in dedication to country superstar: Tim McGraw, when he comes to the Field of Dreams on Saturday August 30th. To complete the mission we've created a petition, and we need 9...

Platteville Regional Chamber is hosting its Farmer Appreciation Lunch this month, held annually for June Dairy Month. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. June 19 at the chamber front porch on W. Business 151. A $5 meal consisting of a grilled cheese or grilled ham and cheese sandwich, chips, milk or water,...

Dubuque County's largest employer recorded a year-over-year decrease in net income for the recently completed quarter but a jump from first-quarter income. Deere & Co. reported $1.8 billion in net income for the second quarter, which ended April 27, down 24% from $2.37 billion in the same quarter last year. Compara...

Big Show Funny Story: Adventure Bay Charters recently pumped various rock hits through their underwater speakers, in South Australia's Neptune Bay. Most of the tunes garnered little interest or response from the fish below. But, according to tour operator Matt Waller, when Great White Sharks heard AC/DC's "Back In...

The top scores in this year's Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest have been tallied and a Southwest Wisconsin Technical College team came out on top. There were 7,494 entries, including 45 college teams, in a variety of categories. Southwest Tech Team 1 won the college division category, besting 44 other teams. The te...

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is accepting applications for 2025 Specialty Crop Block Grants until 10 a.m. on June 9. Eligible projects include those that focus on enhancing the competitiveness of specialty crop industries through research, education, or market developme...

Bacon and pork chops are not back on the menu at the Supreme Court. The high court on June 30 rejected another challenge to California's controversial animal-welfare law, two years after narrowly upholding the state's requirements on the sale of pork products. The Iowa Pork Producers Association argued the law discrimi...

Wisconsin's new Alice in Dairyland is Sarah Hagenow from Poynette. Hagenow was chosen from six top candidates during ceremonies held in Crawford County Saturday. Sarah's selection also marked the first time int he Alice in Dairyland program history that two sisters will serve as Alice, as Sarah's sister Ashley held the...

A Buffalo Wild Wings in Des Moines Iowa recently had a unique visitor...A hen! Yes, that's right a chicken mysteriously showed up at the front door of the famous chicken wing restaurant. Staff at at BW's contacted the Animal Rescue League of Iowa, who rescued the bird. The non-profit says the hen is safe and is now bei...

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced the implementation of the mandatory National Milk Testing Strategy (NMTS), required by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). This program provides surveillance of the nation's...