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A town in central Wisconsin is being evacuated after heavy rain caused floodwaters to burst through a levee.  Local officials say the Manawa Dam was breached Friday afternoon after the Little Wolf River began to overflow following hours of steady rain.  The National Weather Service in Green Bay says over five inches of rain fell in about four hours in the Manawa area.  Authorities started evacuating residents after emergency crews saw the ground was eroding around the dam.  At around

The state Supreme Court says GOP lawmakers overstepped their authority when they blocked Governor Evers from making decisions about land conservation. The high court ruled 6-1 on Friday to prevent the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee from blocking projects proposed as part of the land stewardship program. Evers had filed a lawsuit arguing that committees like the Joint Finance Committee violated the separation of powers established in Wisconsin’s Constitution.

President Biden is vowing to stay in the presidential race following his poor debate performance against Donald Trump. During a campaign rally in Madison, Wisconsin today, Biden told his supporters he’s staying in the race and that he’ll beat Trump in November. The president laid out his record and brushed off concerns about his age. He called Trump the “biggest liar” and “biggest threat to Democracy.” Biden is trying to ease concerns among his allies and voters following his shaky

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is restoring the right to vote using ballot drop boxes statewide. The method was prohibited in a 2022 ruling by the then-conservative Supreme Court. The ruling doesn’t require election Clerk’s offices to provide the drop boxes, but allows them to at their discretion. Almost 530 drop boxes in 66 counties were used during the 2020 presidential election.

One person who died in a head-on crash in Polk County has been identified. The county Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened on Monday just before noon on State Highway 63. An SUV crossed the center line and hit a passenger car, killing the driver. That deceased is identified as 72-year-old Bradley Niemann of Baldwin. The SUV driver also sustained critical injuries.

As we are on the other side of Independence Day our Friday Feel Good talks about starting off a new life with a bang!   An Uber Eats driver in Phoenix left a note on a woman’s Chipotle bag about how he was driving on the side to give his fiancée the “wedding she deserves.”  Now he can after a customer posted that note online and it went viral.  The couple has received enough donations for their dream wedding.  The woman who posted

President Biden is coming back to Wisconsin today. The president will make a campaign stop in Madison. The visit is the latest from either the president, the vice president, or the first lady to the state. Wisconsin is, of course, one of the key states in this year’s presidential election. The latest Marquette Law School Poll gives the president a two-point lead among likely voters in the state.

The Juneau County cabin that burned and killed six people didn’t have a rental permit. Authorities say the cabin, which was regularly listed on Airbnb, was never licensed or inspected for rental. Six people died in the fire at the camp in Necedah last week. No one is saying just what caused the fire, or whether a rental permit would have avoided the fire. The local health department says people have to have an inspection as part of their licensing,

Authorities in Two Rivers say they don’t want people to stop searching for Elijah Vue. Police in the city say the searches from volunteers are one of the key pieces to their investigation into the little boy’s disappearance. Elijah went missing back in February after spending a few days with his mother’s boyfriend. Two Rivers police say they don’t want people to forget about the case. But there haven’t been any solid leads in a while, and investigators say the

It was a violent Fourth of July in Milwaukee. Police in the city say five people were shot yesterday, one of them died. The deadly shooting happened about 10:45 last night on North 25th. Police say there was an argument, then someone pulled out a gun and shot a 42-year-old. Milwaukee Police say they did not make an arrest in the case.