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The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) reminds those interested to register now for the Dairy Symposium at World Dairy Expo. The Dairy Symposium will be held on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 from 8:00 – 11:30 a.m. in The Tanbark. The Dairy Symposium will feature the four Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiatives from across the country. The regional DBI Initiatives provide direct technical assistance and sub-awards to dairy businesses to develop, produce, market, and distribute dairy products.

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Cycling League mountain bike course setup and race will be held Saturday and Sunday (September 16th and 17th, 2023) at Lowes Creek County Park. The racecourse will be set up beginning at 6 am on Saturday, with pre-race riding ending around 6 pm. The race will be held on Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Therefore, all Lowes Creek County Park trails will be closed to non-racers during those times. Vehicle entrance fees to Lowes Creek

Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Jim Risch (R-ID) led a bipartisan group of colleagues in calling out the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for letting non-dairy lab-grown products illegally label their products with dairy terms. The bipartisan group highlighted the proliferation of imitation products, specifically the new cell-based, lab-grown imitators that are using dairy terms like milk, cheese, and yogurt. “For decades FDA has allowed non-dairy products to illegally use dairy terms to label their imitation products, most

“Our local people have been putting in sweat equity so it was a viable campground” Ownership of a popular Dunn County park and campground has been transferred to the town of Sand Creek 50 years after the town turned it over to the county.’  “The agreement between the county and the town came together quite nicely,” said Michael Nelson, chair of the Sand Creek Town Board, about Myron Park in the northern part of Dunn County. “The town was ready to take over the park, and

Wisconsin’s DNR is looking to change some of the rules for wolf hunters. The state’s new wolf management plan would require wolf hunters in Wisconsin to report their kills more quickly, and would limit the time hunters have to train their dogs for wolf hunts. The DNR also would require that hunters leave wolf dens alone. The changes are part of a new wolf management plan in Wisconsin that would reverse the state’s direction on its wolf population. The plan

Democrats at the Wisconsin Capitol have a plan that would push-back on school choice in the state. A number of Democrats will hold a news conference today to introduce legislation they say will “reinvest in public schools, and push back against the school privatization movement.” Wisconsin Republicans secured a large funding increase for choice schools in the new state budget. Democrats at the Capitol have for years said choice schools take money away from traditional public schools, but supporters say

There is now a lawsuit aimed at stopping an impeachment of Wisconsin’s newest Supreme Court Justice. Madison attorney Tim Burns, who ran for the Supreme Court in 2018, yesterday filed a lawsuit that claims an impeachment would violate the constitutional rights of the people who voted for Janet Protasiewicz last spring. Republicans have been talking about impeaching Protasiewicz for the past few weeks. They want her to recuse herself from cases about Wisconsin’s political maps and abortion, both things she

Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol are ready to approve another doomed tax cut. The Assembly is set to vote this afternoon on a nearly three-billion-dollar tax cut package that would give most taxpayers in the state about 700 dollars of their money back. The plan would also make retirement essentially tax-free for most retirees. While there are plenty of votes to pass the tax cut, Governor Tony Evers has already promised a veto. The governor says Wisconsin cannot afford to

The Marching Falcons are back at UW-River Falls. The school fielded a marching band this year, for the first time in 33 years. Band director Tom Barnett says he’s heard from students for years that they’d like to come to River Falls, but there wasn’t a band. The new band has 56 members, who had just five days of practice to get ready for last week’s football game. Band members say it’s a lot of fun to play together at

Oktoberfest is looking at its 20th year in Chippewa Falls. Organizers say this weekend’s festival will mark two decades of celebrations. Missy Prissel with the Chippewa Falls Chamber of Commerce says this year’s festival will be just as exciting as the last, but may see more people. Oktoberfest kicks off at 11 Friday morning, and goes til late Saturday night. You can get a full schedule and buy your wristbands online WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.