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The Packers are getting two million-dollars in tourism money to help with the NFL Draft in Green Bay. The budget-writing Joint Finance Committee yesterday included the money in the state state budget. Lawmakers also added 10 million-dollars to the tourism budget for the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, and another 10 million for other large event attraction. Two Green Bay lawmakers asked for the two million for the draft, saying it is an investment that will pay-off when thousands of

ABOVE PHOTO: Amy Sabot, right, said her service dog, Mabel, a 6-year-old yellow lab, not only helps her perform a variety of physical tasks she can’t do on her own but provides emotional support as well. Beginning in the fall, 10 service dogs will receive training at UW-River Falls as part of the Falcon FETCH program on campus. Julian Emerson/UWRF photo.  The University of Wisconsin-River Falls will be home to new four-legged learners when the next school year kicks off

“I have long supported commonsense efforts to delist the gray wolf in Wisconsin because the science shows that the population has recovered in the Great Lakes region…” -U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)  Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Northern Great Lakes Wolf Recovery Act, new legislation to develop a regional-specific plan based in science to delist the gray wolf population in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The legislation would create an advisory committee comprised of members representing agriculture,

The University of Wisconsin-River Falls will reintroduce baseball and add men’s soccer as varsity sports beginning in the 2024-25 school year, part of the university’s plan to attract and retain more students on campus.  “Men’s soccer and baseball will attract prospective students who are passionate about these sports, and that may influence their decision to choose UWRF over other universities…” The university’s strategic enrollment management plan prioritizes the addition of sports as a way to recruit more students. Universities across

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Newly unsealed court documents show the Green Bay woman accused of dismembering her boyfriend after a day of drug use want the sexual assault charge she’s facing dropped because her boyfriend was no longer a person. A judge yesterday unsealed some motions in Taylor Schabusiness’ trial. Among them is a request from her lawyers to drop a sexual assault charge because her boyfriend was already dead when she’s accused of assaulting him. Her lawyers argue Wisocnsin’s sexual assault law only

The man accused of finding women on dating apps, drugging and robbing them, and perhaps killing one, is asking the judge if he can represent himself. Timothy Olson was in a Milwaukee County court Tuesday without a lawyer, but wants to move ahead with the case anyway. He’s facing a charge in Milwaukee County for allegedly having a 79-year-old drive around so he could steal money from her. He’s facing charges in Racine as well, and is a person of

The final person charged with killing an 11-year-old Madison girl back in 2020 has pleaded guilty.  Jerry Ward pleaded guilty yesterday to first-degree reckless homicide as a party to a crime charges.  He was in the car when another man opened fire on 11-year-old Anisa Scott’s father, but hit her instead. Ward was 17-years-old at the time.  Prosecutors are asking for a 20-year sentence as part of the plea agreement.  Ward’s sentencing date has not yet been set.

Most of Wisconsin’s Republicans in Congress voted for the new debt ceiling deal, while the state’s two Democrats voted against it. Republican Tom Tiffany from the northwoods was the only Republican to vote against the deal that raises the debt ceiling in exchange for a few spending cuts. Tiffany said the deal doesn’t cut enough spending. Wisconsin’s two Democrats didn’t like the welfare-to-work requirements in the package. The debt ceiling deal now heads to the U.S. Senate, where Republican Ron Johnson is

Wisconsin’s attorney general wants the federal government to set PFAS standards for drinking water, so the state isn;t on its own.  A-G Josh Kaul yesterday signed-on to a letter to the EPA, urging a federal set of standards for PFAS contamination.  He said people across the country need to feel safe when they turn-on the tap.  Currently, there aren’t any federal standards.  That means each state can set its own, and Wisconsin set its own PFAS standards back in February of last