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 The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) will set over 10,000 traps for spongy moth (Lymantria dispar) in 47 counties from mid-May through early July. DATCP asks that property owners allow trapping staff to place traps on their land and to not disturb the traps once in place. “Traps are monitoring tools that identify pockets where spongy moth is advancing into previously uninfested areas,” says Michael Falk, DATCP Forest Entomologist. “Pinpointing these pockets allows program managers to

 Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway is joining President Biden’s national campaign advisory board.   She’s one of dozens of Democrats that will help the president with his campaign for reelection in 2024.  The group will be chaired by former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

A Canadian mining company gets approval to drill for copper and gold in parts of northern Wisconsin.  This month the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources authorized Green Light Wisconsin’s plans to drill several holes at six sites in the Bend Deposit in northwest Taylor County.  The company says it plans to drill for about ten weeks.

ROCK OF AGES takes you back to the time of big egos, big guitar solos and even bigger hair! This five-time Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical features hits from Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, and more. It’s the tail end of the big, bad 1980’s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging hard. Aqua Net, Lycra, lace, and liquor flow freely at one of the Sunset Strips’ last legendary venues, where egotistical rock star Stacee Jaxx takes

ABOVE PHOTO: Chousie Yang, 20, of Eau Claire, is a first-generation college student and will give the commencement speech at Chippewa Valley Technical College on May 18, when she graduates with an associate degree in business management. From a young age, Chousie Yang took on a leadership role in life. As the youngest of five children born to Hmong refugee parents who fled a war-torn Laos in the 1980s, Yang was her parents’ translator, document reader and check writer. “I

 After the recent loss of a local deputy in the line of duty, we know that 2023 is the deadliest year for police officers and deputies in Wisconsin in the past two decades. St. Croix County Sheriff  Scott Knudson yesterday said he is hurting once again after one of his deputies, Deputy Katie Leising, was gunned down over the weekend. She is the fourth law enforcement officer to be killed in Wisconsin so far this year. She was the third officer in western Wisconsin to be

There is a national manhunt for the two suspects in Fond du Lac’s triple shooting from over the weekend. Prosecutors yesterday filed formal charges against 17-year-old Antonio Johnston and 14-year-old Parise Larry Jr. Fond du Lac Police say they shot three people, killing one, on Sunday. Investigators say 20-year-old Tatyanna Zech, the person who died, was the target for the shooters. They say the other two were wounded by stray bullets. Fond du Lac Police are asking anyone who may

It’s juvenile charges for the 14-year-old accused of crashing a stolen car into a school bus outside Morse Middle School earlier this month. The Milwaukee County D.A. yesterday filed formal charges of hit-and-run, and several counts of recklessly endangering safety. Milwaukee Police say the teen was drag racing a friend when he crashed into the bus. The crash tossed an 11-year-old off the bus, but seriously injured a 15-year-old who was hanging-out of the stolen car. His family says that

Eau Claire’s Fourth of July fireworks show is moving this year. The city council last night approved the plan to move the show to the High Bridge. Firefighters wanted the show out of Carson Park because of safety concerns. The final vote was 6-4 in favor of moving. Specifics of just where you can sit, and where you can park are expected to come in the next few weeks.

Wisconsin lawmakers are looking to set a running-clock on sexual assault kits in the state. The Senate Committee on Public Safety will hold a hearing today on a plan that would require the state crime lab to begin working on a DNA kit within five days, and finish testing the kit within two months, The legislation comes after Wisconsin’s years-long backlog of old sexual assault kits was finally tested a few years back. Wisconsin’s attorney general says in order to test the kits