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Wisconsin budget supports ag exports, dairy processors, research, roads
Brownfield Ag News
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News Wisconsin budget supports ag exports, dairy processors, research, roads Wisconsin’s dairy industry will continue to benefit from state budget investments. Rebekah Sweeney with the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association tells Brownfield the...
Milwaukee swaps fireworks show for drone display
WISN 12 - Wisconsin
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July 4, 2025
Milwaukee traded fireworks for drones this year. The county went without its lakefront fireworks display for the second year, instead opting for a drone show Thursday night.The high-tech twist on tradition didn't stop people from stocking up on...
Milwaukee celebrates Caroline Quarlls' July 4th journey to freedom
TMJ4 - Wisconsin
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July 4, 2025
MILWAUKEE — As fireworks lit up the skies across America this 4th of July, community members in Milwaukee gathered to celebrate a different kind of independence — honoring the journey of Caroline Quarlls, an enslaved teenager who fled toward...
Milwaukee residents aren't surprised, a survey shows more people cooking at home
TMJ4 - Wisconsin
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July 4, 2025
MILWAUKEE — A recent survey reveals that some consumers are choosing to eat at home rather than dining out this summer, because restaurant and takeout costs do not fit in their budget. According to a KPMG survey, 69% of people polled shifted their...
Justin Hagenman’s steadiness after shaky MLB debut start kept Mets in win over Yankees
AM New York Metro
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July 5, 2025
Jul 4, 2025; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets starting pitcher Justin Hagenman (51) pitches in the third inning against the New York Yankees at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images QUEENS, NY — Justin Hagenman did not...
What did you think about Milwaukee's 2025 Fourth of July drone show?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Wisconsin
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Under mostly clear skies, crowds gathered at McKinley Beach to watch Milwaukee's first-ever drone show July 3. Images long associated with the birth of the United States ― the date 1776, the Declaration of Independence, George Washington's head...
Sunny Sunday could turn back to rain Monday
Northern News Now - Minnesota
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July 5, 2025
WEATHER STORY: High air pressure from Canada has arrived to take down the temperatures, relative humidity reading and dewpoints as well. Sunday should be comfortable and sunny. Clouds and rain return as early as Monday and could linger much of the...
Bucks Reacts Survey Results: Yea to Turner, nay to starter KPJ
Brew Hoop - Wisconsin
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July 5, 2025
A couple days back, we took the temperature on the Bucks’ bombshell acquisition of Myles Turner in free agency, signed to an out-of-nowhere four-year, $107m contract. Of course, in order to open up enough room to sign Turner with cap space,...
Milwaukee Bucks reportedly interested in Chris Paul
Sporting News
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July 4, 2025
The Milwaukee Bucks are going to need a lot of help in the backcourt next season, which could come in the form of a future Hall of Famer. The team made a stunning decision to waive Damian Lillard earlier this week. The Bucks also traded away Pat...
Wallace in Wisconsin: The 1964 campaign that tested America’s soul over the politics of identity
The Milwaukee Independent
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July 5, 2025
Known nationally for his opposition to desegregation and federal civil rights mandates, Wallace used Wisconsin as a political laboratory to test whether his hardline message, rooted in states’ rights, anti-federalism, and White backlash, could...
Where Wisconsin football ranks in Phil Steele’s 2025 Big Ten power rankings
Yahoo Sports
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Phil Steele is not bullish on the Wisconsin Badgers entering the 2025 football season, to say the least. In his recently released 2025 college football preview magazine, Steele ranked the Badgers as the 13th-best team in the Big Ten. The team was...
‘You Have to Start Somewhere’: Benedict Center and Others Work to Help Women get off the Streets
Milwaukee Courier - Wisconsin
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July 5, 2025
A staffer helps a woman with laundry at the Benedict Center’s North Avenue drop-in center. The drop-in centers had more than 4,000 visitors in 2024. (NNS File Photo) By Edgar Mendez This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood...
Tobacco Retailers: Protect Your Community and Business by Checking IDs at all Times
Milwaukee Courier - Wisconsin
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July 5, 2025
There’s a growing problem in Milwaukee. More underage teens have had easy access to tobacco this summer, the result of illegal sales of tobacco by retailers. The legal age to purchase tobacco in the U.S. is 21 years old. The problem was revealed...
Wisconsin’s Largest Railroad Announces $110 Million Investment
Urban Milwaukee - Wisconsin
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July 4, 2025
Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee A pair of Canadian National locomotives. Image by Dan from PQ, Canada / (CC BY-SA) Wisconsin’s largest railroad is planning to invest $110 million in maintenance and improvements in the...
Governor Evers signs Wisconsin budget he brokered in a forced compromise with state Republicans
The Milwaukee Independent
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July 5, 2025
A budget deal brokered by Governor Evers and Republicans, who control the state Legislature, cleared a key hurdle on July 1 in an extraordinarily rapid succession of events. The deal in the battleground state on a new two-year budget cuts income...
GOP-led states restrict ballot initiative access as Wisconsin remains one of few with no public option
The Milwaukee Independent
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July 5, 2025
A new Arkansas law will bar initiative ballot titles written above an eighth-grade reading level. And canvassers will have to verify that petition signers have either read the ballot title or had it read aloud to them. In South Dakota, sponsors...
What to know about the invasive beetle that could arrive in Wisconsin this summer
FOX 6 - Wisconsin
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Asian longhorned beetle (Courtesy: Wisconsin DNR) MILWAUKEE - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has a heads-up for residents about a "destructive, invasive" insect that may arrive this summer: the Asian longhorned beetle. Are Asian...
Republicans, Go on Offense Against the National Popular Vote-Now!
[your]NEWS
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July 6, 2025
In case you missed it, the scheme by special interest groups to replace the Electoral College with a so-called national popular vote may have just suffered a mortal blow—and it happened in a blue state, Maine. The battle is raging between...
Milwaukee Bucks open flood of speculation by releasing Damian Lillard
The Cap Times - Wisconsin
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The long rebound came out to the top of the key. Damian Lillard took one step, stumbled and batted the basketball into the corner to a Milwaukee Bucks teammate. Lillard went down, grasping at his left ankle. As the possession continued, Brook...
Wisconsin state legislature passes biennial budget impacting UW-Madison
Madison Reporter - Wisconsin
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July 3, 2025
The Wisconsin State Legislature has passed the 2025-27 state biennial budget, which Governor Evers has signed into law. This development impacts the University of Wisconsin-Madison in various ways, according to a message from Chancellor Jennifer...