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Port of Green Bay Releases Tonnage Numbers
The Port of Green Bay has released their tonnage numbers for October. After an outstanding September, overall tonnage numbers for this season leveled off in October, despite the first shipments of sal...
Nov 15, 2017
Group Challenges Minnesota's Girls Only Dance Team Policy
A legal group is moving forward with a plan to challenge Minnesota's policy to let only girls be on high school dance teams -- after a Wisconsin boy was left out of his school conference dance meet. T...
Nov 15, 2017
Indian Leaders, School Kids Rally To Dump Columbus Day Name
School students have joined tribal members and state lawmakers to try and gain support for a bill to rename Columbus Day as "Indigenous Peoples Day" in Wisconsin. Youngsters from Milwaukee's Indian Co...
Nov 15, 2017
Bank CEO Uses Business Funds To Race Cars, Gets Two Years In Prison
A bank C-E-O who admitted using business funds to race cars has driven himself to prison for two years. A federal judge also ordered 64-year-old Geffrey Sawtelle of Neshkoro in Marquette County to spe...
Nov 15, 2017
Manitowoc 2018 Budget
The Manitowoc Finance Committee unanimously approved the 2018 Budget with a few minor adjustments. It now goes to the full Common Council for their consideration on Mon, Nov. 20 at 6:30pm. If the Comm...
Nov 15, 2017
Social Media Comments Cost College Democrat Leader Her Post
A vice chair of the College Democrats of Wisconsin is no longer in that post, after making critical comments on social media. U-W La Crosse junior Sarah Semrad drew attention last week when she tweete...
Nov 15, 2017
Popular TV Sewing Show Host Nancy Zieman Dies
The host of T-V's longest running sewing show died today (Tuesday) in southern Wisconsin. Sixty-four-year-old Nancy Zieman (zee mn), host of "Sewing With Nancy" on Wisconsin Public Television, died at...
Nov 15, 2017
Shooting in Allouez Determined to be a Dispute Over a Girl
A shooting in Allouez on Monday was determined to be a dispute over a girl. The incident happened outside a duplex on Libal Street near the roundabout intersection of East Allouez Avenue. 19-year-old ...
Nov 15, 2017
Eau Claire City Council Discusses 2018 Budget
The Eau Claire City Council is discussing the 2018 budget. The council chamber was full Monday night for a public hearing on several budget related items, including the possibility of increased fares ...
Nov 15, 2017
Manitowoc Man Attempts to Sell Broken Drywall as Heroin
A Manitowoc man was arrested on Friday after he attempted to pass broken up drywall as heroin. Police responded to the report of an alleged robbery at knifepoint in the parking lot of a business in th...
Nov 15, 2017