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#ThinkLovePlay
The Chamber of Manitowoc County is proud and pleased to announce the creation of a social media campaign "Think.Love.Play [Manitowoc County]. Think.Love.Play [Manitowoc County} allows those who live a...
Nov 15, 2017
Fate Of Proposed New Rent To Own Regulations Uncertain
State legislative leaders have not said whether they would take up another effort to give the "rent to own" industry its own consumer laws. Two western Wisconsin Republicans, Senator Terry Moulton and...
Nov 15, 2017
UW Scraps Demo Rides In Driverless Vehicle For Now
U-W Madison has canceled demonstration rides planned for today (Wednesday) through Saturday on a driverless shuttle. The National Transportation Safety Board has banned such rides, after an autonomous...
Nov 15, 2017
2020 Farm Technology Days Location Announced
The 2020 edition of Wisconsin Farm Technology Days will be held at Huntsinger Farms near Eau Claire. The show announced the location on Tuesday, and it will take place July 21st through 23rd of 2020. ...
Nov 15, 2017
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