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Cattle Drive Goes Awry After Cows Damage Soybean Field
A cattle drive goes awry after some of the animals damaged a soybean field. Dodge County sheriff's deputies say it happened Sunday morning near Lebanon, as 15 horseback riders planned to move 50 cows ...
Nov 13, 2017
Veterans Day Message
Today is Veterans Day. The day started as Armistice Day, which marked the signing of an armistice between the Allies of World War I and Germany on the 11TH hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Acco...
Nov 11, 2017
42nd Anniversary Of The "Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
It was 42 years ago today (Friday) when the Edmund Fitzgerald freighter sank during a wicked storm on Lake Superior. The boat left the harbor at Superior, bound for Detroit with a shipment of taconite...
Nov 10, 2017
Hearing Set To Clear Up Confusion Verdict In Murder
A judge in Milwaukee will hold a hearing January 26th to clear up a confusing jury verdict for a man accused of killing three people and wounding another. Forty-one-year-old Dan Popp pleaded no contes...
Nov 10, 2017
Church Embezzler Sentenced To Four Years In Prison
A former church secretary near La Crosse has been sentenced to four years in a federal prison for stealing 832-thousand dollars from the collection plate. Fifty-nine-year-old Barbara Snyder was senten...
Nov 10, 2017
Manitowoc Bail Hearings Today
Two Manitowoc residents appeared for bail hearings this afternoon on drug charges. 27- year- old Christopher A. Hunter is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia while 24-year-old Angelique N. H...
Nov 10, 2017
Walker Confirms Appointment Of Harsdorf As New Ag Secretary
Governor Scott Walker confirms his appointment of state Senate Republican Sheila Harsdorf of River Falls as Wisconsin's new agriculture secretary. The possibility has been discussed for weeks, and the...
Nov 10, 2017
USDA Predicts Lower Crop Outputs After Wet Summer, Fall
Wisconsin farmers are expected to harvest less of their two largest crops, due mainly to a wet summer and fall. The U-S-D-A projects a corn crop for the year of 496-million bushels -- almost 78-millio...
Nov 10, 2017
New Gift for Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center
Another major gift announcement yesterday for the Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center in Manitowoc County. Milk Source LLC, headquartered in Nearby Kaukauna, is contributing $100,000 to support the educat...
Nov 10, 2017
Assembly Votes To End Six Month Waiting Period To Remarry
Wisconsinites who get divorced would no longer have to wait six months to get remarried in a bill the Assembly passed on Thursday. The bill's author, Republican Cindi Duchow, says divorcees who have n...
Nov 10, 2017