Wisconsin ends fiscal year with $4.6 billion surplus
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — The Wisconsin Legislature will have to decide what to do with a $4.6 billion surplus when the session begins January 6th. Wisconsin Policy Forum Senior Research…
Wisconsin US Senate candidates trade accusations of lying during testy debate
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Republican challenger Eric Hovde have repeatedly accused each other of lying during an often testy and confrontational debate on Friday…
Pheasant hunting season underway
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — The pheasant hunting season is underway across Wisconsin. DNR Pheasant Ecologist Alissa Kakatsch says they’ll do weekly releases of the birds. “So our feather stacking season…
Jolly Good Soda wins ‘Coolest Thing Made In Wisconsin’ contest
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — The coolest thing made in Wisconsin is Jolly Good Soda. The product won the annual contest put on by Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce which draws attention…
It’s Fire Prevention Week; maintain, test working smoke alarms
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WRN) — This is National Fire Prevention Week, and on Monday students from Hartford University School learned about the importance of smoke alarms at the Milwaukee Fire Education…
Massive police response to Rice Lake as car’s backfire mistaken for gunfire
RICE LAKE, Wis. (WJMC) — “No shots fired, no injuries.” That’s the word from Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald after multiple reports of active shootings around Rice Lake led to…
AM NEWSCAST – Monday, Sept. 9, 2024
This morning’s top stories from the Northwest Wisconsin News Center. — A high speed chase through Rice Lake on Sunday ended with a crash and the driver in custody; —…
Gun found at Chippewa Falls school
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WRN) — An unloaded gun was found in a student’s backpack at Chippewa Falls Middle School this week. The cased and unloaded gun was found in a…
Biden promotes administration’s rural electrification funding in Wisconsin
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden returns to southwest Wisconsin to make good on his promise to provide new investments in rural electrification and other infrastructure. Biden will be in…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sues to remove himself from Wisconsin’s presidential ballot
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filed a lawsuit in Wisconsin trying to get his name removed from the battleground state’s presidential ballot after the state elections…