Local Food Program Left Out of Wisconsin State Budget

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 By Blake Jackson The Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU) has expressed disappointment following the Joint Finance Committee’s (JFC) decision on Friday to exclude the Wisconsin Local Food Purchase Assistance (WI LFPA) program from the 2025- …

Hot & Sticky Stretch Across SE Wisconsin

Hot & Sticky Stretch Across SE Wisconsin Sunny skies and rising temps with a chance for storms returning later in the week. 552. TURNING TO WEATHER RIGHT NOW, AND IT IS THE START OF A HOT AND STICKY STRETCH. YEAH, LINDSEY TODAY IS MAYBE THE BETTER DAY …

FBO Profile: Appleton Flight Center in Wisconsin

FBO Profile: Appleton Flight Center in Wisconsin The airport is the main reliever for EAA’s AirVenture Appleton Flight Center, the county-run FBO at Wisconsin’s Appleton International Airport, offers a 5,000-sq-ft, two-story terminal, one of the first net- …

Settlement reached in Wisconsin solar dispute over prairie chicken

The developer of what would be Wisconsin’s largest solar and battery storage project agreed to make site changes to end a legal challenge by a conservation group over potential impacts to the greater prairie chicken, a threatened species in the state. The …

Where Wisconsin's 2026 class ranks following additions of 4-star RB and WR

Wisconsin secured commitments from two four-star recruits, receiver Jayden Petit and running back Amari Latimer, for their 2026 class. Petit, a consensus four-star recruit, chose Wisconsin over UCLA, Miami, and North Carolina, citing academics and the …

Tribes seek healing, accountability from Wisconsin's boarding schools

Native American boarding schools in the U.S. sought to assimilate Indigenous youth into white society, stripping them of their language and culture. Tribes are working to hold accountable those responsible for the boarding schools and reclaim their lost …

Wisconsin's budget includes tax cuts, university funding boost and prison closure

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans who control the state Legislature announced a deal Tuesday on a new two-year budget that cuts income taxes, increases funding for the Universities of Wisconsin despite a threatened cut …

Key Wisconsin races for July 2025, series schedules and local tracks

GOP budget bill could shutter some Wisconsin Planned Parenthood clinics

A provision in the 'big, beautiful bill' being moved through Congress would block Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood. In Wisconsin, 60% of Planned Parenthood patients are on Medicaid. In parts of the state that have seen health …

Train derailment in southeastern Wisconsin prompts hazmat response

HARTFORD (WLUK) -- Hazmat crews were called to a train derailment and diesel fuel spill in southeastern Wisconsin Monday morning. Authorities say the train derailed around 9:30 a.m. Three people were in the locomotive at the time. They were taken to the …