Author: Jesse Baroka

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers says his executive budget will include millions of additional dollars to help Wisconsin veterans with their mental health and educational needs. The governor is set to release his full spending plan to the Legislature on Feb. 15. His office announced Thursday that the plan will include half a […]

IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP – More renovations at Copper Peak expected to begin this spring. Renovations began in July after copper peak received a $140,000 grant from the Great Lakes Sports Commission. The group also received $20 million from the State of Michigan.  The goal is to renovate Copper Peak to bring back international ski jumping to […]

BESSEMER – Bessemer’s New Clerk-Treasurer to begin her duties later this month. The City of Bessemer has a new clerk-treasurer. The City Council interviewed a couple of candidates in a special meeting on the 1st and after decided upon Kristie Peterson of Marenisco. An official offer was made to Peterson on the 2nd. Since mid-2021, […]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer unveiled a record budget for the 2024 fiscal year that prioritizes boosting education spending, cutting taxes and investing in the state’s public health. The state has a $9 billion budget surplus and a Legislature that Democrats control. The spending plan includes a 5% increase in per-pupil funding […]

RHINELANDER – A town supervisor in Oneida County arrested for election fraud.  69-year-old James Staskiewicz, from Newbold, is facing multiple charges including seven counts of forgery, one count election fraud and one count of misconduct in public office.   Staskiewicz is a supervisor for the Town of Newbold in Oneida County. He was arrested yesterday in […]

MARSHFIELD/EAGLE RIVER – A 43-year-old Eagle River man was arrested after leading police on a three-mile chase around Marshfield yesterday morning.  The man was known to have a felony warrant through Department of Corrections fled after a traffic stop was initiated by Marshfield Police.  A tire strip was deployed which ended the pursuit.  The man […]

ONEIDA COUNTY — A snowmobile trail is closed in Northern Wisconsin due to disregard of trails by riders. According to the St. Germain Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club, the trail known as the Goat Trail is permanently closed. It’s closed between intersection 287 and 288.  The club says it’s closed because of riders going off the trails, […]

DeFOREST, Wis. (AP) — President Joe Biden has made Wisconsin his first stop after his State of the Union address, visiting a training center run by a union near Madison, the state capital. He’s pressing the economic message and other themes he promoted in Tuesday’s nationally televised speech.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers wants to make it more difficult for the Republican-controlled Legislature to block the purchasing of land by conservation groups and the state. On Wednesday he proposed increasing the thresholds for stopping such projects. Evers says he wants to repeal the requirement that all projects north of Highway […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers is proposing that counties in Wisconsin be allowed to ask voters to raise the sales tax to pay for local services such as police and fire protection and road repairs. He first unveiled a proposal to change how local governments are funded in his State of the State […]