News Staff Wisconsin lawmakers have introduced a bill that would help businesses offset losses when the winter recreation season doesn’t happen due to the weather. The Winter Recreation Small Business Recovery Act, would ensure businesses that rely on winter weather can get disaster relief funding during winter seasons with little or no snow. TheDailyPress reports the measure … Read more
Wisconsin schools will not immediately comply with directives to gut DEI programs until the Trump Administration clarifies both the intent and legality of the directive that schools must sign a letter acknowledging that they are following the interpretation of federal civil rights laws. TheDailyPress reports State Superintendent Jill Underly has said, “we cannot stand by … Read more
Former Washburn resident Kim Kingsley has had his day on court on charges he attacked a process server and then tried to kidnap them. 72-year old Kingsley was convicted of battery, a Class A misdemeanor and was given a year’s probation. A felony charge of false imprisonment, which is a felony was dropped but read … Read more
Xcel Energy has launched a live webcam offering the unique opportunity of observing peregrine falcons as they nest and raise their chicks on the shores of Lake Superior atop the Bay Front Power Plant in Ashland. Three of the birds have already arrived and have set up house, including “Scottie” from the U.P., returning to … Read more
At his appearance in court for a preliminary hearing, 56-year-old James Johnson of St. Germain waived his right to that hearing in Vilas County Court. Johnson is accused of stabbing his 61-year-old sister, Kelly, to death in a family dispute in March in Cloverland. The Vilas County judge he stood before has found there is … Read more
This past Saturday in downtown Ironwood, a new business celebrated its grand opening. The DailyGlobe reports the Downtown Bodega is the passion project of Jason Hurst, who owned a store in Minnesota and decided to open the Bodega to be closer to his mother, to give his two school aged sons a good foundation and … Read more
An Ashland teen appeared in court Monday on sexual abuse charges and continues to have trouble finding an attorney to represent him. TheDailyPress reports Elijah Fels, now 19 faces four charges of first-degree sexual assault with someone under 13, and one charge of strangulation or suffocation. If convicted, he could serve more than 240 years … Read more
Veterans from northern and central Wisconsin, including some from Iron and Vilas Cunties will be going on next week’s Never Forgotten Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.. The flight is the 51st Honor Flight arranged since the organization started sending vets to D.C. in 2010, and will make 4,977 veterans served since then.. 1 Korean War … Read more
The Kim Kingsley animal abuse case continues. The former Washburn man pleaded not guilty late last week to 58 various charges of animal abuse. Kingsley, 73, stands accused of mistreating horses kept on his property in Bell. 16 of those horses were removed and are being kept in Bayfield County custody. A veterinarian who viewed … Read more
In January, The Vilas County Board voted to open most county highways to ATV and UTV traffic. Signage on those highways went up at the end of March, and now, all county highways with the exception of those in Lac du Flambeau are open. The Vilas County Forestry, Parks, and Recreation Department Director Todd Bierman … Read more