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Wisconsin deaths from alcohol-related liver diseases sharply rise
Green Bay Press Gazette - Wisconsin
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More Wisconsin residents are dying from liver diseases that result from consuming too much alcohol, an analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows. Between 2019 and 2023, deaths from alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver, one of...
Milwaukee woman who starred on 'Love Island USA' has new relationship
The Post-Crescent - Wisconsin
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We got a text to share: There's a new "Love Island USA" relationship. No, not on the current season that has been all kinds of messy and continues streaming on Peacock this summer. This involves Wisconsin's favorite islander. Carmen Kocourek, who...
Feds Urge States to Remove Political Symbols From Roads
Chicago Morning Star - Illinois
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July 4, 2025
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has urged all 50 state governors, along with the governors of Puerto Rico and the mayor of Washington, D.C., to eliminate political symbols and artwork from roads, citing safety concerns and the need for...
Wisconsin older adults express financial concerns about a federal bill’s impact on Medicaid
WMTV - Wisconsin
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July 4, 2025
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) -President Donald Trump’s major domestic policy budget bill passed in the house Thursday and will head to his desk to be signed into law. The bill includes financial cuts to programs like Medicaid, which is a concern for aging...
Higher beef prices increase the cost of a Wisconsin summer cookout
Wisconsin Public Radio
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July 4, 2025
High meat prices mean Wisconsinites are paying more for a summer cookout this year. The Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s annual survey of grocery store prices found a meal for 10 people cost $69.03, coming in 4 percent higher than in 2024. The total for 12...
How the Milwaukee Brewers decide when to open or close American Family Field’s roof
Wisconsin Public Radio
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July 4, 2025
Seven Major League Baseball teams have stadiums with retractable or moveable roofs. One of them is right here in Wisconsin. American Family Field, formerly Miller Park, opened in 2001. The ballpark’s most distinctive feature is its moveable roof,...
Rib Mountain man kayaks Wisconsin River in record time
Wisconsin Public Radio
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July 4, 2025
This spring, Andy Nevitt paddled down the entirety of the Wisconsin River faster than anyone on record, in just 3 days, 20 hours and 45 minutes. Nevitt, a nurse anesthetist from Rib Mountain, beat the previous record by just under six hours. And...
Check out Wisconsin's largest public companies
The Business Journals
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July 4, 2025
The List features 42 public companies based in Wisconsin and is ranked by total revenue for latest fiscal year. Information on The List was obtained from financial statements, online sources and SEC filings available for each public company based...
Wisconsin Counties Association: Commends Governor and Legislature on Passage of State Budget
WisPolitics - Wisconsin
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July 3, 2025
The Wisconsin Counties Association is commending Governor Tony Evers and the Legislature for their bipartisan work on 2025 Wisconsin Act 15, the $111.1 billion 2025-2027 state budget signed into law this morning. The budget includes vital...
Research looks at possible link between golf course pesticides and Parkinson's disease
KJZZ - Arizona
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July 3, 2025
New research raises the question of whether living within a few miles of a golf course increases your risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Brittany Krzyzanowski, an assistant professor at Barrow Neurological Institute, worked on the study...
Wisconsin to ban the sale of vapes
Northern News Now - Minnesota
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July 3, 2025
DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - A new Wisconsin State Law went into effect this week that banned the sale of most vapes. Under the new law, vape shop owners can’t order new vaping products unless they are authorized by the FDA. Vapes are still...
Start of Mets' game vs Brewers delayed due to weather
The Journal News - New York
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The Mets' game against the Milwaukee Brewers on July 3 will not start on time. The club announced that the game is delayed due to inclement weather in the New York area. As of 7 p.m., there is no further update. Weather marred this series with the...
Hemmed in by development, small farmers are part of conservation effort in a Wisconsin county
Wisconsin Public Radio
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July 4, 2025
On an overcast June day, along a rural road in Ozaukee County, 45-year-old Vang Lee put new strings on his pea trellises. Across the street behind him, bulldozers moved dirt for a new housing development. One mile outside Milwaukee, 25 farmers —...
Milwaukee homicide from June 2021; Brian Gary sentenced to life in prison
FOX 6 - Wisconsin
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MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee County judge sentenced Brian Gary on Thursday, July 3 to life in prison with no chance for extended supervision in connection with a homicide case on the city's south side from June 2021. Gary was found guilty by a jury on...
Wisconsin Catholic leaders decry repealed abortion ban
Catholic News Agency
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July 3, 2025
CNA Staff, Jul 3, 2025 / 15:03 pm Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news. Wisconsin Catholic leaders decry repealed abortion ban After the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that a historic pro-life law was unenforceable, the...
Wisconsin Sports Park Sued for Firing Christian Employee
Insurance Journal
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July 3, 2025
Crystal Ridge Ski Area, LLC, doing business as The Rock Snowpark, a winter sports park and summer events venue in Franklin, Wisconsin, violated federal law when it terminated a lift operations manager because of his religion, the U.S. Equal...
Wisconsin law firm paying for free Ubers for July 4 festivities
Wisconsin Watch
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July 3, 2025
Reading Time: Wisconsin law firm paying for free Ubers for July 4 festivities by PrincessSafiya Byers / Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, Wisconsin Watch July 3, 2025 If you or someone you know is planning to drink for the holiday, there are...
McDonald’s vs. the media: There will never be another political showman like Trump
Washington Examiner
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July 4, 2025
One day after Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg penned a story under the headline “Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’: The Republican Nominee’s Preoccupation with Dictators, and His Disdain for the American Military, Is...
Wisconsin summer home exterior maintenance checklist
Sheboygan Sun - Wisconsin
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Warm weather is fleeting in Wisconsin, so we pack a lot of outdoor activity into late spring, summer and early fall, including exterior home maintenance. Here are some essential home maintenance tasks for summer to protect your home from...
Wisconsin Legislature passes and Evers signs budget
Superior Telegram - Minnesota
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July 3, 2025
Wisconsin lawmakers voted to approve a state budget late Wednesday night that spends more than $111 billion over the next two years, cuts more than 300 state jobs and increases funding for the child care industry and the Universities of Wisconsin...