9/5/2024

N. WISCONSIN - Wild rice harvest numbers are below average this year, according to a report from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR).  A mild winter and heavy storms in mid-June could be the reason for the low numbers across lakes, flowages and rivers.  A wild rice biologist with the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission says most of the lakes that have been reliable for harvest in previous years are still providing harvest this year.  Wild rice typically reaches maturity in late August through mid-September in Wisconsin.

9/5/2024

WESTBY, WIS (AP) — President Joe Biden returns to Wisconsin today to make good on his promise to provide new investments in rural electrification. Biden will be in Westby in Southern Wisconsin to announce $7.3 billion in investments for 16 cooperatives that will provide electricity for rural areas across 23 states. Funding for the project will come from Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law in August 2022.

9/5/2024

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 commission voted to keep him on it. Kennedy suspended his campaign in August and endorsed Republican candidate Donald Trump. Kennedy also filed a lawsuit in neighboring Michigan, attempting to get off the ballot, but a judge ruled Tuesday that he must remain.  Kennedy filed the Wisconsin lawsuit on Tuesday, arguing that third party candidates are discriminated against because state law treats Republicans and Democrats running for president differently.