Month: June 2019

Grand opening and dedication ceremonies are being held Saturday for the Gold Star Memorial Trail in Dodge County.  Event organizer Andrew Johnson is a Gold Star father in Mayville who says the trail is dedicated to the memory of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.  The ten-foot wide paved trail extends two miles from Mayville’s Theiler Park to the Horicon Marsh Visitor Center.  Johnson says the ceremony will also recognize those who […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Veterans Museum is set to unveil a new display next week featuring equipment a Wisconsin sailor used on D-Day.  The museum will unveil the display at 9 a.m. on Thursday, the 75th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 invasion along the coast of Normandy, France. The invasion was the largest seaborne invasion in history and the pivotal campaign of World War II.  The display will […]

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Scientists tasked with reviewing government plans to lift protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. said in a report released Friday that the proposal has numerous factual errors and other problems.  The five-member scientific panel's conclusions were detailed in a 245-page report delivered to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  One reviewer said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service appeared to have come to a pre-determined […]