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MCFARLAND — As Wisconsin public schools face severe financial constraints brought on by over a decade of underfunding from the state, State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly today proposed more than $3 billion in state funding to help meet the growing needs of local schools, students, and educators. Her proposal includes increasing state reimbursement for special education costs, and increased per-pupil and general aid, while limiting local property tax increases. Dr. Underly made […]

Proceeds from this year’s Love Lights, presented by the Agnesian HealthCare Foundation, will help increase public access to automated external defibrillators (AEDs) within local communities.  Sudden cardiac arrest can happen to anyone. It’s a life-threatening condition that can occur at anytime, anywhere. The most common arrhythmia is ventricular fibrillation, in which the heart’s electrical impulses suddenly become chaotic and ineffective. Blood flow to the brain abruptly stops; the victim then collapses […]

Megan Siedschlag, an SSM Health Samaritan Clinic Affordable Care Act navigator, has been named the newest recipient of the BEE (Be Exceptional Everyday) Award. Siedschlag was recognized by two colleagues.  “Megan received a phone call from a patient stating that her husband’s Medicare insurance was going to end due to not renewing his Medicaid. Megan contacted Moraine Lakes Consortium to discuss with the patient how this could be resolved so the […]

[Oshkosh, Wisc., Nov. 12, 2024] - Cody Johnson, Kane Brown, and Parker McCollum will headline the XRoads41 music festival in Oshkosh on August 7-9, 2025. Tickets will go on sale this Friday, November 15 at 10 a.m. After a successful inaugural year in 2024, XRoads41 (pronounced Crossroads 41) is excited to officially launch the second year of this premier music and camping festival.  In addition to Johnson, Brown, and McCollum, […]

Green Lake, Wis. (October 21, 2024) – Mr. Sun –will perform at Thrasher Opera House in Green Lake, Wisconsin, on Friday, December 13, at 7:30 p.m.   Mr. Sun comprises some of the most original musicians to apply themselves to the American String Band. Legendary fiddler Darol Anger is at home in a number of musical  genres, some of which he helped to invent, and is a member of the original […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative prosecutor's attorney struggled Monday to persuade the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reactivate the state's 175-year-old abortion ban, drawing a tongue-lashing from two of the court's liberal justices during oral arguments.  Sheboygan County’s Republican district attorney, Daniel Urmanski, has asked the high court to overturn a Dane County judge’s ruling last year that invalidated the ban. A ruling isn't expected for weeks but abortion advocates almost certainly […]

A new study finds that sugar in the first 1,000 days after conception is linked to health issues later in life.  The study published in the journal Science found that reducing sugar in the first 1,000 days after conception- through gestation up to age two may cut a child's risk of chronic illness  in adulthood.  Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the study also found that limiting sugar consumption in […]

Republican congressman Glenn Grothman says he hopes to be able to accomplish a lot after being reelected to another two year term.  Grothman says that's because president-elect Trump is largely ideologically aligned with him.  With that being said, Grothman says Trump won't be able to accomplish everything he promised during the campaign.  Grothman says it's going to be better for the country to have a president who wants to monitor the number of […]

State energy regulators have voted to approve a rate hike for We Energies and WPS customers that will keep the utilities’ high profits in place for two more years.  The Wisconsin Citizens Utility Board says the rate hike will squander needed customer savings on a coal plant slated to shut down soon.  Prices for typical We Energies and WPS residential customers will rise by 13% to 14% over the next two years, with electricity bills […]