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Every sausage link here gets hand-twisted seven times. That’s not a typo, and it’s not a machine doing the work either. The brats come in more than 40 varieties, including Bacon Cheeseburger and Hawaiian. Two brick smokehouses fire up with real hardwood sawdust every weekday. Those same smokers...
A viral video showing racist gestures at Ole Miss sparked nationwide outrage, signaling trouble for Kunes Auto Group, a Wisconsin dealership that has a storied past with discrimination against Black customers.
A butcher shop that calls itself the maker of a famous five-foot summer sausage deserves your full attention. Five feet. That is taller than plenty of sixth graders. The sausage is only the opening act. This old-fashioned shop also stocks thirteen kinds of bacon and twelve flavors of snack sticks.
WAUPACA COUNTY (WLUK) -- An appeals court rejected an insurance company's attempt at an early appeal of a decision requiring it to provide a defense in a wrongful death civil lawsuit stemming from a 1992 double murder. Tony Haase was acquitted last year for the 1992 murders of Tanna Togstad...
Most of the price tags are missing on purpose. The owners name a number at checkout, and almost everything is open to friendly negotiation. That little twist sets the tone for a giant pole-barn warehouse in Wisconsin. It’s stacked with estate-sale furniture, lamps, toys, records, china, books, and seasonal decorations.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Recreational marijuana remains illegal in Wisconsin, while neighboring states such as Michigan and Illinois have legalized it. Business owners and advocacy groups are weighing in on what legalization could mean for the state. Governor-elect David Crowley, a Democrat, said Wisconsin should legalize marijuana. “I believe...
A Wisconsin craft brewery ended regular operations on October 25 after nearly eight years, citing rising costs, weaker consumer spending and lasting economic pressure from the pandemic. The wind-down follows…
Purchasing land for hunting — whether it’s a 40-acre property or a multimillion-dollar parcel — is a major investment. Companies like Whitetail Properties Real Estate can help make that purchase easier for buyers and sellers. Luke Gliniecki, an agent for Whitetail Properties who specializes in land in...
Something is quietly rewriting the landscape in Wisconsin backyards, and barely anyone notices until it’s too late. It starts small, just a thin green tendril curling around a fence post or a low branch. Within a single season, that tendril becomes a rope, and the rope becomes a stranglehold....
MIDDLETON, Wis. (WFRV) – High-end household product and kitchenware distributor Hy Cite Enterprises, LLC will execute a permanent workforce reduction at its corporate headquarters early next year, according to a notice filed with state and local officials. In a letter sent to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, the company confirmed that a total of […]
Wisconsin utilities cannot disconnect residential customers for nonpayment when the service is used for home heating between Nov. 1 and April 15, the state’s Public Service Commission says, and this year’s moratorium began Sunday. Georgia has a winter hold of its own, with a condition attached. From Nov. 15 to March 15, the Georgia Public... The post Wisconsin bars heating shutoffs for unpaid bills Nov. 1 to April 15, and Georgia blocks freezing-day electric shutoffs from Nov. 15 for customers who agree in writing to a payment plan appeared first on The Financial Wire .
The Wisconsin Rapids Winter Farmers Market is open for the season on Saturdays and is held at the lower level of the Moravian Church, 310 1st Ave South, WI Rapids, WI 54494 from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM. The market will feature vendors selling food items like fresh sourdough, honey,...
People whose personal information was exposed in a data breach at Park Dental, the dental group with offices in Minnesota and western Wisconsin, have until Dec. 28, 2026 to file for cash from a class settlement. The settlement pays up to $2,500 for documented out-of-pocket losses, or up to $60 for time spent dealing with […] The post People whose data was exposed in the Park Dental breach can claim up to $2,500 in documented losses or $60 for lost time by Dec. 28, 2026 appeared first on The Money Overview .
A block of cheddar can age for 20 years before anyone takes a bite. Some of the cheese waiting on Wisconsin shelves has been around longer than the people buying it. And the places selling it are just as memorable. One is a roadside castle beside a busy interstate. Another is a tiny shop that closes at 2 PM on weekdays and takes the entire weekend off.
Wisconsin voters have chosen a new governor and Democratic majorities in the Legislature. The campaigns have ended. The bills will not. Families and businesses still face rising utility costs. Communities are weighing enormous data center developments. Utilities are proposing billions in new power plants and transmission infrastructure. And too many Wisconsin families live in homes […]
WISCONSIN – After obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals in late September, Bank First and Peoples State Bank are set to make their merger official in just one month. “We close Dec. 4, and [Peoples] branches will open as Bank First branches Dec. 7,” Mike Molepske, Bank First Chairman and CEO, said.
WRIGHTSTOWN, Wis. — Wisconsin farmers are moving into what should be the final weeks of harvest, with crop conditions varying widely across the state after a season marked by drought in some areas and stronger yields in others. Exceptional drought in northwest Wisconsin has cut into yields and pasture...
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin has approved rate increases for W.E. Energies customers for 2027 and 2028, though the adjustments are lower than the utility's initial requests. Under the approved decision, base electric rates will rise by 3.9% in 2027 and an additional 3.5% in 2028. For a typical residential customer, the 2027 adjustment translates to a monthly bill increase of approximately $7 to $8, or roughly $156 over the full year. In 2028, residential bills are projected to increase by another $6 to $7 per month.
Wisconsin bars heating shutoffs Nov. 1 to April 15, while Missouri and Kansas limit them in cold weather through March 31. Here is how each works.
The Public Service Commission, appointed by Tony Evers, voted to jack up Wisconsin residents’ utility rates in 2027 and 2028. According to WISN-TV, the utility rates will increase 3.9% in 2027 and 3.5% in 2028. “It will be the energy company’s sixth rate increase since 2020,” the television station reported.
