PM NEWSCAST – Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024
This afternoon’s top stories from the Northwest Wisconsin News Center: — A motorist was killed by a wrong-way driver on Highway 53 near Haugen on Wednesday evening; — A pilot…
FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS – Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024
Today’s funeral announcements.
SPORTSCAST – Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024
Today’s sportscast.
Driver killed by wrong-way driver in construction zone on Highway 53 near Haugen
HAUGEN, Wis. (WRN) — A driver was killed in a head-on collision in a construction zone on Highway 53, Wednesday evening. The state patrol said the crash happened just before…
Small airplane crash at Chetek airport
A plane crashed Wednesday afternoon at the Chetek Airport. Chetek Police Chief Ron Ambrozaitis said the only occupant, the pilot, was 34-year-old Travis Turner, of Cameron. He had nonlifethreatening injuries…
Hovde says abortion issue should be put to referendum
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Republican US Senate candidate Eric Hovde took questions at a WisPolitics luncheon in Madison on Wednesday. Hovde wants abortion put before voters at the state level.…
Contenders in key Wisconsin Senate race come out swinging after primaries
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican millionaire businessman Eric Hovde and Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin are wasting no time going after one another. Hovde easily captured the GOP nomination Tuesday, officially…
Democrats try to block Green Party from presidential ballot in Wisconsin, citing legal issues
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An employee of the Democratic National Committee has filed a complaint seeking to remove the Green Party’s presidential candidate from the ballot in Wisconsin. The complaint…
Local governments slow to seek Wisconsin road dollars
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — A Republican lawmaker who helped write the legislation is disappointed in the low number of applications for Wisconsin’s Agricultural Road Improvement Program. A Republican lawmaker who…
AM NEWSCAST – Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024
This morning’s top stories from the Northwest Wisconsin News Center: — A motorist was killed by a wrong-way driver on Highway 53 near Haugen on Wednesday evening; — A pilot…