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A post marks where Enbridge’s Line 5 crosses the reservation of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa on Friday, June 24, 2022. The Canadian energy firm is proposing to reroute Line 5 for 41 miles around the tribe’s reservation. Danielle Kaeding/WPR

Army Corps of Engineers grants federal permit for Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute

Residents stand on the wreckage of a house destroyed by Hurricane Melissa in Santa Cruz, Jamaica, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica

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SNAP benefits are ending Saturday nationwide - here is some local help

President Donald Trump shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung as they attend a high honor ceremony at the Gyeongju National Museum in Gyoeongju, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Latest: US and South Korea advance trade talks during Trump’s visit to Seoul

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang speaks on how AI infrastructure and AI factories that generate intelligence at scale are powering a new industrial revolution, at Washington Convention Center, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Nvidia has started the $5 trillion club. A look at its rise, by the numbers

FILE - The logo of Microsoft is seen outside its French headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux, outside Paris on May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Microsoft Azure service hit with outage

A man who spent 43 years in prison before his conviction was overturned now faces deportation

Air Traffic Controller Claudia Peterfeso distributes leaflets explaining how the federal government shutdown is impacting air travel at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in Romulus, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Judge extends order barring the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the shutdown

South Carolina Department of Social Services Director Tony Catone talks about the state's plans to deal with the suspension of SNAP benefits at a news conference on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in West Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

What to know as federal food help and preschool aid will run dry Saturday if shutdown persists

FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers gives the annual State of the State address Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Wisconsin moving ahead with prison overhaul plan despite Republican objections

U.S. President Donald Trump, center, and Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, right, arrive for the Japan-US summit meeting at Akasaka Palace State Guest House in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: Air strikes, ICE crackdown and shutdown continue with Trump in Asia

Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks in the Oval Office of the White House before President Donald Trump signs an executive order regarding childhood cancer and the use of AI, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump administration must restore grants for school counselors, judge rules

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Menomonie school board approves same mill rate as last year

This is an aerial rendering of what the planned data center campus in Port Washington could look like. Photo courtesy of the City of Port Washington

Wisconsin residents look for more input from state on mushrooming data centers

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, as he departs for Japan, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Latest: Trump in Japan, where he'll meet new Prime Minister Takaichi

California Gov. Gavin Newsom smiles after signing legislation related to student literacy in Los Angeles on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California says he'll consider presidential run after 2026 midterms

Monty Lilford works in the fabrication shop at B&B Agri Sales in Buffalo County, Wis., on Oct. 6, 2025. (Paul Kiefer / Wisconsin Watch)

Farmers turn to flawed visa program in search for legal labor. Now the rules — and costs — are changing.

Visitors queue outside the Louvre museum, one week after the robbery, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025 in Paris. The Paris prosecutor said on Sunday that a number of suspects have been arrested over the theft of crown jewels from Paris' Louvre museum last weekend. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

Suspects arrested over the theft of crown jewels from Paris' Louvre museum

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One at Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump threatens Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down anti-tariffs ad sooner

FILE - Kansas state Rep. Mark Schreiber, R-Emporia, listens during a debate, March 21, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

Trump's redistricting push hits roadblocks in Indiana and Kansas as Republican lawmakers resist

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