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Stop The Data Center protest before meeting

Menomonie City Council approves blasting, purchase of mower

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SDMA board meeting for September 8, 2025

FILE - The Wisconsin Capitol is seen, Oct. 24, 2023, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

Wisconsin legislative feud erupts in public with lawmaker accused of threatening fellow legislators

Protesters in Milwaukee take part in a 2019 march demanding action to address climate change. Fifteen young people are suing the state of Wisconsin for harming their future by allowing pollution that hastens climate change. (Photo by Isiah Holmes/Wisconsin Examiner)

‘I feel let down by my state’: Kids sue Wisconsin over climate change

President Donald Trump deplanes Air Force One upon arriving at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The Latest: Trump intensifies promises of federal law enforcement action in Chicago

In this Sept. 3, 2025 photo, Samuel J. Redman, Ph.D., Professor of History and Director of the Public History Program at the University of Massachusetts, sits in front of content he uses from the Smithsonian on campus in Amherst, Mass. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

White House's review of Smithsonian content could reach into classrooms nationwide

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2011 photo, Mark Volman teaches a class in music management at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, file)

Mark Volman, who co-founded The Turtles and performed with Flo & Eddie, has died at 78

White House Peace Vigil tent is seen in Lafayatte Park across the street from the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

A decades-long peace vigil outside the White House is dismantled after Trump's order

FILE - The Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America is seen on March 26, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

What to know about a large-scale immigration raid at a Georgia manufacturing plant

President Donald Trump listens as first lady Melania Trump repeats a question for him during a dinner in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

How Donald Trump is weaponizing the government to settle personal scores and pursue his agenda

President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: DHS says 475 people were detained during an immigration raid in Georgia

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump holds dinner for tech and AI leaders

Jason Solberg, right, is a UW-Stout automation leadership student and WCTC instructor. Photo by Waukesha County Technical College.

Training Wisconsin workers: UW-Stout automation leadership students develop niche station for Eaton

Before she was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 2024, Karen DeSanto had a long career as a professional clown with the Ringling Brothers. Photos submitted by DeSanto's office.

From one circus to another: Professional clown serving in Wisconsin Legislature

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New Menomonie business ribbon cuttings

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during a press conference Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

The Latest: New Polish president endorsed by Trump visits White House

How many AI queries does it take to use up a regular plastic water bottle’s worth of water? kieferpix/iStock/Getty Images Plus

AI has a hidden water cost − here’s how to calculate yours

FILE - A sign is displayed on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Judge orders search shakeup in Google monopoly case, but keeps hands off Chrome and default deals

FILE - Graham Greene attends a screening of "Antlers" at Regal Essex Crossing on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Graham Greene, a trailblazing Indigenous actor best known for ‘Dances with Wolves’, dies at 73

FILE - A demonstrator kneels in front of federal agents in a farm field during an immigration raid in Camarillo, Calif., Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker, File)

The Latest: Trump announces Space Command is moving from Colorado to Alabama

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