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Secretary of Education Linda McMahon testifies before a House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee budget hearing on the US Department of Education on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Judge blocks Trump's order to dismantle the Education Department and fire employees

Plainclothes agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement load people detained at the Miami Immigration Court into a Department of Homeland Security van in Miami, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

ICE agents wait in hallways of immigration court as Trump seeks to deliver on mass arrest pledge

FILE - Elon Musk presents a check for $1 million dollars to a man during a town hall March 30, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)

Elon Musk's pullback from politics comes after his last big investment was a flop

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Menomonie Farmers Market open for the season

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Town and Country Antiques burns overnight - total loss in Menomonie

White House border czar Tom Homan speaks with reporters at the White House, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump meeting with South Africa's president in White House

FILE - A vial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine rests on a table at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., on July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Trump officials set new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and children

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after departing a House Republican conference meeting, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump expected to announce 'Golden Dome' space missile defenses that would cost billions

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Menomonie City Council approves resolutions, reviews open records law

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Local Adventures for Memorial Day Weekend

Georgina Taggert

Community Foundation Luncheon reminds us of all the good work in Dunn County

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

After a political career shaped by cancer, Biden faces his own grim diagnosis

FILE - The Supreme Court is pictured, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Supreme Court allows Trump to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans who risk deportation

Previous Next An American Flag is posted near destroyed homes, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in London, Ky., after a severe storm passed through the area. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Storms and tornadoes across central US kill dozens and damage homes

Treysen Witt saw action in nine games, starting eight, posting a 3-2 overall record for UW-Stout

Treysen Witt wraps up season with Blue Devils; Mackenzie Bird closes out Superior career

Police tape is placed across a street after an explosion Saturday, May 17, 2025, in Palm Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

One person killed after explosion outside fertility clinic; police say act was ‘intentional’

Some of the damage included a snapped flag pole, several downed and snapped power lines, numerous downed trees, twisted docks, and a lifted pontoon.

Wisconsin storm damage update

FILE - Supporters of President Donald Trump hold signs as they attend a "Stop The Steal" rally, protesting the outcome of the presidential election, at the Oregon State Capitol, Nov. 14, 2020, in Salem, Ore. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein, File)

New standards for Oklahoma high school students promote misinformation about the 2020 election

A large tree blocks a road after a severe storm moved through Friday, May 16, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Severe weather leaves at least 23 dead, including 14 in storm-battered Kentucky

FILE - Vials containing samples of forever chemicals, known as PFAS, sit in a tray, April 10, 2024, at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

What the EPA's partial rollback of the 'forever chemical' drinking water rule means

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