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Wisconsin still has highest percentage of female state Supeme Court justices in U.S.

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Hands off Medicaid town hall

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Menomonie City Council meeting for March 24, 2025

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Menomonie School Board Meeting for 3/24/2025 - The future of Downsville Elementary

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NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change

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Menomonie Library to be closed on March 25

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Dane County Circuit Judge Susan Crawford, left, and Waukesha County Circuit Judge Brad Schimel, second from left, wait for the start of the WISN 12 Wisconsin Supreme Court debate March 12, 2025, at the Lubar Center at Marquette University Law School’s Eckstein Hall in Milwaukee, Wis. The contest has already eclipsed the record for spending in a state Supreme Court election set by Wisconsin in 2023. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)

Vicious ads, record spending, Elon Musk: Wisconsin Supreme Court race reflects nasty, new normal

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Buckle up: Wisconsin will have a Supreme Court election every year until 2030

The UW-Stout basketball team advanced to the NCAA Division III Final Four and will play top-ranked New York University Thursday, March 20 in Salem, Va.

Blue Devils Advance to Final Four

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3/19/2025 Dunn County Board agenda

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Housing Challenges in Menomonie

Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Brad Schimel, conservative candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court

Wisconsin State Supreme Court debate

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Menomonie school board candidate forum

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School District Strategic Planning Survey

The Progress Pride Flag flies over the Wisconsin Capitol in June 2023. Wisconsin lawmakers held a hearing Thursday on two bills that would limit the rights of trans and non-binary people under the age of 18.. (Photo by Henry Redman/Wisconsin Examiner)miner)

Widespread opposition at hearing to bill requiring parental approval for pronoun, name changes

Eric Courtney, an Amtrak conductor, checks passengers’ tickets aboard the Amtrak Hiawatha service Jan. 6, 2025, in Milwaukee. Courtney says he has worked as an Amtrak conductor for 16 years since moving to Wisconsin from Texas. (Photos by Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)

Ditching cars for rail, Wisconsin Amtrak passengers find accessibility

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Menomonie School Board discusses new software purchase, teacher staffing and health care plans

A shuttered drinking fountain is seen in the town of Campbell, Wis., on French Island near La Crosse., on July 21, 2022. PFAS contamination stemming from the use of firefighting foam at the La Crosse Regional Airport on the island has polluted private and municipal wells in the area. (Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Watch)

Who pays for PFAS? Governor, GOP lawmakers wrestle over cleanup liability

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Menomonie City Council approves leases and contracts

Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Brad Schimel, conservative candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court

UPDATED: Top donors (so far) to Brad Schimel, conservative for Supreme Court

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