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Green Bay is now on the clock for the 2025 NFL Draft and learning some lessons from this year?s draft in Detroit on handling an anticipated crowd of 250,000 attendees. Speaking on WISN-TV’s “Upfront” Green Bay Police Captain Ben Allen discussed how planning teams are focusing on public safety and logistics. The festivities will span…

“That old joke is right, there are two seasons in Wisconsin: winter and construction season?but that?s a good thing,? said Gov. Evers. Evers delivered the Democratic Radio Address, focusing on his annual statewide “Pothole Patrol” tour aimed at repairing potholes across Wisconsin and discussing his administration’s efforts to enhance local roads and highways throughout the…

WATCH: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) inaccurately asserts that mail-in voting lacks safeguards, suggesting it enables undocumented immigrants to vote. 🎥: Heartland Signal @upnorthnews WATCH: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) inaccurately asserts that mail-in voting lacks safeguards, suggesting it enables undocumented immigrants to vote. 🎥: Heartland Signal #wisconsin #wisconsinnews #wisconsinpolitics #politics #ronjohnson #voting #elections ♬ original sound…

Most people don?t know this fact about abortions: The women who get them usually already have kids. And yet Wisconsin Republicans are trying to make abortion less accessible. @upnorthnews Most people don?t know this fact about abortions: The women who get them usually already have kids. And yet Wisconsin Republicans are trying to make abortion…

SAVE ENERGY, CUT COSTS The Biden-Harris administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announced nearly $9 billion in funding for states and Tribes, allocating $149 million to Wisconsin alone. Gov. Tony Evers announced the coming wave of consumer rebates alongside US Energy Secretary and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, during her recent Wisconsin visit.…

AS PROMISED… On Tuesday, Governor Tony Evers rejected the anti-LGBTQ legislation proposed by Republicans, which aimed to prohibit transgender and gender nonconforming youth from joining school sports teams based on their gender identity. LGBTQ kids deserve our love and respect and support just like any other kid,? said Evers. Evers had pledged to veto the…

POST AND DELETE🤔 Friday marked the permanent closure of Eau Claire’s HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls. On the same day, Hospital Sisters Health System shared a Facebook post about their participation in Wisconsin Hospital Association’s Advocacy Day and stressed the significance of hospitals in our communities. However, the post…

Healthcare facilities in the Chippewa Valley have closed, including St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls and HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, which was originally scheduled to close late April. Gov. Tony Evers has been urging the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee to release $15 million for the region. This money would come to the…

More than 45 million Americans who are charged late fees on credit cards each year will save an average of $220 annually under the new rule. UpNorthNews CorrespondentMark (@markpochow) has the details: @upnorthnews More than 45 million Americans who are charged late fees on credit cards each year will save an average of $220 annually…