08/26/2023
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August 26th is Women's Equality Day. The holiday serves to celebrate the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in the 1920s. 💁♀️
A look inside the budding relationships between Badgers tailbacks and their new position coach, as well as other notes from the past week of spring practices. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/why-intense-coach-devon-spalding-fits-the-wisconsin-football-running-backs
The first openly gay person to lead the American Medical Association takes the reins at a fractious time for U.S. health care. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/amas-first-gay-president-to-take-over-at-tumultuous-time
Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for President Biden to ignore a federal judge's temporary hold on the abortion pill, raising alarm about the rule of law taking a back seat to the rule of man. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/wyden-aoc-urge-biden-to-ignore-judges-order-blocking-abortion-pill
In the past week the Wisconsin Conservation Congress (WCC) held 72 in-person meetings across the state to elect new county delegates. These meetings are important as they served as the first opportunity people had to vote for their local county delegates since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/the-wisconsin-conservation-congress-is-broken
California's Medicaid program will continue to pay Walgreens about $1.5 billion each year despite Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom declaring last month the state was done doing business with the pharmacy giant after it indicated it would not sell abortion pills by mail in some states. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/california-to-keep-paying-walgreens-despite-gavin-newsoms-order
Finding Darryl Peterson on the football field this fall might prove to be a difficult task. The University of Wisconsin sophomore outside linebacker is projected to be a starter for the Badgers, but the Ohio native won’t be in one place long if spring ... https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/why-wisconsin-football-coaches-think-throwing-a-lot-at-linebacker-darryl-peterson-now-will-pay-off-later
Roughly 200 Russian journalists and activists have signed a letter calling for the release of a Wall Street Journal detained in Russia on unsubstantiated charges of espionage. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/russian-journalists-demand-the-release-of-evan-gershkovich-in-open-letter
Janet Protasiewicz won a Wisconsin Supreme Court judicial election Tuesday, which will likely result in a more liberal tilt for the court. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-what-liberal-win-means-for-abortion-legislative-maps-and-2024
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who has indicted former President Donald Trump, is following a well-trod Democratic playbook. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/trump-indictment-follows-democratic-playbook-says-former-house-gop-majority-leader-tom-delay
Disney CEO Bob Iger on Monday said any retaliatory actions by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature against the company that threaten jobs or expansion at its Florida resort is not only "anti-business but anti-Florida." https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/disney-desantis-war-of-words-heats-up-at-annual-meeting
The Badgers added to their class of 2024 on Sunday when three-star offensive tackle Derek Jensen committed to Wisconsin. Jensen announced his commitment via Twitter on Sunday afternoon. He is a three-star prospect per 247Sports’ rankings and their composite rankings. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/wisconsin-lands-commitment-from-three-star-2024-ot
Lake Geneva residents will have an opportunity to decide who will serve as the city's municipal judge during the next four years. Longtime Municipal Judge Henry Sibbing is being challenged by Cook County, https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/municipal-judge-faces-challenge-during-april-4-spring-election
Klever Ortega and Cristina Lema had a good life until COVID-19 crippled Ecuador's economy. https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/more-ecuadorians-move-to-u-s-spared-many-others-hurdles
High winds and warmer weather combined to form big ice shoves on parts of the lake near Neenah late Friday night. By Saturday morning, the chunks of ice made for the perfect playground for the Weiss family, https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/ice-shoves-pile-up-on-shores-of-lake-winnebago
Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who received the alleged hush money payment at the center of the Manhattan district attorney's indictment of Donald Trump, says she is not afraid to take the stand against the former president but worries about violence from his supporter https://ourcommunitynow.com/news-national/stormy-daniels-not-afraid-to-take-stand-against-trump-worries-about-violence-from-supporters
The audit, released Friday by the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau, offers a review of the billions of dollars allocated to the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/state-audit-highlights-deficiencies-in-wisconsins-use-of-some-federal-covid-relief-funds
The 2023 Wisconsin judicial race, which might have remained obscure in other years even within Wisconsin, is garnering national media attention and record fundraising numbers for the candidates. Here’s what you need to know about the April 4 election ... https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/tuesdays-wisconsin-supreme-court-election-could-determine-future-of-state-abortion-ban
Storms look likely in southern Wisconsin this afternoon and evening with damaging wind and hail expected in spots. Attention shifts to northern Wisconsin late Friday night where heavy snow will be coming down. Full details in our updated forecast video. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/severe-storms-and-heavy-snow-in-wisconsin-friday-heres-the-latest-information
Four-time Pro Bowl CB Asante Samuel won two Super Bowls with the New England Patriots, but he recommends Lamar Jackson stay away from Bill Belichick
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MADISON, Wis. -- A little more than three weeks after Tony Granato was fired, the Wisconsin Badgers men's hockey team has a new head coach: Minnesota State's Mike Hastings. “I am incredibly excited about Mike Hastings becoming our men’s hockey coach ... https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/mike-hastings-named-next-wisconsin-badgers-mens-hockey-coach
Mike Rhoades has agreed to become the next men's basketball coach at Penn State and leave VCU, which is close to hiring Utah State's Ryan Odom as his replacement, sources told ESPN. https://ourcommunitynow.com/sports/sources-rhoades-to-psu-as-vcu-eyes-odom
Wisconsin’s NIT run came to a disappointing end on Tuesday evening in Las Vegas. The Badgers failed to score for the final 9:07 of the contest as North Texas rallied late to come away with a 56-54 win over Wisconsin. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/three-wild-stats-from-wisconsins-56-54-nit-loss-to-north-texas
The cryptocurrency entrepreneur's latest indictment alleges conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister, who had called for a halt on sweeping judicial reforms. Netanyahu's proposal has sparked months of protests in Israel and abroad.
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The Superior Telegram was named Best of Division in its circulation category on Friday, March 24 in the Wisconsin Newspaper Association's 2021-2022 Better Newspaper Contest. The winners were announced during the WNA Convention Friday in Madison. https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/superior-telegram-named-best-of-division-by-wisconsin-newspaper-association
There is a purity to the tournament, the idea that anything is possible playing out before our eyes. So long as Alabama remained, that was tainted.
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The latest significant March snowstorm is forecast Friday night through Saturday for Milwaukee and a large portion of Wisconsin, with the heaviest snow forecast along the lakeshore counties. A winter storm warning is in effect for southeast Wisconsin ... https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/wisconsin-weather-live-updates-5-to-9-inches-of-snow-forecast-for-milwaukee-area-4-inches-in-appleton-and-green-bay
WEST ALLIS, Wis. — A Wisconsin man has pleaded guilty Thursday to intimidating and interfering with Black residents who moved into a suburban Milwaukee apartment complex where he lived. William McDonald of West Allis faces up to 11 years in prison when ... https://ourcommunitynow.com/post/wisconsin-man-pleads-guilty-to-intimidating-black-neighbors-with-written-threats-and-slashed-tires
A Boston sports radio talk show host is under fire for using an ethnic slur to describe ESPN personality Mina Kimes.
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