Trick-or-treat at Holmen Library runs today from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
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Trick-or-treat at Holmen Library runs today from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Latest booking: Andrew Dean Hanson · Oct 28, 11:47 AM
Hermantown council postpones Google data center vote amid protests
Latest booking: Danielle Sue Peters · Oct 28, 12:57 PM
Wausau-area voter guide lists races on the Nov. 3 ballot
Latest booking: Matthew C Du Frane · Oct 28, 1:16 PM
Brewers and Rays meet in World Series Game 5 tonight on FOX6
Latest booking: Bryant S Nealon · Oct 28, 1:47 PM

Game 5 of the World Series between Milwaukee and Tampa Bay is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday on FOX6, with all-day local coverage and two hours of post-game reaction planned.
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Holmen Park and Recreation and local businesses will host trick-or-treating stations and games for kids in costume at the Holmen Library today from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., and the event is free.

Elin Gilles won two individual events and swam on two winning relays as the Holmen co-op girls swim team beat the La Crosse co-op 120-50 on Tuesday in Onalaska.

Alysa Remsburg, Roz Schnick, Pat Wilson, Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations and Ethos Green Power Cooperative were honored at the Sustainability Institute's 17th annual Inspiring Sustainability Awards in La Crosse.

Connor Hovell was named a proficiency award finalist in specialty crop production, and Adriana Berger and Conner Hilton were Agriscience Fair national finalists in animal systems at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis.

UW-La Crosse beat Concordia Wisconsin 9-0 Monday night at Veterans Memorial Field, with eleven Eagles recording a point and seven different players scoring.

Phil McIlrath is joining WKBT's News 8 Now as anchor of the morning and noon newscasts, while Brooklyn Heyn moves to the weeknight 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts with Ken Kosirowski.











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Hermantown city councilors were set to vote Monday on agreements that could clear the way for a Google data center, but protests forced the meeting to adjourn and be rescheduled to Friday, Oct. 30.

Abby Adamski, 20, of Eau Claire is charged with hit-and-run causing great bodily harm after police say she struck a woman in a crosswalk on North Clairemont Avenue and left the scene; the victim underwent immediate brain surgery.

Polk County and a regional planning commission are updating the master plan for the 14-mile Stower Seven Lakes State Trail, with a public hearing on the involvement plan set for Nov. 3 in Balsam Lake.

The Eau Claire County Parks and Forest Committee voted unanimously Monday to take no action on GFL's proposed 120-acre expansion of the Seven Mile Landfill into county forest land in the Town of Seymour.

More than $14.5 million in USDA financing will help West Wisconsin Telecom Cooperative expand fiber-to-the-premises internet in Buffalo, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and St. Croix counties.

About 700 volunteers in Eau Claire packed more than 171,000 meals on Friday, enough to feed 468 children for a year and the largest total the event has recorded.





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Wausau-area voters will decide races for governor, attorney general, Congress, state offices and local posts on Nov. 3, with polls open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and three statewide referenda also on the ballot.

A jury on Tuesday found Javarius Hurd not guilty of reckless homicide in the death of Lincoln Hills worker Corey Proulx, but convicted him of misdemeanor battery by a prisoner, with sentencing set for Friday.

A UW-Green Bay study of round gobies in the Winnebago water system could lead to reopening the Menasha Lock, which has been closed for 11 years to keep the invasive fish out of Lake Winnebago.

Jersey Mike's Subs is listed as in development at 1710 N. Central Ave. in Marshfield's Renew Plaza, with signs already up and a drive-thru planned, but the chain has not announced an opening date.

Waste Management's disposal site in Marshfield will be closed to the public Nov. 7 through Nov. 15 for scheduled scale maintenance, with a reopening set for Nov. 16.

The Marathon County Public Library's Wausau Headquarters hosts a free, self-led writers collective Oct. 28 from 5:30 to 7 p.m., with prompts, writing dice and hot tea provided and no registration required.








Arrest records only — not convictions. Everyone pictured is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

West Allis police say an officer shot a 31-year-old man who was armed with a firearm during a scheduled probation and parole home visit Tuesday night. The man was taken to a hospital, and an outside team is investigating.

Carthage fell 3-0 to UW-Stevens Point on Tuesday night at Art Keller Field, finishing the season 2-13-2 as the Pointers improved to 10-7-1.

Pleasant Prairie officials said duplicate absentee ballot packets were sent Monday, eight days before the Nov. 3 general election, and said duplicate ballots will not be counted.

Kenosha Water Utility says about 7,000 lead service lines remain in the city and is urging households with children under 7 or a pregnant woman to ask about replacement help that could cover the full cost.

A fire in the attached garage of a home in the 200 block of Hawthorn Drive in Twin Lakes caused an estimated $50,000 in damage Tuesday, with no injuries reported.

Marcus Hanel, who worked for years as a Milwaukee Brewers bullpen catcher and now coaches in Racine County, says the club's deep bullpen and catcher William Contreras have put a World Series title within reach.
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