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Agriculture
On the Road with Alice - Hearing the Music of Wisconsin Agriculture
At the recent Alice in Dairyland Finals, I shared how much I love music. Music has been a constant theme throughout my whole life, and certainly in the role of serving as Wisconsin's 76th Alice in Dairyland! Whether I was greeted in the morning with an upbeat tune or used a song to help me fall asleep at night, music ...
17h ago
Next Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council Announced
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has announced the members of the next Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council. These students will be high school seniors during the 2024 - 2025 school year. The council members and their hometowns are: Jordan Berg, Neillsville R...
18h ago
Moms get in FREE to Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center
MANITOWOC, WI - Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center invites all moms and grandmas to their Mother's Day Celebration event Saturday, May 11, 2024. From 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. that day, moms may enjoy a fun-filled day in the discovery center free of charge with their family members. Guests can treat their moms to an unforget...
19h ago
National 'Enough Is Enough' Tour Coming to Wisconsin
On April 22nd, 16 farm organizations announced the launch of the national Enough Is Enough Tour in protest of government policies that drive consolidation of the food system into the hands of the largest multinational corporations to the detriment of farmers and ranchers. With Congress preparing to debate the farm b...
19h ago
Halei Heinzel Selected as the 77th Alice in Dairyland
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has selected Halei Heinzel of Oconomowoc as Wisconsin's 77th Alice in Dairyland. In this position, Heinzel will work for the contract year as a full-time communications professional for DATCP, educating the public about the i...
19h ago
News from the Pack
Get Acquainted Weekend
The Green Bay Packers convened their rookie orientation and mini-camp weekend on Friday. It was the first time since last January's playoff loss in Santa Clara there was actual football looking drills with guys in uniform on a spectacular early May afternoon. Head Coach Matt LaFleur has 50 players at his disposal for...
May 04, 2024
Packers add 8 more
After another large draft class of 11 players, Green Bay Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst went light on his collection of undrafted rookie free agents signed after the weekend draft. 8 more players have been added to the 2024 roster including the Wisconsin Badgers long snapper, Peter Bowden. The Packers als...
May 01, 2024
The Class of '24
DETROIT, MI (WTAQ) - The 89th NFL Draft, conducted in Detroit, drew an estimated record crowd of more than 700,000 fans this weekend. It was an amazing sight in the middle of the Motor City. For Green Bay Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst, it was the seventh draft he's overseen as the man in charge, hoping to co...
Apr 28, 2024
Final round promise
The NFL draft exploded with quarterbacks Thursday night with a record six taken in the first 12 picks. The Green Bay Packers wisely avoided being a part of that desperate run by taking Jordan Love three years before he became the starter. Still, General Manager Brian Gutekunst wanted to add a passer before the weeken...
Apr 28, 2024
A "Big" collection grows
For the first time since Thursday night when Arizona's Jordan Morgan became the Pack's number one draft pick, Green Bay had only a single choice in a round. They used their only pick in the sixth to take another offensive tackle, a very large one at that in Travis Glover out of Georgia State. Glover is just a shade...
Apr 27, 2024
Politics
New York state sues group over abortion pill reversal claims
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - New York state's top prosecutor on Monday sued Heartbeat International, an anti-abortion group, and 11 crisis pregnancy centers, accusing them of misleading and potentially endangering women by claiming that they can ...
15h ago
US crypto super PACs have raised more than $100 million, report says
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) - Outside political groups tied to the cryptocurrency industry have raised more than $102 million to spend on the upcoming U.S. congressional elections in order to elevate candidates who are friendly to digital assets, acco...
18h ago
Trump to return to New York courtroom for criminal hush money trial
By Jack Queen and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump returns to a New York courtroom on Monday, where he will be forced to sit silently while others testify about his efforts during the 2016 presidential election to cover up news of an...
19h ago
Trump accuses Biden of running 'Gestapo administration'
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accused Democratic rival President Joe Biden of running a "Gestapo administration" in a private address to donors in which he also attacked prosecutors involved i...
May 05, 2024
Democratic lawmakers tell Biden evidence shows Israel is restricting Gaza aid
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scores of lawmakers from U.S. President Joe Biden's Democratic Party told him on Friday that they believe there is sufficient evidence to show that Israel has violated U.S. law by restricting humanitarian a...
May 03, 2024