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HUD funding lags could hit rural WI hardest

Judith Ruiz-Branch / Public News Service

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Local high school football teams play in scrimmages

Michael Kommer

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NFL Preseason begins this week

Michael Kommer

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Your local law enforcement is using Flock cameras

Sarah Alexander Melotte / The Daily Yonder

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Education

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UW system to propose two-year tuition freeze in exchange for infusion of state funds

Baylor Spears / Wisconsin Examiner

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Unions ask Supreme Court to affirm judge who found Act 10 unconstitutional

Erik Gunn / Wisconsin Examiner

Politics

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Tiffany’s attack ad on Crowley and data centers is misleading at best, as GOP candidate has publicly backed them in new audio

Drake Bentley

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Senate Dems sue to remove GOP candidate from ballot in key district

Baylor Spears / Wisconsin Examiner

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Assumption Catholic School from football to musicals

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Rapids Downtown Farmers' Market

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