AM NEWSCAST – Tuesday, May 20, 2025
From the NorthwestNow.Net News Center … — Federal drug convictions for a Minnesota man dealing fentanyl in the region; — Concerns for Medicaid reforms and disability care; — A new…
Scott Roux
Scott Roux, 63, of Pickerel and formerly of Rice Lake, passed away on May 10. He is survived by his children, Ryan Roux and Kaitlyn Roux; mother, Neola Smith; brothers,…
Gloria Jilek
Gloria Jilek, 90, of Birchwood, passed away on May 10. She is survived by her children, Susan Terhaar, Sharon Kroll and Brad Jilek; and sister, Evelyn Sirinek. The celebration of…
Suspected OWI driver flees police, crashes on CTH H
SPOONER, Wis. (WJMC) — A fifth OWI charge filed against a Milwaukee man after he allegedly fled from police and crashed in a ditch Saturday evening. The state patrol attempted…
PM NEWSCAST – Monday, May 19, 2025
From the NorthwestNow.Net News Center … — Thursday’s storms spawned one EF2 tornado and 100 mph straightline winds, says the National Weather Service; — Wisconsin’s unemployment rate rose slightly in…
FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS – Monday, May 19, 2025
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SPORTSCAST – Monday, May 19, 2025
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SPORTS HEADLINES – Monday, May 19, 2026
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jackson Chourio robbed Royce Lewis of a potential tying homer in the eighth inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers ended the Minnesota Twins’ 13-game winning streak with a…
NWS report on May 15 storms, tornadoes
CHANHASSEN, Minn. (WJMC) — The line of severe storms last Thursday peaked in intensity as they crossed Western Wisconsin. The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities said one EF2…
Wisconsin unemployment rate shows slight rise in April
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Wisconsin’s unemployment rate increased slightly last month. Preliminary estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the state’s jobless rate bumped up a tenth…
‘It’s fake’ – Johnson rips House deficit bill at WISGOP convention
WAUSAU, Wis. (WRN) — Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson wants to kill House Republicans’ deficit reduction bill. Johnson told the weekend’s state Republican Party Convention that the deficit reduction bill “isn’t…
WISGOP convention delegates asked to stop squabbling
WAUSAU, Wis. (WRN) — Squabbling within the Republican Party of Wisconsin and its county parties must end. That message to delegates at the state party convention in Wausau over the…