Around Town
SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS: The Iola-Scandinavia High School varsity softball team will travel to Oconto on Tuesday, May 27, to open tournament play. It was previously reported as baseball.
Around the State
EVERS’ ‘SLUSH FUND’: Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is under fire after a recent bill alleges he has illegally kept more than $170 million in taxpayer dollars from interest earned on unspent funds since the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill, introduced by Sen. Eric Wimberger, R-Oconto, would require Evers and Department of Administration Secretary-designee Kathy Blumenfeld to hand over $170 million in earned interest on the funds to the state’s General Fund.
STEVENS POINT HOMELESSNESS: Downtown business owners say the growing impact of unsheltered homelessness is hurting their businesses and driving away families — and they want the city to act. Read the Point/Plover Metro Wire story here.
OVERREACH THREATENS TIMBER INDUSTRY: T he Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has approved permits for the Enbridge Line 5 relocation project in Bayfield, Ashland, and Iron counties, confirming the project can move forward with minimal environmental impact. Yet, ideological opponents continue their campaign to block the project — this time appealing to federal agencies with arguments so broad they threaten to grind all forms of development to a halt, including forestry management, across Northwestern Wisconsin. Read the Ashland Daily Press story here.
