Around Town
Job Opportunities
THIRTY PERCH: This Iola business needs a part-time cook. Apply in person.
Around the County
NATURAL RESOURCE GRANTS: The Waupaca County Natural Resources Foundation awarded over $12,000 in grants to local organizations for outdoor recreation and natural resource projects. 2026 recipients include Sturgeon Trail, Little Wolf Trails, Friends of Waupaca Parks, Clintonville Trails, Greater Waupaca Area Parks and Trails, and the Waupaca Lakemen Field Project.
Around the State
AI DATA CENTERS: The Wisconsin Assembly approved a bill Tuesday to regulate AI data centers, aiming to protect land, water, and finances. Governor Evers is unlikely to back the measure.
IMMIGRANT FARM HELP: Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said he’s “very concerned” about increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity across the Midwest and particularly in Wisconsin. Evers cited a University of Wisconsin-Madison School for Workers survey estimating that roughly 70 percent of labor on Wisconsin dairy farms is performed by workers living in the country illegally. He warned that the state’s economy could be “destroyed” if undocumented workers were forced to leave. Read the TrueNorth story here.
SEXTORTION DAMAGES: State Rep. Brent Jacobson (R-Mosinee) and Sen. Jesse James (R-Thorp) have introduced new legislation building on Bradyn’s Law, which criminalized sexual extortion in Wisconsin. The bill would allow victims or their families to file civil lawsuits against perpetrators for damages, including emotional distress and wrongful death. “The tragic death of Bradyn Bohn was a wakeup call for the devastating impact sexual extortion has on victims, their families, and their community,” Rep. Jacobson said. Lawmakers are seeking cosponsors as the first anniversary of Bradyn’s passing approaches, aiming to strengthen protections for victims.
Interesting Facts
While browsing the internet, some interesting facts emerge that are worth sharing. These are a few recently seen.
PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: Research has shown that learning to play a musical instrument produces measurable changes in brain structure and connectivity. A well-known longitudinal study by Hyde et al. (2009), published in The Journal of Neuroscience, followed children over 15 months and found that those who received instrumental music training showed increased gray matter volume in motor, auditory, and visuospatial brain regions compared to control groups. Additional evidence comes from neuroimaging studies of adult musicians. Schlaug et al. (2015), writing in Frontiers in Psychology, reported that long-term musical training is associated with enhanced white-matter connectivity, particularly in the corpus callosum, which links the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
