Category: Wisconsin

Liberal Colleges Offer Students Mental Health Counseling to Cope With Roe v. Wade Overturn

Many colleges and universities are providing mental health counseling for students who have a hard time coping with the reality that abortion is no longer considered a constitutional right. In a landmark 6–3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, effectively handing the question of abortion access back…


Scenic and Wild Paddling in Wisconsin

Deer stand in the shallows pausing for a morning drink, their heads and white tails popping up as we appear like ghosts out of the morning mists in our canoes. They leap nimbly into the brush and are gone. Great blue herons are already poised on rocks and low branches, stone still as they prepare…


Old World Wisconsin Gets a Brewhouse

This is news that doesn’t feel new: “Breaking story: Wisconsin museum brews beer and gives out samples.” Afterwards, you can tour a tavern that dates back over a century. It’s like announcing Wisconsin makes cheese. But trust me: this is awesome. While I’ve sipped beer in a museum before, it wasn’t beer being brewed in…


Man Convicted Last Year of Killing 2 in 1976 Dies in Prison

OSHKOSH, Wis.—A man serving two life terms for killing a Wisconsin couple in a slaying that went unsolved for decades has died in prison, state corrections officials confirmed. Raymand Vannieuwenhoven, 85, was convicted last year of fatally shooting 25-year-old David Schuldes and 24-year-old Ellen Matheys in a Marinette County park on July 9, 1976, in…


Waukesha Parade Massacre Suspect Changes Plea, Uses Insanity Defense

The man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens more by ramming an SUV into a Christmas parade last year in Waukesha, Wisconsin, will plead not guilty to his criminal charges by reason of insanity. Darrell Brooks, the 40-year-old accused killer, has changed his plea from “not guilty” to “not guilty by reason of…


Wisconsin School Board Group Cuts Ties With NSBA Over Letter Comparing Parents to Terrorists

The Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB) has terminated its membership with the National School Boards Association (NSBA) amid controversy over a letter sent to the Biden administration likening concerned parents at school board meetings to “domestic terrorists.” WASB voted Tuesday not to renew its membership with NSBA, joining a number of states which have opted…


Drivers Killed When 2 Semis Collide on Wisconsin Highway

UNION GROVE, Wis.—Two people died in a fiery head-on crash involving two semi-tractor trailers Tuesday in southeastern Wisconsin, authorities said. Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department Chief Tim Allen said a tanker truck hauling corn starch and a semi hauling plastic drain tile collided on state Highway 11 east of Union Grove. Both drivers were killed. “We…


Nanoparticle Cures Sepsis in Mice, Potentials for Future Treatment

The use of engineered nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide [NAD(H)], a molecule common to many animals, resulted in 100 percent sepsis survival in mice, creating a potential future treatment, a University of Wisconsin-Madison study has found. Researchers from the study say the NAD(H) nanoparticles also have the potential to treat many other diseases because NAD(H) is involved…


Wisconsin School District Ends Sexual Harassment Probe Against Boys Accused of ‘Mispronouning’

A Wisconsin school district has ended its sexual harassment investigation against three eighth-grade boys who addressed another student with biologically correct pronouns instead of the student’s preferred alternatives. “Over the last several weeks, our school district and community have been greatly impacted by media attention related to a complaint involving harassment,” Kiel Area School District…


‘Pawns’ for Beijing: CCP Pressures US Officials to Tilt Policies in China’s Favor

It was late February 2020, as the pandemic was heating up in the United States, when a request from China caught Wisconsin state senator Roger Roth’s attention. It was an email from Wu Ting, wife of the Chinese consul general in Chicago. Wu wanted Roth to help pass a resolution “in support of China’s fight…