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Wagon rolls over at Wisconsin apple orchard injuring about 25 children and adults

Sep. 19, 2024 10:39 AM EDT

LAFAYETTE, Wis. (AP) — About 25 children and adults were injured Wednesday when a wagon carrying them overturned at a western Wisconsin apple orchard. The children, parents and chaperones were on a field trip to the orchard in Lafayette when one of two wagons being pulled by a...

Vance touts deportation plan in Wisconsin city where tensions flared over refugee resettlement

Sep. 17, 2024 21:49 PM EDT

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — Stephanie Hirsch remembers growing up in the western Wisconsin city of Eau Claire when the community welcomed newly arriving Hmong refugees from Southeast Asia. So Hirsch, now the Eau Claire city manager, said she was surprised at the hostility, fear and...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Wisconsin's state primaries

Aug. 09, 2024 07:13 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Wisconsin will select candidates on Tuesday who will compete in some of the fall’s most closely watched races. Republicans will choose a challenger to run against U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who is seeking a third term. There are also primaries in two...