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Looking for a way to give back? This week’s volunteer opportunities include supporting Special Olympics athletes, helping at community events, tending museum gardens and assisting neighbors in need.

The Brewers won for the fifth time in their past seven games and moved past the Los Angeles Dodgers for the best record in the major leagues at 69-41.

Kronenwetter’s largest collaborative community event happens this week. Mark your calendars!

Ignite host Game 1 of best-of 3 championship series Monday at Athletic Park.

Bug spray essential, or standard Wisconsin summer? Mosquito season is in full swing - how are you faring out there?

Wausau weather for Sunday and Monday

From lawn mowers and summer sounds to TIF subsidies, city finances and the future of local news, readers weighed in all week. Here’s what the results showed — and what they could help us cover next.

Wisconsin election clerks are urging voters to return absentee ballots at least 10 days before Election Day amid widespread mail delays that caused hundreds of ballots to arrive too late to be counted in the spring election.

The Bad River tribe and environmental groups are back in court, challenging DNR decisions that would allow Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute to move ahead at four northern Wisconsin waterways.

Child care costs families too much, pays providers too little and remains out of reach in many communities. Now, Republican and Democratic state lawmakers say the system needs a major overhaul.

"The biggest thing we want to make people aware of is that drowning doesn't look like you think it does. It's quiet. A person can't breathe, so he or she can't make noise." - Michael Fraley

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It’s not just the heat — the corn is sweating, too. Wisconsin’s millions of acres of corn can pump billions of gallons of moisture into the air on a muggy summer day. Here’s how “corn sweat” works and why it can make the humidity feel even more oppressive.

The Packers’ kicking woes have drawn plenty of attention, but their return game was even worse in 2025. Now Green Bay is testing a new group of contenders to fix one of the NFL’s least productive special teams units.

"(Zohran) Mamdani’s statement is a principled stand for international law. As (Omer) Bartov warns, preventing future genocides depends on leaders naming them and states holding perpetrators accountable." - Terry Hansen of Grafton

The Department of Homeland Security says ICE is not planning enforcement operations targeting polling places during the November midterms, though officials left open the possibility of action in response to a specific public safety threat.

Samuel Golbach brings more than 28 years of experience in the financial services industry.