FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Army Reserve Soldiers bring the thunder in Global Strike * FORT MCCOY, Wis. - Approximately 7,000 from around the Army Reserve are training at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, as a part of the Combat Support Training Exercise 25, Global Strike, an annual exercise designed to prepare reserve Soldiers for the transforming battlefield of the future. The exercise focuses on training for Large Scale Comb  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Wraps Up First Week of "Fighting for Wisconsin Families" Tour * WISCONSIN - On Saturday, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) wrapped up her first week of her "Fighting for Wisconsin Families" tour, making nearly a dozen stops in Milwaukee, Brown, Door, Lincoln, Sawyer, and Ashland counties. Baldwin met with parents, workers, seniors, and small business owners to hear firsthand how the Trump  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Chemical Safety Board issued the following news release: * * * Didion Milling Fails to Implement CSB Recommendations Didion Milling Fails to Implement the U.S. Chemical Safety Board's Recommendations to Improve Safety at Wisconsin Facility Where Explosions Killed Five Employees and Injured 14 Others * August 11, 2025 -The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) said today that Didion Milling, Inc. has so far failed to implement nine safety   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 11 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * FFRF anti-blasphemy op-ed published in Wyoming's second-largest newspaper * The Wyoming Tribune-Eagle is the latest newspaper to publish an op-ed from FFRF Regional Government Affairs Manager Mickey Dollens calling for an end to state-level blasphemy laws. "Wyoming Statute SS 1-29-106 says that the state's libel laws do not authorize the publication of 'blasphem  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 11 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * FFRF sounds alarm over Christian nationalist Doug Wilson's influence in D.C. * The Freedom From Religion Foundation is raising the alarm over the deepening influence of Christian nationalist pastor Douglas Wilson at the highest levels of American political power. A new church affiliated with Wilson's extremist Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC) ha  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Secretary Chavez-DeRemer highlights President Trump's successful first 200 days during 'America at Work' tour stops in 4 states * WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer last week completed a four-state swing through Idaho, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, as part of her America at Work listening tour where she met directly with manufacturers, miners, construction work  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 11 [Category: National Defense] -- The Association of the U.S. Army posted the following news: * * * National Guard Captain Wins Army's Premier Writing Contest * An essay by a Wisconsin Army National Guard captain is the winner of this year's General William E. DePuy Writing Contest. Capt. Micah Neidorfler's article, "Fighting for the Day After: Preserving Chinese Maritime Infrastructure in a Conventional War," was selected for the top prize in the Army's premier   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 11 [Category: Environment] -- The Trust for Public Land posted the following news release: * * * Trust for Public Land Protects Critical Segment of the North Country Trail Along Wisconsin's Black River * Partnership with National Park Service and North Country Trail Association Connects and Conserves a Vital Stretch of America's Longest National Scenic Trail Douglas County, Wisconsin -- Trust for Public Land (TPL), in partnership with the National Park Servi  more