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Rob Mentzer

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Managing editor of news @WPR. Subscribe to the Wisconsin Today newsletter and the “Wisconsin Today: Morning News” podcast!! [email protected]

Wausau, WI Katılım Ekim 2007
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People are drinking more whole milk, less soy milk is up and "cottage cheese is having a real moment right now." WISCONSIN'S TIME TO SHINE BABY. wpr.org/news/americans…
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Mark Treinen@MarkTreinen·
I've been doing journalism a long time and don't recall a public official ever demanding a "public correction" of an entire story, and then proposing a bunch of fixes to the exact problems highlighted in the @CapTimes story. thecentersquare.com/wisconsin/arti…
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The McFarland Police Department posted this photo of a suspected drunk driver’s one-vehicle crash in which *no one was injured* if you can believe that.
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Corri Hess
Corri Hess@CorriHess·
NEW: Nearly 400 Wisconsin children will lose Head Start next month due to the government shutdown. Another 1,100 will lose benefits in December if the shutdown continues wpr.org/news/400-wisco…
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Interesting moment to do this press release
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Scottie Lee Meyers@ScottieMeyers·
Wild interview. Ryan Porter’s Riverwest home raided yesterday by FBI. He says agents interviewed him for 6 hours and decided not to press charges. Porter returned home later that day and told a WISN reporter — on camera — that he sells weed and cocaine, but it’s small potatoes.
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Corri Hess
Corri Hess@CorriHess·
Put down your phone! At least if you have small children. "Parental tech use has been likened to secondhand smoke in that it might endanger children’s health and development in ways we don’t even fully understand yet." Here's my latest feature for WPR: wpr.org/news/schools-s…
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Joe Schulz
Joe Schulz@JoeSchulz3·
Farmers harvesting their crops this fall are also waiting to hear whether they can expect a check from the government. Even if a bailout comes, farmers often say they'd prefer markets to sell their crops to a government handout. wpr.org/news/farmers-t…
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I know there is a lot going on but Thomas Pynchon's new novel is set in Wisconsin and Dwight Garner calls it "perhaps Western literature’s Great Cheese Novel." WESTERN LITERATURE'S GREAT CHEESE NOVEL. nytimes.com/2025/10/02/boo…
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Joe Schulz
Joe Schulz@JoeSchulz3·
A city administrator and his sister are facing criminal charges in northwestern Wisconsin related to an alleged attempt to record a closed session county board meeting last month. wpr.org/news/ladysmith…
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This guy, a former state lawmaker and tourism secretary, left behind millions of pounds of hazardous waste including 60 pounds of elemental mercury that was not properly stored. The state spent $4.6 million to clean it up. (Link below.)
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As first reported by @DanODonnellShow, a Wisconsin lawmaker had to cancel a public hearing yesterday after false claims online led to commenters threatening him and saying he should be “Charlie Kirk’d.” This sucks. wpr.org/news/wisconsin…
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