A request to change judges in the case of Lawrence Fields, a Seymour man who faces child sex assault charges in Shawano County, was granted July 16.

Anyone cruising down state Highway 29 at 70 mph (or even at slower speeds due to construction efforts) probably hasn’t realized the width of the white lines on the side of the road has changed.

Tony Kemnitz, of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, briefly discussed the change at the July 21 meeting of the Shawano County Highway Safety Commission.

After 173 years of serving Wisconsin’s newspaper industry, the Wisconsin Newspaper Association is adopting a new name: the Wisconsin NewsMedia Association.

The new name reflects the evolution of how Wisconsin news organizations deliver trusted local journalism to their communities. The name change honors the association’s long and distinguished history while recognizing the realities of modern news consumption.

Wisconsin had 6.6 days suitable for fieldwork statewide for the week ending July 19, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Wildfire smoke blanketed the state for several days, making outdoor work difficult.

Crops are starting to show stress due to the lack of recent precipitation in many parts of the state.

Two consecutive big weekends in Wittenberg kicked off July 17 with the Wittenberg-Birnamwood FFA Alumni Association’s 48th annual corn roast.

Wittenberg Village Park will also be busy this coming weekend with the village’s annual Community Days celebration, set for July 24-26.

James Radford will be bound over for trial in the homicide of his wife, Sabrina Radford, and pleaded not guilty to the first-degree charge during a hearing July 15.