Ellie here. The warm weather is back, and hopefully here to stay!
I’ve been taking advantage of the nice temps by getting back outside and running! Here’s a view of the Menomonee River from my run the other day:
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Menomonee River on my run this week! (Ellie Bourdo/UpNorthNews)
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Have you been getting outside and doing something fun? Let me know!
In other news, we’re taking a look at a Green Bay bookmobile that’s headed on a state-wide road trip. Check out the full story below to see if it’s coming near you! We’ve got this and other Wisconsin news for you today.
And a quick note: In tomorrow’s Locals Love, I want to hear all about your favorite breweries in our state! Send in your favorites, and tell me why, to have them featured!
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“Our sunset in West Bend last night. Spectacular.” (Courtesy of Sandy F.)
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Our reader, Sandy F., sent in this beautiful photo of a sunset in West Bend. Spectacular is a great way to describe it, thanks for sharing!
Send in your Wisconsin view to have it featured!
If you’re looking to get outside and see some beautiful views, check out these awesome spring hikes in our state.
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Loom & Lore bookmobile prepares for its state-wide road trip. (Courtesy of Loom & Lore)
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By Ellie Bourdo
Two best friends and Green Bay natives joked in middle school about owning their own business. That’s since become their reality.
Sydney Vassal, 33, and Erin Sherwood, 32, have transformed a bus into a bookmobile called Loom & Lore, where they packed it full of nearly 1,000 books, specializing primarily in romance titles while offering a variety of other genres for community members to purchase.
“We really just wanted to create a space where readers, makers, and people interested in building community could come together,” Vassal said.
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Looking for a way to spend your weekend?
Don’t forget to check out the Badger State Buzz, where we keep you up to date on the events and happenings around our state!
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The Milwaukee Monarchs are a women’s ultimate team based in Milwaukee that plays in the Premier Ultimate League. (Milwaukee Monarchs)
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By Erin Yarnall
Wisconsin is a big sporting state—from cheering on the Packers, Bucks, and Brewers, to being devoted to the Badgers and spending time in some of the state’s many sports bars. Because Wisconsin is such a sport-loving state, it makes it easy to support women’s sports throughout the state.
Despite the wins and excitement that can be found in women’s sports, they consistently receive less media coverage and engagement than men’s sports. But the tide seems to be changing—from exciting new players creating fandoms to novel opportunities for women to get involved in sports, women’s sports are picking up support throughout the country, including right here in Wisconsin. Women’s sports, which were once a niche market, are now a booming industry, with 46 billion minutes of women’s sports viewed in 2025.
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According to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the human-caused rise in greenhouse gases has increased the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events worldwide. (Adobe Stock)
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By Public News Service
Wisconsin saw more severe thunderstorm, tornado and flash flood warnings in the first three weeks of April than in any other month in the last four decades of available data, more than a month before the usual peak of the severe weather season.
Wisconsin had 289 warnings as of the morning of April 22, according to National Weather Service data shared by the Wisconsin State Climatology Office. That compares to 264 in June 2005, 262 in July 2006, 258 in June 1998 and 253 in June 2008. June and July usually have the most severe weather each year, said Amanda Latham, climate outreach specialist with the climatology office.
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Thanks for reading. This newsletter was written by Ellie Bourdo with stories from Ellie Bourdo, Erin Yarnall, and Public News Service. It was edited by Paula Solis.
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