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After strong storms on June 10, Beaver Dam’s Culver’s barn was destroyed. The iconic blue barn was already damaged in April after a tornado touched down in the area. Recent storms struck the final blow to the Wisconsin landmark.

As child care costs continue to rise, Sen. Tammy Baldwin proposed shifting $14.27 billion from a Trump-backed immigration enforcement package to child care assistance. Senate Republicans rejected the amendment before approving a bill that sends tens of billions of dollars to ICE and Border Patrol.

President Trump’s visit to Chippewa County last Friday was billed as a roundtable discussion on agriculture. It wasn’t exactly deep on substance over the concerns gripping rural Wisconsin.

The Democratic candidates for governor said President Donald Trump’s Chippewa County farm visit last Friday would do little to win back farmers unhappy with Trump’s tariffs and healthcare cuts—which were supported by Reps. Derrick Van Orden and Tom Tiffany, the Republican candidate for governor.

President Trump offered a lot of his greatest hits in Chippewa County on Friday.

At a “Fighting for Farmers” roundtable in Chippewa Falls,, Trump took several detours to talk about the Iran War, Washington D.C. fountains, and transgender athletes.

President Donald Trump has landed in the Chippewa Valley and will soon be speaking at a farm north of Eau Claire, but he was also greeted by protesters upset about his broken promises to address inflation, the Epstein files, and more.

While President Trump was the main attraction at a Chippewa Valley event on Friday, protesters made sure to note that US Rep. Tom Tiffany, the Republican candidate for governor, has voted in lockstep with a Trump agenda they say has caused all kinds of damage to the economy and families’ finances.

It’s the “choice” paradox. 📚 Democratic lawmakers like Rep. Angelina Cruz of Racine say that while parents have a “choice” to use a voucher to pay private school tuition, taxpayers never had a “choice” in whether their local public funds would be diverted to private, often religious, institutions. ✏️: Salina Heller

We often talk to Dr. Kristin Lyerly from the Green Bay area about healthcare issues and the political struggles to protect women’s healthcare rights. She also serves on the national board of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. We talked to her at the 2026 ACOG national convention in Washington, DC about why she…