We hope you had a nice, long weekend.
While some began classes last month, for most Wisconsinites with school-aged kids, today marks the first day of the new school year. Whether that prompts shouts of “Boo Hoo!” or “Yahoo!” it’s a significant moment. We hope all the kids get on all the correct buses, and that everyone and everything is on time.
As for today’s Key Reads, mind you that many journalists and news organizations also checked out this weekend. But we did scour the web so you didn’t have to. Without further ado, here is today’s update.
Vice Presidential candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was in Milwaukee for Labor Day. The most newsworthy thing about the visit was a pre-rally car accident and the fact that Wisconsin Governor Tony “Jazzed as Hell” Evers kept calling Walz Tom.
“They said, ‘Tim is in the pocket of organized labor.’ I said, ‘That’s a damn lie. I am the pocket,'” the governor and former congressman said. “If you want to attack me for standing up for collective bargaining for fair wages, for safe working conditions, for health care and retirement, you roll the damn dice. I’ll take my chances on that.”
…The Walzes’ visit to Wisconsin is part of a continuous swing of campaign activity in the battleground state. Biden is set to visit southwestern Wisconsin on Thursday. Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Mosinee on Saturday, after holding a town hall last week in La Crosse.
While the Biden Administration refuses to allow the prudent hunting of wolves to manage the population landowners are forced to take elaborate measures to safeguard their property and livelihood.
Farmers turn to ‘predator-proof’ fences to deter wolves in northern Wisconsin | WPR
Soyring and his father, Jim, own about 1,300 acres in Douglas County and rent another 800 acres for the farm where they care for about 400 beef cows and calves. Soyring said run-ins with wolves were especially tough when cows had their calves in the spring.
…“This was the first year that we’ve ever gone through an entire calving season (in) which all of them were calved inside that (predator-proof) fence. We didn’t lose a single calf to predators,” Soyring said.
That’s a stark contrast to last year when Soyring said they had half a dozen calves lost to confirmed wolf kills, with another nine missing.
…The wolf’s status has changed multiple times over the years. Most recently, the animal was delisted in 2021. The delisting led to a wolf hunt that year in Wisconsin, during which hunters killed 218 wolves . In 2022, a federal judge restored protections for the gray wolf in Wisconsin and most states nationwide. Since then, farmers have been unable to use lethal means to deal with problem wolves.
…The fencing costs about $9 per linear foot. For 40 acres, Ruid said the cost of such projects can run around $50,000.
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