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The Republican National Convention is coming to Milwaukee July 15 through 18 and is expected to bring an estimated 50,000 people to the city, according to the host committee. The main event will be held at Fiserv Forum, closing down the arena and the surrounding area inside the hard security perimeter to people who do […]

FOND DU LAC – Several more educators will be moving to new roles within the Fond du Lac School District for the 2024-25 school year. The district announced May 13 that with Waters Elementary School Principal Kristin Bowers’s promotion to chief of schools, Woodworth Middle School Assistant Principal Kelly Sarah will serve as interim principal […]

A dazzling display of the aurora, or as they are better known, the Northern Lights, captivated the U.S. in early May, filling social media channels. And you may be able to see them again soon. The sunspot that created the May 10 event is moving back into the position capable of creating another show. “Just […]

Whether in healthcare or in industry – or something as trivial as crafting personalized birthday wishes – artificial intelligence (AI) is now a part of many people’s daily lives. What about higher education? Can AI in the form of large language models (LLMs) such as the chatbot ChatGPT be used to prepare for exams? And […]

The legal term is de minimis. It is Latin for a trifling or inconsequential matter — something too small to be considered meaningful under the law. The North East School District is turning to the legal term in U.S. District Court in Erie. The district is citing the term as it seeks to dismiss a […]

ZANESVILLE − Julie Irvin chuckles a little when she recounts how her and husband’s new wedding and event venue, Belle Brooke Ranch at 1185 Holders Lane, came to be.“It didn’t start out as a business at all,” she laughed of how she and her husband, Daren, actually got the venue going, breaking ground in July […]

Mike Kagay filed to run for a third term as Shawnee County’s district attorney on May 24, and currently doesn’t have any challengers, according to the Kansas Secretary of State’s list of candidates. Republican Kagay, 40, said during his last campaign that he hopes to remain the district attorney until retiring. In his last election, […]

Michael Brennan spent more than a decade helping prepare forecasts and warning messages at the National Hurricane Center before being named its director just before hurricane season in 2023. The role puts him firmly on the frontlines of communicating storm hazards to the public. With this summer expected to bring more storms than normal, getting […]

If you are used to traveling on the Caloosahatchee Bridge for work or for other reasons, today is your last day to figure out an alternate route to use for the next 12 weeks. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is closing the popular bridge that connects Fort Myers and North Fort Myers on May […]

Even as national institutions struggle to coordinate meaningful trials for possible long COVID treatments, researchers continue to tally the damage. New findings suggest that the disease’s reach isn’t merely long—it’s still growing. Three years after their initial bouts with COVID-19, patients who’d once been hospitalized with the virus remained at “significantly elevated” risk of death […]