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How safe are rollercoasters around the world?

Questions are once again being asked about the safety of rollercoasters after eight people were left hanging upside down for more than two hours when the ride they were on broke down at a fair in Wisconsin.

The Week

Wisconsin governor seals 400 years of public school funding increases with budget veto

Wisconsin’s governor has broad line-item veto authority

The Independent UK

Eight stuck upside down on US rollercoaster for more than three hours

Wisconsin officials are investigating the ride failure, which required firefighters to free those trapped ‘near the top of a loop’

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Wisconsin probes how 8 roller-coaster riders became trapped upside down for hours

State officials are investigating how eight people became trapped upside down on a roller coaster at a festival in Wisconsin

The Independent UK

Wisconsin teen dies in sawmill accident in one of 14 states looking to roll back child labour laws

Federal officials investigating accident

The Independent UK

Roller coaster riders stuck upside down for hours after mechanical failure

Passengers left hanging for nearly three hours near the top of a roller coaster loop at the Forest County Festival in Crandon, Wisconsin

The Independent UK

Kids stuck upside down on rollercoaster for HOURS as rescuers struggle to free them

Riders on a rollercoaster were left hanging upside down for hours after the machinery malfunctioned during the ride at the Forest County Festival in Crandon, Wisconsin

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Was the U.S. Senior Open SentryWorld’s formal unveiling to the golf world? Mike Whan thinks so

The course — which few of the players had seen prior to the first practice round Tuesday — received rave reviews.

USA Today Sports Media Group

19.3% of all state legislative censures of legislators have occurred in 2023

Six of the 31 cases tracked by Ballotpedia in which legislators were censured by state legislative chambers have occurred in 2023. This is the second highest number of legislators censured in one year since the first case in 1838 and accounts for 19.3% of all state legislative censures. The highest…

Ballotpedia

Battle over Wisconsin's top elections official could have ripple effects for 2024

A fight over whether Wisconsin’s top elections official will keep her job has potential implications for the 2024 presidential contest in a perennial battleground where statewide margins are typically razor thin

The Independent UK

U.S. Senior Open venue SentryWorld has become a force in the golf world by getting whatever it wants

A major decision would ultimately define the future of this company: What to do with SentryWorld Golf Course?

USA Today Sports Media Group

Two missing children found dumped in Wisconsin park after babysitter drove them from Florida

The siblings, aged one and two, were found unharmed

The Independent UK

Davis Love III withdraws from 2023 U.S. Senior Open at SentryWorld

Love withdrew just ahead of the opening round of the U.S. Senior Open at SentryWorld in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Noel Gallagher forced to cancel Wisconsin show due to poor air quality

Blazing Canadian wildfires have resulted in appalling air quality in several US states

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SentryWorld renovation a decade ago teed up this week’s U.S. Senior Open

One of the key architects in the SentryWorld renovation shares the details of rerouting the Wisconsin layout.

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University of Wisconsin wouldn’t let J.J. Watt buy every graduate a beer when he was commencement speaker

"I want to put a Spotted Cow under every single seat in the stadium. I'll pay for it all."

The Independent UK

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds gig cancelled in US due to air quality issues

US-based rock band Garbage had also been due to play the same night at Breese Stevens Field in Madison, Wisconsin.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Photos: U.S. Senior Open 2023 from SentryWorld

A star-studded field has descended on Stevens Point, Wisconsin, for the 2023 U.S. Senior Open.

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Can Steve Stricker win a U.S. Senior Open on the same course where he won a Wisconsin state title 39 years ago?

Nearly four decades after winning the WIAA state golf tournament, Stricker makes his long-awaited return to SentryWorld.

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Wisconsinite Jerry Kelly hadn’t been to SentryWorld in nearly four decades. ‘This golf course is awesome’

“I think it’s about as classic of a Wisconsin parkland, wooded golf course as you’re going to find,” Kelly said.

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Arnold Palmer, Brett Favre and the Mona Lisa: This week’s U.S. Senior Open site has plenty of golf history

The local paper took a look back over 41 years of its archives for a deeper look at the history of golf at SentryWorld.

Ballotpedia

Washington and Wisconsin enact laws limiting advisory questions on ballots

Washington and Wisconsin passed bills during their 2023 legislative sessions that limited non-binding questions, also known as advisory questions or advisory votes, on election ballots.

Chicago Sun-Times

Don’t take away gray wolves’ protection under Endangered Species Act without proper discussion

The best available scientific evidence supports stronger protections for wolves.

Space

SpaceShipOne pilot's M&Ms, other mementos go on museum display

The first commercial astronaut has placed his archives on display 19 years after he made his first launch into space. The Mike and Sally Melvill collection is now on exhibit by the EAA in Wisconsin.

The Independent UK

Firefighters pull giant boa constrictor from roof of Wisconsin home: ‘The stuff of nightmares’

The snake was safely returned to its owners after the rescue mission

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