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Ben & Jerry’s co-founders are bringing Kamala Harris-inspired ice cream to Wisconsin
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On the heels of the first Ben & Jerry’s shop opening in Wisconsin, the founders of the ice cream chain are launching a Kamala Harris-inspired pint as part of nationwide ice cream truck tour that will stop in Wisconsin next month.
MoveOn, a progressive public policy advocacy group, is partnering with Ben & Jerry’s co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield to host the ice cream truck tour, which will swing through more than 20 cities in battleground states, according to a MoveOn news release. That includes four different stops in Wisconsin.
Along with doling out free ice cream, the “Scoop the Vote” tour will host local officials and activists, help register voters and guide people through making a voting plan.
The Kamala Harris-inspired ice cream flavor is under Cohen’s “Ben’s Best” label and not affiliated with the Ben & Jerry’s brand. Cohen told USA TODAY he got involved in the election because he wants to “get a common decency at a minimum in the White House.”
“I want someone who supports people of all races, all genders,” Cohen said. “And I think Kamala is a person who supports people. She doesn’t try to make herself bigger by putting other people down.”
Here’s everything we know about the new Kamala Harris ice cream and how you can try it in Wisconsin.
What are the Kamala Harris-inspired ice cream flavors?
In a nod to one of Harris’s most famous quotes, Cohen concocted “Kamala’s Coconut Jubilee” in support of the vice president.
Coconut tree emojis and memes became ubiquitous with the Harris campaign this summer after a clip went viral of her saying, “You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.”
“Kamala’s Coconut Jubilee” is a coconut-flavored ice cream layered with caramel and topped with red, white and blue star sprinkles. You can sign up online or at the tour stops to enter a raffle for the limited edition pints.
MoveOn will also serve several other electorally themed ice cream flavors, including, “Unburdened by What has Vanilla Bean,” “Inauguration Celebration Birthday Cake,” “Fight For Our Rights Sorbet,” and “MoveOn Mobilizer Milk Chocolate.”
Where in Wisconsin is the truck stopping?
The 22-city ice cream tour kicks off Monday, Sept. 16 in Philadelphia, with Cohen and Greenfield in attendance at the first stop. The tour will then move west, logging four stops in Wisconsin in early October.
Here’s when and where the ice cream tour will visit Wisconsin. Time and specific location has not yet been announced for these stops.
- Milwaukee: Wednesday, Oct. 2. RVSP here.
- Green Bay: Thursday, Oct. 3. RSVP here.
- Appleton and University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh: Friday, Oct. 4. RSVP here.
- Madison: Saturday, Oct. 5. This stop will also include a rally in support of the Harris-Walz campaign. RSVP here.
Rahna Epting, executive director of MoveOn, told USA TODAY the tour is an effort to engage people who were not necessarily planning to vote in the election this fall.
“There’s a ton of folks that are already tuned into this election, and then there’s a vast, vast set of folks that aren’t,” Epting said, adding that even non-political activities, like getting ice cream, can engage Americans.
About 1,000 animal welfare activists who tried to gain entry on Saturday to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin were turned back by police who fired rubber bullets and pepper spray into the crowd and arrested the group’s leader.
It was the second attempt in as many months by protesters to take beagles from the Ridglan Farms facility in Blue Mounds, a small town about 25 miles (about 40 kilometres) southwest of Wisconsin’s capital, Madison.
Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett said in a video statement that 300 to 400 protesters were “violently trying to break into the property” and assault officers. He said protesters have ignored designated areas for peaceful protest and blocked roads to prevent emergency vehicles from entering.
“This is not a peaceful protest,” Barrett said.
The sheriff’s department said a “significant” number of people were arrested out of about 1,000 protesters at the site but did not give an exact total as they were still being processed as of the afternoon.
Protesters tried to overcome barricades that included a manure-filled trench, hay bales and a barbed-wire fence. Some protesters did get through the fence but were unable to enter the facility, where an estimated 2,000 beagles are kept, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
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Wisconsin men’s basketball has added a sharpshooting wing via the transfer portal.
Miami (Ohio) transfer Eian Elmer has signed with the Badgers, the team announced April 18. The 6-foot-7 wing will join UW with one year of eligibility remaining.
Elmer averaged a career-high 12.7 points and 5.9 rebounds while shooting 49.8% from the field and 42.9% from 3-point range in 2025-26. His production helped the RedHawks go 32-2 and earn an at-large NCAA Tournament bid.
“We are really excited to add another excellent addition to our spring signees,” UW coach Greg Gard said in a release. “Eian brings a wealth of experience and scoring punch as a 6-7 wing. … A terrific shooter, his skillset and production fit excellently into our plan as we build out next year’s team. Throughout our evaluation process, our staff loved his size, power and skill and truly believe he will thrive in our system.”
Elmer is Wisconsin’s third transfer portal addition since the end of the 2025-26 season, joining former George Washington guard Trey Autry and former Hofstra forward Victory Onuetu. UW also added Australian guard Owen Foxwell.
The additions of Autry, Onuetu and now Elmer leave Gard’s staff with three more roster spots to fill ahead of the 2026-27 season.
The Badgers are looking to replace much of their production from a 2025-26 team that went 24-11. Nolan Winter is expected to be the team’s only returning starter after John Blackwell and Aleksas Bieliauskas entered the transfer portal and Nick Boyd and Andrew Rohde exhausted their eligibility.
MILWAUKEE – Friday’s severe storms have passed. And with that, the threat of any severe weather has also passed for the immediate future as no storms or rain are expected for several days.
However, plenty of damage remains across southeastern Wisconsin as of Saturday morning, in addition to the ongoing flooding threat.
Several area rivers are at flood stage, and there are multiple river flood warnings in effect.
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Farmstead damage in Franklin
FOX6’s Hayley Spitler is in Franklin on Saturday morning, April 18, getting a daylight look at the damage from last night’s storms.
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Friday’s storms left quite the mark across southern and southeastern Wisconsin, including at L and L Farms and Greenhouse in Caledonia.
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