Category Archives: State News
Commercial Barges On Mississippi Still Stopped By High Water
Barge traffic on the Mississippi River is usually heavy this time of year, but not this year. It's at a standstill because high river water levels have closed 10 lock and dams downstream from La Cross...
Jun 13, 2019 Chris M Morris / CC
Rockets For Next Generation Of Spacecraft Are Being Built In Wisconsin
It might not be too long until the next generation of spacecraft is powered by the "Vortex" rocket engines built in central Wisconsin. The Vortex will be used to push the S-N-C Dream Chaser, a spacecr...
Jun 13, 2019 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / CC
Federal Study Finds Wisconsin Has Most Cost-Efficient Energy Program
Wisconsin's Focus on Energy Design Assistance Program has been designated the most cost-effective program of its kind in the U-S. The Berkeley National Laboratory analyzed energy efficient program in ...
Jun 12, 2019
Corn and Soybean Planting Way Behind in Wisconsin
Wisconsin farmers are way behind schedule for planting crops. The latest U-S Agriculture Department crop report for Wisconsin shows farmers are at least two weeks behind where they normally are by thi...
Jun 12, 2019 Mark Bonica / CC
Fight Outside Madison Middle School Involves Up To 20 Students, Parents
Madison authorities are reviewing surveillance video to determine if charges should be filed against 15-to-20 people who were fighting outside a middle school graduation ceremony. Police say parents a...
Jun 12, 2019
Fight Over Grilled Hot Dogs Has Twins Facing Possible Jail Time
Two 20-year-old twins from Eau Claire County could wind up serving some time in prison after an incident which started with an argument over grilled hot dogs. Alex Thompson admits he punched his broth...
Jun 12, 2019 Joel Telling / CC
La Crosse Fire Department Has To Rescue Person After Fall From Grandad Bluff
Emergency responders had to rescue a person who fell from Grandad Bluff in La Crosse Monday night. It's believed the victim fell between 20 and 80 feet. Firefighters used a specialized piece of equipm...
Jun 12, 2019
Second Wisconsin Ironman Athlete Dies in Madison Hospital
The Madison Fire Department reports the death of a second Wisconsin Ironman athlete pulled from Lake Monona. The M-F-D says apparatus engineer Todd Mahoney was rescued Sunday morning and transported t...
Jun 11, 2019
Beware of the One Ring Phone Call
According to the FCC and FTC, one-ring scams are back nationwide. You get a call from a number you don't know, and the call stops after just one ring. Calls usually come in bursts in the middle of the...
Jun 11, 2019 Nathan Oakley / CC
$400M Tax Cut Could Be Part Of Wisconsin Budget
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee are working toward a 400-million dollar middle class tax cut this week. It would be part of the two-year Wiscons...
Jun 11, 2019
