Category Archives: State News
Not All Wisconsin Farmers Have Been Hurt By Unstable Weather Pattern
Although many Midwestern farmers have lost millions of dollars to the recent unstable weather, strawberry farmers say they've enjoyed their best season ever. The cold winter and wet spring hit grain p...
Jul 5, 2019
State Patrol Ramps Up Speeding Enforcement In SE Wisconsin
The Wisconsin State Patrol has stepped up the enforcement of speeding laws between Milwaukee and the Illinois state line. Troopers say reckless driving is causing a lot of the issues on Interstate 94....
Jul 4, 2019 Hsiung/d6478coke / CC
10th Annual Landing Blitz Taking Place This Week
Thousands of Wisconsinites will take to the water this Fourth-of-July for the state's busiest boating holiday of the year. During the tenth annual Landing Blitz, July 3-7th, 2019, many boaters will be...
Jul 4, 2019 karol m / CC
Wisconsin Has Record-Low Unemployment, But Stagnant Poverty Rate
Even though the state of Wisconsin has experienced record-setting low unemployment rates recently, there has been little-to-no impact on families living in poverty. University of Wisconsin-Madison pro...
Jul 4, 2019 CafeCredit.com / CC
Sen. Jacque Co-Sponsors Bill Calling for More Uniform Penalties for Drunk Drivers
State Senator Andre Jacque of De Pere is co-sponsoring a bill, which would provide more uniform penalties for OWI charges. In a news release, Jacque and Representative John Spiros of Marshfield say th...
Jul 3, 2019 Mike / CC
Wisconsin Construction Unemployment Rate Reaches All-Time Low
Wisconsin's construction unemployment rate set an all-time record low for any month on record, according to an analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data released by Associated Builders an...
Jul 3, 2019 rulenumberone2 / CC
Federal Panel Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Legislative Boundaries
A panel of three federal judges has sided with Assembly Republicans and dismissed a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's legislative boundaries. Democratic voters had sued four years ago arguing the bounda...
Jul 3, 2019
6 People, 2 Dogs Escape Beloit House Fire
Six people and two dogs managed to avoid suffering any injuries when a home in Beloit caught on fire Tuesday afternoon. Beloit firefighters say the entire north side of the house was burning when they...
Jul 3, 2019 Trevor Hurlbut / CC
Expansion At Fitchburg Appliance Plant Could Mean 222 New Jobs
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation says a 70-million dollar expansion project at Sub-Zero Group appliances in Fitchburg will create 100 new jobs. The company makes refrigeration, cooking a...
Jul 3, 2019 Phillip Pessar / CC
WisDOT Denies Design Flaw Argument For Stretch Of I-94 In SE Wisconsin
Engineers with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation admit there are serious problems with a 20-mile construction project in near Racine -- it's just not a design flaw. There have been 210 accide...
Jul 3, 2019 allenhimself / CC
