Category Archives: State News
Madison Police Arrest 2, Break Up Big Parking Lot Fight
Witnesses tell Madison police both juveniles and adults were involved in a weekend fight in a parking lot. Two people were arrested, a 16-year-old girl and a 38-year-old man. No names were released. T...
Aug 13, 2018
Roosevelt Elementary Students Benefit From Project Backpack
Roosevelt Elementary School students in Eau Claire are benefiting from Project Backpack. Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd hosted the event Wednesday where kids could pick out a backpack and fill i...
Aug 12, 2018 Personal Creations / CC
Brown County Bird Tests Positive For West Nile Virus
The Brown County Health and Human Services - Public Health Division, City of De Pere and Oneida Health Departments report a dead bird found in Brown County has tested positive for West Nile virus. Thi...
Aug 12, 2018
Mercury Marine to offer Accelerated Outboard Certification Training
Mercury Marine has announced that it will offer additional programming for marine technicians as part of its Mercury University Accelerated Outboard Certification program. The program, which allows a ...
Aug 12, 2018
Training Exercises Mean Aircraft Activity Starting Monday
People living in 21 Wisconsin counties are being informed about increased aircraft activity starting Monday. The Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center will be home for 60 aircraft and more than ...
Aug 12, 2018 Juanedc / CC
Report: Milwaukee Home To 20th-Worst Drivers In U.S.
July and August are the deadliest months on U-S highways, so it won't make people traveling in Milwaukee feel any better to find out it's home to some of the worst drivers in the U-S. Only 19 cities a...
Aug 12, 2018 Pelle Sten / CC
Siren Malfunction Awakens, Concerns SW Madison Residents
A malfunctioning warning siren interrupted sleep for many residents on Madison's southwest side early Monday. That siren started going off at about 5:00 A-M. The Dane County Emergency Management offic...
Aug 11, 2018 Patricia H. / CC
Douglas County Officials Struggle Over Closing Swimming Area
A Douglas County committee has delayed a proposed action which would have banned swimming at a beach on Lake Superior. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reports Shafer Beach has exceeded s...
Aug 11, 2018 charlene mcbride / CC
Oshkosh Company Buys Paper Straw Maker
Oshkosh-based Hoffmaster Group is moving into the rapidly-growing paper-straw manufacturing field. Hoffmaster announced its purchase of Indiana-based Aardvark Straws Monday. The demand for paper straw...
Aug 11, 2018 Marco Verch / CC
WMC to Create Statewide Association Health Plan for Employers
The state's chamber of commerce and largest business group is in the process of creating a statewide Association Health Plan (AHP) under new rules approved by the federal Department of Labor. The AHP ...
Aug 11, 2018
