Category Archives: State News
Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on new steps to help ensure the quality of and preserve access to compounded drugs by pursuing closer collaboration with states
The practice of compounding medicines can provide important public health opportunities. The FDA's compounding program - including implementation of the compounding provisions of the law - is a priori...
Sep 08, 2018 scott feldstein / CC
Get Real Math Video Premier
The Northeast Wisconsin (NEW) Manufacturing Alliance will be hosting its 4th annual "Get Real Math Video Premiere" at the Meyer Theatre in Green Bay. Last year's event had over 200 attendees from 85 d...
Sep 08, 2018
The FDA Investigation Of Illnesses Linked To Del Monte Vegetable Trays Ends
As of September 6, 2018, a total of 250 laboratory-confirmed cases of Cyclospora infection were reported in people who reportedly ate recalled pre-packaged Del Monte vegetable trays. CDC reports that ...
Sep 08, 2018
Businessman Offers To Pay Tuition For High Schoolers Going To Tech School
Thirty-four seniors attending a welcome-back assembly at Luck High School got a big surprise this week. Local businessman Dennis Frandsen is offering to pay their tuition if they attend a two-year tec...
Sep 08, 2018
Wisconsin Receives $91M From Feds For Road Projects
The Federal Highway Administration is sending almost 91-million dollars to Wisconsin for its road projects. That's about three times the normal amount the state gets through a federal redistribution p...
Sep 08, 2018 Marco Verch / CC
Mercury Marine Wins North American Die Casting Association Award
The North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) has awarded Mercury Marine's V-8 engine block as the winner of the Aluminum - Over 10lb category for the 2018 Die Casting Competition. The award hono...
Sep 08, 2018
19-Year-Old Homicide Suspect Charged In Milwaukee Shooting
One of two men charged in a triple shooting last month in Milwaukee now faces first-degree reckless homicide charges. Nineteen-year-old William L. Burks and a second hoodie-wearing gunman shot 28-year...
Sep 07, 2018
65-Year-Old Buffalo County Stabbing Victim Expected To Survive
Deputies with the Buffalo County Sheriff's Office report they found a stabbing suspect walking in the middle of Highway 25, still holding the knife in his hand. Kenneth Teel was taken into custody. In...
Sep 07, 2018
Monroe County Protesters Say System Failed Abused Children
Protesters gathered outside the Monroe County courthouse, then entered the courtroom Thursday during a hearing for a couple accused of child abuse. Prosecutors say Amy and Travis Headrick kept several...
Sep 07, 2018 Patrick Feller / CC
It's Not Always The Elderly Getting Scammed
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection puts a different face on people who are being scammed out of their money. During 2017, college-age students lost much more money ...
Sep 07, 2018
