Category Archives: State News
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
Rebates Help Wisconsin Farmers Confront Deadly Manure Gases
The Mike Biadasz Farm Safety and Education Memorial Fund is offering rebates of $75 per gas monitor to Wisconsin farmers and manure haulers who rent the portable devices to detect highly toxic hydroge...
Aug 11, 2018
Family Of Man Killed By Milwaukee County Deputy Files Suit
The family of a man shot to death by a Milwaukee County deputy last year is challenging the deputy's actions. They say Deputy Michael Truax's life wasn't being threatened. The county says dash-cam vid...
Aug 10, 2018
La Crosse Road Costs Growing Faster Than Available Money
City officials in La Crosse say the cost of needed road repairs is growing much faster than the money they have available. La Crosse plans to fix about eight miles of roads this year, but the city had...
Aug 10, 2018 Ryan McKnight / CC
Man Suspected Of Stabbing 2 People Will Stand Trial
A 35-year-old man facing two counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide has been bound over for trial in Winnebago County. Investigators say Jesse McComb stabbed two people July 1st when he...
Aug 10, 2018 Subharnab Majumdar / CC
Federal, State, Local Law Enforcement Arrest 15 In Cocaine Roundup
Officials say the 15 people arrested in the Fond du Lac area this week were responsible for selling nine-point-six-million dollars worth of cocaine. Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies w...
Aug 10, 2018 Pictures of Money / CC
