Category Archives: State News
Admitted Bank Robber Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison
One of the two men who robbed a Stoughton bank last October is going to prison for 14 years. Twenty-four-year-old Kenny Furdge had entered a guilty plea to bank robbery charges. Prosecutors say he and...
Jul 15, 2018 Rumble Press / CC
FSA County Committee Nominations Needed
Nominations for this year's Farm Service Agency (FSA) County Committee Elections are needed by August 1st. County Committees are a vital link between the farm community and FSA. They provide an opport...
Jul 15, 2018 RichardBH / CC
New Grants Awarded to Support Access to Health Care in Rural Areas
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) today announced the recipients of grants totaling more than $300,000 to help rural health care providers increase the number of physician assistants a...
Jul 14, 2018
Blood Center Of Wisconsin Issues Emergency Appeal For Blood Donations
BloodCenter of Wisconsin (BCW), part of Versiti, is reaching out to the community with an emergency appeal for blood donors. Due to lower than normal donations following the Fourth of July holiday wee...
Jul 14, 2018
Wisconsin Soybean Farmers About To Lose More Money To Tariff Battle
One of the main U-S crops affected by new foreign tariffs will be soybeans. China retaliated against tariffs imposed by the Trump administration with its own tariffs on 34-billion dollars worth of Ame...
Jul 14, 2018
2018 Meat Products Contest Champions Announced
Grand Champion, 1s Reserve Champion and 2nd Reserve Champion to be sold during the Governor's Blue Ribbon Meat Products Auction, benefitting Wisconsin 4-H Youth The Governor's Blue Ribbon Meat ...
Jul 14, 2018 Left to right are: Meat product contest judges (L to R): Mark Schafer (Richelieu Foods; Beaver Dam, WI); Adam Borger (Food Research Institute, University of Wisconsin; Madison, WI); Duane Bunting (Retired, Sentry Foods; Dousman, WI); Megan McGough (Kerry Ingredients; Beloit, WI); Tim Lorang (Tyson Prepared Foods; Jefferson, WI); and Terry Timm (Retired, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Appleton, WI).
McFarland-based Online Supplier of Floor Machine Parts Racks Up Complaints
The Better Business Bureau Serving Wisconsin (BBB) is issuing a warning to both consumers and businesses nationwide about an online retail site based in McFarland, Wisconsin. Harris Supply Industries ...
Jul 14, 2018
Six New Communities Selected For Downtown Revitalization Program
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) has accepted six new organizations into its Connect Communities Program, an initiative that works with communities to advance downtown and urban c...
Jul 14, 2018
Georgia Man Accused Of Threatening To Kill Police Officer
A 29-year-old Georgia man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill a police officer early Thursday at a bowling alley in Colby. Samuel Lingle apparently got mad when a customer at Bowl Wink...
Jul 13, 2018
Blueberry Harvesting Season Starts In NE Wisconsin
Blueberry producers are hoping for a big crop in northeastern Wisconsin. This has been a challenging growing season for the crop. Blizzard Evelyn deposited 33 inches of snow one farm near Navarino in ...
Jul 13, 2018 Daniella Segura / CC
