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Mount Horeb Stresses School Safety At Event Next Week

The Mount Horeb Area School District plans to host a school safety rally next Wednesday to honor the 17 victims of the mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. The program is schedule...

Annual First Ship Contest collecting Guesses For Date Of First Ship Arrival

Over 110 entries have been made so far in the Port of Green Bay's annual First Ship Contest. The contest calls for the public to guess what date they believe the 2018 season will begin. The start date...

Activists: Madison Needs More Electric Car Charging Stations

The Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group predicts Madison will have about nine-thousand electric cars on its streets by the year 2030 -- and they will need someplace to charge their batteries. Sal...

Sharp-Eyed TV Viewers Help Authorities Round Up Missing Sex Offenders

Tips from people watching a Milwaukee television station helped authorities round up four sex offenders who went missing while they were on parole. Convicted sex offenders have to stay in contact with...

Milwaukee Leaders Push For Ban On LGBTQ Conversion Therapy

Milwaukee leaders are moving forward with a measure that would ban the controversial L-G-B-T-Q conversion therapy in the city. A council committee approved the ordinance Thursday. The measure now head...

Survey: Milwaukee Residents OK With Police, But Don't Feel Safe

People living in Milwaukee respond positively to a survey asking them if they are satisfied with their police department. The same survey was taken three years ago. Three-fourths of the people contact...

Wisconsin Woman Invents Gunshot Alarm System

A former substitute teacher in the Baraboo School District has invented a gunshot alarm system which would alert people in a building to the sound of gunfire, while simultaneously notifying emergency ...

Kimberly-Clark Incentive Plan Approved By Wisconsin Senate Committee

The Wisconsin Senate is expected to take up a bill offering tax incentives to Kimberly-Clark if the paper-making giant will reverse plans to close two plants and lay off 600 workers. A Senate committe...

Emergency Room Visits For Opioid Overdoses Double In Wisconsin

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the number of emergency room visits for opioid overdoses more than doubled between July 2016 and September 2017 in Wisconsin. That's the biggest ...

Gov. Walker Talks With U-S Commerce Secretary About Tariff Relief

Governor Scott Walker is working to get relief from what he calls the negative impacts of tariffs on steel and aluminum. Walker says U-S Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told him the department still re...