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Fiscal Bureau Analysis: Foxconn To Cost Taxpayers $4.5B

A memo released Tuesday shows the Foxconn manufacturing complex in Racine County could cost taxpayers almost four-and-a-half-billion dollars. Project backers have promised up to 13-thousand jobs at th...

Governor Walker Wants To Close Juvenile Prison Sooner

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker now wants to close the Lincoln Hills-Copper Lake juvenile prison several months sooner than originally planned. Walker is pointing to a spring-time closing for the trou...

Fall Creek School Board To Ask Voters For $12.4M

The Fall Creek School Board has approved a 12-point-four-million dollar referendum for the April election. School officials say the money would be used for upgrades to the high school building, for th...

Man Threatening Bus Passengers Had Been Deported

The Racine County Sheriff's Office says the man who frightened passengers on a Greyhound bus by making threats last week was in the country illegally. Thirty-three-year-old Margarito Vargas-Rosas live...

Hundreds Of Milwaukee Car Owners Cited For Parking On Wrong Side

The Milwaukee Department of Public Works says more than 18-hundred drivers learned the city was serious about parking regulations during a snow event to start the week. Cars parked on the wrong side o...

Hangar Fire Destroys Dozens Of Boats, RVs, Snowmobiles

The Lake Tomahawk Fire Department reports everything inside a burned hangar at the Dohun Field Airport has been destroyed. At least eight fire crews from surrounding communities responded to the fire ...

Bail Set for Manitowoc Man After 5th OWI

Bail was set at $500 cash for a 48- year- old Manitowoc man arrested over the weekend for his fifth OWI. Jesse Madden was arrested on Saturday after police received a call from a concerned citizen who...

It's Time For Cross-Country Skiing In North Central Wisconsin

Trails for cross-country ski enthusiasts open this morning at the Nine Mile Recreation Area southwest of Wausau. The two-to-three inches of snow which fell Sunday night into Monday morning provided en...

Mayor Nickels on Proposed Tax Increase

Manitowoc Mayor Justin Nickels reiterates his "strong support" for a half percent county sales tax. Speaking on WOMT's "Be My Guest" program, Nickels says it's imperative to use a projected $6 million...

Update on New Holstein Fatal Shooting

The Calumet County Sheriff's Office says a 19-year-old man was killed when a bullet struck him in the head when a handgun unexpectedly fired. Sheriff's officials identified the victim as Brandon Pauls...