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Second Person Charged In La Crosse Man's Drug Death
A second person is charged with helping provide the prescription fentanyl that killed a man in La Crosse in June. Thirty-four-year-old Jenifer Tenner of Chetek is charged with reckless homicide in the...
Nov 16, 2017
UW Study Links Ethanol Production To Global Warming
A new U-W Madison study says farm fields are releasing more of the carbon emissions that cause global warming in the years after corn based ethanol was required in gasoline. The study showed an increa...
Nov 16, 2017
Milwaukee More Than Doubles Its Early Voting Sites
Starting next year, Milwaukee will more than double its current number of early voting locations. Mayor Tom Barrett joined the Wisconsin Voices and the liberal One Wisconsin Institute in announcing th...
Nov 16, 2017
Walker Fears Democratic Money, Not Opponent In His 2018 Race
Governor Scott Walker says Democratic groups are moving their focus from national elections to the state level. As a result, the Wisconsin Republican says he's more afraid about the money the Democrat...
Nov 16, 2017
Manitowoc’s Energybank Finalist for Product of the Year Award
Energybank in Manitowoc has one of their products named a finalist in the lighting category for the Plant Engineering 2017 Product of the Year Award. The new OmegaLight is designed to perfectly match ...
Nov 16, 2017
DNR: 240 New Wisconsin Waterways Are Impaired
State officials say 240 new waterways in Wisconsin are classified as "impaired," and their pollution will have to be reduced. The D-N-R says more than 180 of the newly listed waters are lakes and sect...
Nov 16, 2017
Candidate Seeks Tuition Cut For UW's Two Year Colleges
One of the Democrats who want Governor Scott Walker's job says he would try to cut tuition in half for students at the U-W's two year colleges. Tony Evers says it would help the colleges get stronger,...
Nov 16, 2017
Brown County Sheriff’s Office Arrest Man for Bank Fraud
The Brown County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man for bank fraud. 55 year old David Hawes was taken into custody yesterday and admitted to participating in fraudulent banking activity at US Bank, B...
Nov 16, 2017
Johnson Opposes Tax Overhaul, Could Derail Speedy Approval
Wisconsin Republican Ron Johnson could put a monkey wrench into his party's effort to give President Donald Trump his first big congressional win by the end of the year. Johnson has become the first G...
Nov 16, 2017
Three Arrested in Armed Robbery/ Fatal Shooting Incident Earlier This Month in Oshkosh
Three people have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery that led to a fatal shooting in Oshkosh earlier this month. A 21-year-old Appleton man, a 25-year-old Oshkosh man, and a 28-year-old...
Nov 16, 2017