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Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Tax Impact of Wisconsinites

In a bipartisan effort, the Affordable Care Act's Health Insurance Tax was delayed for 2017, however it is slated to return on January 1st. Global management consulting firm Oliver Wyman estimates tha...

Gas Main Struck in Manitowoc

The Manitowoc Fire Department was dispatched to the 2300 block of South 10th Street just after 7:00 last night after a construction crew hit a gas main. Residents were asked to leave their homes for a...

Officials: Taxpayers Won't Be Hit For Local Foxconn Costs

Officials say it will cost 764-million dollars to cover utilities and other local costs for the new Foxconn plant at Mount Pleasant in Racine County. But village leaders promised Wednesday that their ...

State DOT: September Traffic Deaths Fewest Since World War II

Wisconsin records its fewest traffic deaths for a September since the end of World War Two in the 1940s. According to preliminary figures from the state D-O-T, 41 people lost their lives in state cras...

Body Found In Park Lake Confirmed To Be Missing Woman

The Dane County medical examiner confirms that a body found in a lake northwest of Madison was that of a woman missing since last Thursday. The body of 29-year-old Marisa Dahms of Waunakee was pulled ...

Senate Panel To Vote On Ending Mining Moratorium

A Wisconsin Senate panel was scheduled to vote this (Wednesday) afternoon on a bill to end the state's sulfide mining moratorium. Mining committee chairman Tom Tiffany of Hazelhurst is asking colleagu...

Oshkosh Police Get "Hairy" To Help Hurricane Victims

If you go to Oshkosh, don't be surprised to see many police officers with facial hair. About 40 Oshkosh police employees each gave at least 50 dollars to the American Red Cross -- and in exchange, the...

US Justices Express Deep Concerns In Wisconsin Gerrymander Case

We won't know until next year whether Wisconsin Republicans acted illegally in drawing districts that assured G-O-P legislative majorities. But we do know that the nation's Supreme Court justices have...

Wisconsin Lawmaker Dies

A Republican state lawmaker has died. Representative Bob Gannon of West Bend died Tuesday of apparent natural causes at age 58. Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke says Gannon's wife got worried bec...

UW Eau Claire Grad Slowly Recovering After Vegas Shooting

U-W Eau Claire graduate Philip Aurich (or'rick) is showing more signs of life, but he remains in critical condition from his wounds in the Las Vegas shootings. His wife Sheila said Tuesday that he has...