Category Archives: State News
Despite Pushback, WI Schools Will Still Allow Native American Mascots
In a decision that angered activists, the Wisconsin Association of School Boards recently declined to endorse a proposal that called on high schools to stop using Native American mascots. One expert s...
Feb 02, 2020
Feds Lay Out Recovery Plan for Endangered Bumble Bee
A certain kind of bumblebee that once thrived in the Midwest and along the East Coast is now endangered, and federal officials are moving forward with plans to reverse the population decline of the in...
Feb 01, 2020
Festival Foods CEO/President Honored by Food Industry Association
Festival Foods CEO/President Mark Skogen was honored by FMI - The Food Industry Association as the recipient of the 2020 Robert B. Wegman Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence. A third-generation groce...
Feb 01, 2020
BBB Wisconsin Sees 21% Increase in Customer Review Postings in 2019
More consumers than ever before are using Better Business Bureau's website, bbb.org, to submit reviews about Wisconsin businesses, as BBB received and verified 8,876 reviews in 2019, a 21% increase fr...
Jan 31, 2020
Outdoor Report | January 31, 2020
More heavy snow this past week in northern Wisconsin with warm temperatures has packed the already deep snow, even more, making for prime winter activities like snowshoeing, skiing and sledding. South...
Jan 31, 2020
Bipartisan Bill Aims to Curb Pollution From PFAS Chemicals
A bipartisan proposal on dangerous P-F-A-S chemicals includes a provision to give the Wisconsin D-N-R up to three years to put emergency rules place. The D-N-R typically implements emergency rules for...
Jan 31, 2020
Madison Teacher Pleads Not Guilty to Secretly Video Taping Students
The Madison East High School teacher accused of using hidden cameras in an attempt to produce child pornography is pleading not guilty to federal charges. 37-year-old David Kruchten of Cottage Grove w...
Jan 31, 2020 Frédéric BISSON / CC
Owner of Wood County Cheese Plant Charged With Felony Theft
The owner of a Wood County cheese plant is accused of short-changing the producers he purchased milk from. Prosecutors say Michael Moran of Wisconsin Dairy State Cheese Company in Rudolph failed to de...
Jan 31, 2020 Allen Allen / CC
Dane County Authorities Continue to Investigate Blue Mounds Murder
The Dane County Sheriff's Office says it has identified a runner who could be a potential witness in a homicide investigation in the Blue Mounds area. Nicholas Day was killed January 15th and witnesse...
Jan 31, 2020 Tony Webster / CC
Dunn County Judge Will Not Allow New Trial in Triple-Fatal Crash
A Dunn County judge will not grant a new trial to a Russian immigrant convicted of killing three people on Interstate 94 in 2017. 40-year-old Serghei Kundilovski filed a motion to withdraw his guilty ...
Jan 31, 2020 Blogtrepreneur / CC
