Category Archives: State News
Legislation To Be Introduced Making It Tougher To Build New UW Projects
Republican sponsors say a bill to make it tougher to build new projects on campuses in the University of Wisconsin System will be introduced in the next two weeks. The legislation backed by Representa...
Jul 29, 2019
Superior Considers Installing Camera System Like Duluth's
Superior city leaders are considering the installation of a video surveillance system like the one in Duluth. The Minnesota city has been expanding its camera coverage of public spaces for the last ei...
Jul 29, 2019 Mike Mozart / CC
HUD Secretary Brings "Foster Youth To Independence" Program To Milwaukee
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson says one-fourth of the thousands of young adults who age out of foster care each year become homeless within four years. Carson visited Milwaukee las...
Jul 29, 2019 Pedro Ribeiro Simões / CC
DNR taking more steps to protect Wisconsin drinking water
In light of recent discoveries of contamination of drinking water and groundwater across the state, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is initiating a new voluntary PFAS testing program. Th...
Jul 28, 2019 Claire Cessford / CC
State wildlife representatives agree on top-level priorities for controlling chronic wasting disease
Expanded testing research, disease management evaluation and enhanced regional collaboration are among the top-level priorities identified by wildlife professionals from 12 Midwestern states, members ...
Jul 28, 2019 Eric Sonstroem / CC
Equifax Settlement Could Put Cash in Your Pocket
Both the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Wisconsin Attorney General, as part of a coalition of 50 Attorneys General, have announced settlements with Equifax that will offer benefits to consumer...
Jul 28, 2019 Trending Topics 2019 / CC
Military Consumers at Higher Risk for Marketplace Losses, According to BBB Report
According to a recent Better Business Bureau report, military consumers face unique challenges in the marketplace that can result in higher median losses to scammers and other marketplace fraud. The r...
Jul 27, 2019
Two Seriously Hurt in Emergency Plane Landing in Southwest Wisconsin
Two people are being treated for serious injuries suffered when their plane crashed in southwest Wisconsin near Viroqua. The Vernon County Sheriff's Office says the plane crashed Thursday afternoon ne...
Jul 26, 2019
Plane Headed For EAA Seaplane Base Forced To Set Down In Soybean Field
The owner of Pollack-Vu Dairy thought his cows had gotten out when he received a call last Sunday. Instead, Fond du Lac County authorities were telling him there was a plane in his soybean field. The ...
Jul 26, 2019 Barnaby Kerr Photography / CC
Southeast Wisconsin Man in Coma After Vaping E-Cig Cartridge
A southeast Wisconsin man is in a medically-induced coma after getting sick from vaping in Burlington. Patrick DeGrave says his brother nearly lost his life from using a vape cartridge bought from som...
Jul 26, 2019 Vaping360 / CC
