The outgoing director of Wisconsin Right to Life says she is hopeful the group’s No. 1 priority next session will be approved. Barbara Lyons says the “fetal pain bill” would ban abortion after 20 weeks. "The bbasis for the prohibition would be that science has proven that an unborn child at that age can feel extreme pain from the abortion procedure," Barbara Lyons said. Lyons says the bill will take […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's administration is looking at ways to streamline hiring for state jobs to help cope with a looming wave of retirements. Department of Administration spokeswoman Stephanie Marquis says the agency is querying other state agencies to understand why the hiring process can sometimes take as long as four months and find ways to tighten the timeframe. She insists the administration has no intention of weakening […]
After a stormy start to the week and near record rainfall last month…things are looking up for the 4th of July weekend. Back to back storms toppled trees and power lines in southern Wisconsin and flooded streets. But National Weather Service meteorologist Denny Van Cleve says the forecast looks great for people planning picnics and watching fireworks shows across the state. "No chance of precip and a good amount of sunshine," Van […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Crews are working to restore power to thousands of customers left without electricity after storms battered southern Wisconsin. At least 115,000 customers of Milwaukee-based We Energies were without power at the peak of the outage. We Energies spokesman Rick White says power has been restored to more than 80,000 customers, but about 36,000 customers were still without electricity Tuesday morning. White says Monday's storm damaged 29 power […]
COLFAX, Wis. (AP) — A weak tornado that struck last week caused more than $1 million in damage to Colfax schools and the district's athletic complex. The Chippewa Herald reports the tornado touched down briefly twice Friday before reaching the building housing the elementary, middle and high schools. Besides causing significant roof damage to the building, the tornado also took out two storage sheds in the athletic complex as well […]
UNDATED (AP) — The state Department of Administration has put together a list of state properties that could end up for sale. The list DOA sent to the state Building Commission on Monday includes underused acreage at the Department of Transportation's Hill Farms building in Madison; a hangar at Dane County Regional Airport; telecommunications infrastructure around the state; Ethan Allen School, a now-shuttered juvenile prison in Wales; the Badger Road […]
Jason Bartelt has been named as Marian University’s Director of Athletics. Bartelt will oversee the Athletic department and its strategic plan, represent Marian with all NCAA, NACC and NCHA relations, manage Marian’s athletic facilities and all 19 varsity sponsored programs in the Athletic department. “Marian University is honored that Jason has accepted the position as our Athletic Director,” said George Koonce, Jr., Ph.D., vice president for advancement of Marian University. […]
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman who lost her diamond wedding ring five years ago had given up all hope of finding it after searching high and low. It turns out her mischievous dog had it all along. Lois Matykowski, of Stevens Point, was eating Popsicles two weeks ago when she noticed her granddaughter's 10-year-old mutt the family calls the "food burglar" had swallowed one whole. Two days […]
No citations for drunken boating were issued during a weekend crackdown by the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Department boat patrol. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says strong winds and high waves kept recreational boating acitivity to a minimum over the weekend. Olig says the boat patrol will be out in force again this weekend for the July 4th holiday.