EAST TROY, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin music venue tucked away in the rolling hills of Walworth County that has hosted such musical greats as the Rolling Stones, Pearl Jam and the Grateful Dead is for sale. Alpine Valley Music Theatre is also the place where guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and four others were killed in a helicopter crash following a performance on Aug. 27, 1990. Now the amphitheater and […]
Thunderstorms packing strong winds knocked down tree limbss and power lines in Waupun Monday causing some power outages. Waupun utilities say more than two dozen trees sustained major damage. Tree limbs across the street blocked traffic on Watertown and Taylor Streets. More than two dozen customers were without power for several hours.
Authorities have released the name of the Waupun man killed in a crash over the weekend on Highway 26 south of Waupun. Investigators say 58 year old Richard Johnson was killed in the crash. The State Patrol says Johnson, was southbound on 26 when he crossed the center line striking a northbound vehicle head-on. The driver of the northbound car, a 16 year old girl from Illinois suffered life threatening […]
The Fond du Lac School District superintendent says he supports new guidelines for the high school newspaper that restore final oversight to the newspaper advisor. An internal committee developed the recommendations after the superintendent implemented a policy earlier this year that gave the principal and superintendent final say before publication. That was in response to an article that focused on the rape culture at the school. Superintendent Dr Jim Sebert […]
ARCADIA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin-based furniture manufacturer has been approved for a $6 million tax credit even though it plans to lay off half its workforce in the state. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. board quietly approved the tax credit for Ashley Furniture Industries. It will allow the company to move forward with a $35 million headquarter expansion and keep nearly 2,000 jobs in Wisconsin. According to a staff […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Two parties linked to a secret investigation into whether Gov. Scott Walker's campaign illegally coordinated with conservative groups in 2012 are asking a federal appeals court not to release any more documents in the case. The request filed Saturday came after the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals' clerk mistakenly posted four documents online that weren't supposed to be made public. The documents posted briefly Friday contained […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — U.S. Attorney James Santelle says the federal government is behind gay couples who are suing to have the right to marry. The federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of Wisconsin spoke Monday at a rally in Milwaukee before gay couples and their supporters boarded a bus to Chicago, where arguments will be held Tuesday in Wisconsin's gay marriage case. A federal judge overturned Wisconsin's ban on gay […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Busloads of gay-marriage supporters are heading to Chicago for a key hearing in their fight against same-sex marriage bans in Wisconsin and Indiana. Couples boarded buses during rallies Monday in Indianapolis, Milwaukee and other cities, saying they believe they're on the right side of history. Gay marriages bans in both states were ruled unconstitutional in June. In Milwaukee, supporters blew bubbles and held up signs as same-sex […]
BARRON, Wis. (AP) — A five-hour search by land and air located a hiker lost on the Ice Age Trail in northwestern Wisconsin. Barron County sheriff's officials the 61-year-old woman called authorities Sunday and said she had been hiking the trail near Haugen, but had gotten lost. Sheriff's deputies, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Bear Lake Haugen firefighters, Washburn County tracking dogs and the Blue Hills Mounted Search and […]