MILWAUKEE (AP) — The state Claims Board has rejected Canadian Pacific Railway’s request for more than half a million dollars in compensation for helping develop a high-speed rail plan before Gov. Scott Walker killed the project. The railroad was looking for $500,715 for work performed in 2009 and 2010 to help the state prepare a bid for federal funding to build the line between Madison and Milwaukee. Walker, a Republican, scrapped the project shortly after he won election to his first term in 2010. State transportation officials have argued they had no written contact with the railroad to do the work. The claims board released a decision Tuesday saying the railroad failed to show the state was negligent.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
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A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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