Month: December 2014

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials are telling the agency's board that the 2014 nine-day gun deer hunt was a rebuilding year.  Preliminary numbers from last month's hunt show hunters killed 191,550 deer, down 15 percent from last year. DNR data shows about 25,000 fewer hunters bought licenses this year.  DNR Wildlife Management Bureau Director Tom Hauge presented the numbers to the DNR's board on Wednesday. […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials are planning to seek public input on four wolf population options next month.  The Department of Natural Resources' current wolf management plan calls for a population of 350 wolves. DNR carnivore specialist Dave MacFarland says the agency is getting ready to release a draft of a new plan to the public in January.  The draft will contain four population options, including stabilizing the […]

RUDOLPH, Wis. (AP) — Thousands of Christmas cards are pouring into a small Wisconsin village that shares its name with the most famous reindeer.  The Rudolph Post Office receives more than 10,000 Christmas cards annually from all over the world to be stamped with festive markings during the holiday season.  This year, the local effort coincides with the Postal Service issuing stamps commemorating the 50th anniversary of the popular television […]

Waupun police say what was initially reported as a stabbing incident on a school bus turned out not to be the case.  Police chief Dale Heeringa says a a male student faces potential school discipline after scratching or scraping a girl with a piece of plastic.  Meanwhile Heeringa says police are investigating an incident at a group home where a man suffered superficial wounds during an incident involving a butter […]

A Florida sports betting consultant faces fraud, racketeering, extortion and gun charges and is accused of scamming a Fond du Lac area man out of $25 million.  According to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday in Milwaukee, Adam Meyer runs Real Money Sports, Inc. Meyer advises customers on professional and college teams to bet on, selling picks for hundreds of thousands of dollars.  After a customer reduced his gambling, Meyer told […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The number of students receiving private-school tuition vouchers in Wisconsin is nearing 30,000, making the state a leader when it comes to taxpayer-funded tuition subsidies.  An official state headcount conducted in September determined almost 29,700 students were enrolled in the three voucher programs in Milwaukee, Racine and statewide. Enrollment in voucher programs has grown significantly and will likely continue to do so under the leadership of […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) €” A report from Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and Revenue Secretary Rick Chandler written after a year of meetings around Wisconsin about the state's tax climate offers no specific recommendations for changes.  They submitted the report to Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday.  Kleefisch and Chandler say in the report that Wisconsin's taxes are too high and too complicated, but they don't offer any specific cuts.  Walker has […]