Fond du Lac based BCI Burke has been sold. A company press release says Burke has been purchased by Incline Equity Partners, a Pittsburgh based lower middle- market private equity firm. Founded in 1920 and headquartered in Fond du Lac, WI, Burke is a leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of commercial playground and leisure equipment. Former president and chief executive officer Tim Ahern says he is proud of the […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is reminding Wisconsin residents there is a little less than a month to go to sign up for coverage through the Health Insurance marketplace . DHHS Consortium administrator Jackie Garner tells AM 1170 WFDL's Between the Lines program the open enrollment deadline is February 15th: Garner says so far more than 177,000 Wisconsin residents are signed up for coverage. She says after last […]
Five years ago this week the U.S. Supreme Court, in what’s become known as the “Citizens United” decision, said in essence that money is speech and corporations are people. Wisconsin Democracy Campaign director, Matt Rothschild says since then, the money floodgates have opened, leaving Wisconsin and other states awash in campaign contribution cash. Rothschild of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign says the decision has changed politics. Several groups held […]
Fond du lac County officials say they don’t believe problems a developer has had with work at UW-Marshfield, will impact the UW Fond du lac student housing project. Iowa-based Bluffstone was hired for the Fond du Lac project. Fond du Lac County executive Al Buechel says a subcontractor at UW-Marshfield said it was not being paid and inspectors found building code deficiencies. But Buechel says the problems stem from the general […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker is promising to bring back a package of bills to stiffen Wisconsin's drunken driving laws. Rep. Jim Ott, a Mequon Republican, has been pushing for tougher drunken driving laws for years. He introduced a package of bills last session that included measures that would have changed third and fourth offenses from misdemeanors to felonies, imposed mandatory sentences and court appearances and allowed authorities […]
PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) — The actor who played Screech in the 1990s TV show "Saved by the Bell" has pleaded not guilty to charges resulting from a bar fight in southeastern Wisconsin. Dustin Diamond and his fiancée, Amanda Schutz, face on charges stemming from the Christmas Day scuffle at a Port Washington bar. Diamond is accused of stabbing a man after Schutz became involved in an altercation. The stabbed […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is proposing a partial freeze on tuition at Wisconsin's technical college system as part of his plan to help put people to work. Walker on Thursday said his state budget would include a proposal to freeze tuition for technical college students who go into high-demand fields. He had promised to make that proposal during last year's campaign. He is also calling for increasing […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker is headed to New Hampshire for the first time in March. His campaign confirmed to The Associated Press on Thursday that Walker will be giving the keynote speech March 14 at an event organized by the New Hampshire Republican Party. Walker says in a statement issued by the New Hampshire state party that he looks forward to sharing what he called […]
One person is dead and another seriously injured following a one-vehicle accident in Green Lake County. The accident happened this morning on Sunnyside Road, about one mile east of Green Lake, in the Town of Brooklyn. Preliminary investigation shows a van was eastbound on Sunnyside Road when it left the roadway and struck a driveway embankment. The van then vaulted over the embankment, struck a utility pole, struck a second embankment […]