MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Results of tests given to Wisconsin public school students this year would not be used on the state's report cards and teacher evaluations would be delayed a year under a bill that's been put forward in the Senate. Republican Senator Paul Farrow is circulating the proposal with a Thursday deadline for co-sponsors. The measure comes after Governor Scott Walker proposed eliminating the Smarter Balanced test after […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Green Bay Packers have released inside linebacker A.J. Hawk, cutting ties with the nine-year veteran and respected locker room leader. The 31-year-old Hawk leaves Green Bay with 1,118 tackles, more than any player for the franchise since 1975.
BAYFIELD, Wis. (AP) — Apostle Islands National Lakeshore officials say the popular ice caves are set to open to the public Saturday if conditions don't change. The National Park Service made the announcement Wednesday. But officials urge caution for people who make the trek on Lake Superior ice. Lakeshore planning chief Julie Van Stappen warns the ice is slippery. Van Stappen says unlike last year, "it's almost glare ice for […]
Motorists in western Fond du lac and Dodge counties may have noticed a huge plume of smoke in the area of the Horicon Marsh this afternoon. Waupun fire Chief BJ DeMaa says the DNR is conducting controlled burns in the marsh this week. (Photo courtesy of listener Cynthia Parma)
A pheasant hunter received non-life threatening injuries after being shot in the face Tuesday afternoon in the Town of Leroy. At 1:40 p.m., the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office responded to the hunting accident at N11077 Dairy Road. Sheriff's authorities say a 43 year old Mukwonago man and a 58 year old Richfield man were hunting pheasants on private land when the incident occurred. The Richfield man shot at a flying […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Senate's labor committee has approved a Republican right-to-work bill, sending the measure on to the full Senate for a vote. The GOP-controlled committee voted 3-1 along party lines to approve the bill after listening to more than eight hours of conflicting testimony from the public on whether right-to-work would help or hurt the state. Committee Chairman Stephen Nass had planned to end the hearing […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Experts disagree over whether making Wisconsin a right-to-work state will improve the economy and help workers. The Senate Labor Committee took testimony Tuesday on the measure that would make it illegal to require private-sector workers to pay union dues. Gordon Lafer, a professor at University of Oregon Labor Education and Research Center, says Wisconsin does better than right-to-work states on a variety of measures, including income, poverty levels and violent […]
The former Republican speaker of the Assembly says right to work would diminish the structure of Wisconsin’s economy by diluting wages and squeezing disposable income that can be spent supporting local businesses. Speaking on behalf of the trades group, Wisconsin Infrastructure Investment Now, former speaker John Gard says its been proven in state after state that right to work lowers wages and benefits for all trades professionals, not just union […]
A Fond du lac man involved in a shootout with police a little more than a year ago has reached a plea agreement. A plea and sentencing hearing is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon for Shannon Rogler. If the judge accepts the agreement a plea and sentencing hearing will be scheduled for a later date. Rogler is charged with attempted first degree intentional homicide, burglary, arson and failure to comply with […]