todayMarch 5, 2015
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Democratic lawmaker on the Legislature’s finance committee isn’t happy with Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s plans for a new economic development agency. Walker’s state budget calls for merging the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority into the new Forward Wisconsin Development Authority. The governor’s budget calls for replacing both agencies’ boards, which includes legislators, with a single board of private business people. Sen. Jon Erpenbach told WEDC and WHEDA officials during a hearing Wednesday the set up offers no accountability. WEDC got off to a rough start. Audits in 2012 and 2013 showed the agency lost track of $12 million in overdue loans and failed to follow state law and gave money to ineligible projects between its creation in July 2011 and June 2012.
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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 […]
todayMarch 27, 2025
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.
todayMarch 27, 2025
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