A group of 15 Waupun High School students are getting a crash course this week in the blues. Grammy nominee harmonica virtuoso, Billy Branch, has been rehearsing with students in preparation for a concert Saturday night at the Waupun City Hall Auditorium. Branch says he wants the students to understand that the blues is the root of all of America's music. "For most of the students its their first experience with […]
The Fond du Lac County Executive says he is disappointed the legislature’s budget-writing committee has voted to remove $250,000 for a new study on the negative effects of wind power. Governor Scott Walker had called for spending the money on a study to look at the effects of noise and shadow flicker on people who live near wind turbines. The Fond du lac County Board is on record supporting a […]
A former Wisconsin DNR secretary says the governor’s proposed budget is the worst for conservation that he has seen in nearly a half century that he has worked in the natural resources field. George Meyer was appointed to the post by former Republican Governor Tommy Thompson. Now Meyer is the director of the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation and says he was particularily concerned about the governor’s proposal to make the Natural […]
A spokesperson for a Wisconsin environmental group says a Wisconsin state board’s vote to prohibit its employees from working on global warming issues on state time is petty politics. The Board of Commissioners of Public lands voted 2-1 Tuesday to institute the ban. Republican state treasurer Matt Adamczyk, one of the board members, proposed the ban. He said he believes board executive Secretary, Tia Nelson, worked on global warming issues […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has confirmed its second and third outbreaks of a form of bird flu that's deadly to poultry. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says the affected operations are a farm with 126,000 turkeys in Barron County and a backyard flock of 40 birds of different kinds in Juneau County. The farms will be quarantined and the remaining birds will be killed to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The chairman of the Senate Education Reform Committee agrees with his Republican colleague in the state Assembly that the Wisconsin Legislature may do nothing on school accountability this session. Sen. Paul Farrow's committee was scheduled to vote on a school accountability bill on Thursday. But Farrow says that vote is unlikely to happen now given a number of concerns senators plan to raise during the discussion. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new poll shows strong opposition to key provisions of Gov. Scott Walker's budget to cut funding for K-12 public schools and the University of Wisconsin. The Marquette University Law School poll released Thursday found 70 percent oppose Walker's proposal to cut UW funding by $300 million, while 26 percent support it. The poll also found 78 percent oppose Walker's plan cutting funding for K-12 schools […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Gov. Scott Walker's approval rating is at 41 percent, the lowest in the three-year history of the Marquette University Law School poll. The poll released Thursday shows 56 disapprove of the job Walker's doing. His approval rating was 49 percent in October. The poll also shows that 52 percent support Democrat Hillary Clinton over 40 percent for Walker should they face each other for president. […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's unemployment rate has dropped to 4.6 percent, its lowest point since before the recession. The state Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday that the unemployment dropped from 4.8 percent in February to 4.6 percent in March. Private-sector job creation plunged, with 5,000 jobs lost in the monthlong timeframe. The numbers fluctuate month-to-month because they are based on a survey of just 3.5 Wisconsin employers. More […]