MILWAUKEE (AP) — A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor says she now regrets how her views on academic freedom came across on Twitter. Sara Goldrick-Rab is under fire for encouraging prospective students to go elsewhere because she believes academic freedom is in jeopardy at Wisconsin. She has acknowledged searching Twitter for future Badgers and says she wanted to inform them of changes to faculty tenure and shared governance. She has also […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Department of Health has joined public health officials in two other states and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate a foodborne outbreak of Salmonella associated with pre-packaged stuffed chicken products. Public health officials say as of Thursday, 10 cases in three states — eight in Minnesota and one each in Wisconsin and Oklahoma — have been linked to two multistate Salmonella […]
GRANTSBURG, Wis. (AP) — A Marine who grew up in Grantsburg, Wisconsin, is among the four Marines who died in a shooting rampage in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Marine Corps identifies him as Sgt. Carson Holmberg, whose service included a deployment to Afghanistan. Grantsburg High School Principal Josh Watt says it's a sad day in the western Wisconsin community of about 1,300 people. Holmquist graduated in 2008 and Watt was one […]
A Ripon man has pleaded not guilty to charges in connection with a fatal car versus motorcycle crash in Fond du lac County last summer. Travis Hartman entered the plea at an arraignment hearing Friday in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court to a charge of homicide by negligient operation of a motor vehicle. According to a criminal complaint Hartman was driving a a vehicle on Highway 44 in the town […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's unemployment rate continues to hover below the national rate of 5.3 percent. State officials say the jobless rate in Wisconsin last month was 4.6 percent, the same rate as May. It's down almost a full point from a year ago.
WAUWATOSA, Wis. (AP) — Police are investigating after a man was shot and killed Thursday night during a confrontation with officers in a Milwaukee suburb. Wauwatosa police say the man was shot in residential neighborhood near Wisconsin Lutheran College. No officers were hurt.
On 07-16-15 at 8:25am, the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office responded to a motor vehicle crash on Sth 33 at the intersection with Noble road in the Township of Hubbard, Dodge County, Wisconsin. Preliminary investigation shows that Robert Babiak (20 years old, from Horicon, Wisconsin) was operating a Chevrolet Malibu west on Sth 33 near Noble road. Carl Wintheiser (56 years old, from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin) was operating a semi with tank […]
An Illinois woman faces charges in connection with the death of her infant son. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says the 24 year old woman was taken into custody this week. She faces charges of neglecting a child and neglecting a child causing death. Klein says the 14 month old boy was found pulseless and not breathing earlier this month at the Maplewood Commons apartments on the corner of Martin […]
Beaver Dam police are continuing their investigation into a shooting outside a Mills Fleet Farm store that injured an assistant store manager. Police detective Ryan Klavekoskie tells WFDL news it appears now the victim was shot once not twice as initially believed. "Our belief now is that this was maybe one shot based on the position of that individual's arm, struck the wrist and shoulder area," Klavekoski said. Klavekoskie says […]