Month: December 2015

RIPON, Wis. (AP) — The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a commercial laundry machine manufacturer in Ripon for a repeated safety violation.  Employees from OSHA's Appleton office inspected the workplace at Alliance Laundry Systems after an employee's right hand was crushed by a folding machine. OSHA says the 50-year-old man had to have his middle finger amputated as a result. Inspectors found the machine's safety guard was […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin legislators are moving toward getting rid of restrictions on nuclear power in the state.  The restrictions were enacted following the meltdown at the Three Mile Island plant in Pennsylvania in 1979. The Wisconsin State Journal reports Assembly Democrats are joining Republican legislators who are pushing efforts to eliminate the restrictions.  Backers of the Assembly and Senate bills say new technology could someday lower nuclear power […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — It's going to cost more to get into Wisconsin state parks in the new year.  State budget provisions raising park admission and trail fees go into effect on Jan. 1. Wisconsin residents will have to pay $28 for an annual park pass, up from $25, and $8 for daily admission, up from $7. Annual trail passes will increase from $10 to $25 and daily trail passes […]

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — An Allegiant airplane flying from Florida to Wisconsin made a safe emergency landing in North Dakota after having mechanical issues.  The plane with 107 passengers and six crew members on board landed safely at Fargo's Hector International Airport about 8:30 p.m. Monday. Emergency responders said the plane had a deicing problem.  The plane was en route from Orlando, Florida, to Appleton, Wisconsin. Allegiant says passengers were […]

A pilot was injured when his airplane crash landed in the Town of Watertown Sunday afternoon.  The crash happened in the area of Aliceton Drive and Ceaser Road.  The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department says the aircraft left the Watertown Airport shortly before 5:00 p.m. heading to Kenosha Airport.  Shortly after takeoff the pilot, a 67 year old Lake Forest, Illinois man, made contact with Air Traffic Control and advised he […]

Whether you’re just starting a business or have been in business for some time, do you know where your money is going?  Aspiring entrepreneurs, current small business owners, students and other like-minded individuals are invited to learn more about small business budgets and finances at the January 12th Imagination Network meeting from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at our new location: Moraine Park Technical College (MPTC), Park Terrace Restaurant, 235 […]

Nobody was injured in an armed robbery at a Fond du lac Family Dollar store.  Police were called shortly before 9am Sunday to the store at 47 West Scott Street.  Police say a man wearing a ski mask entered the store, threatened the clerk with a handgun and demanded money.  The suspect fled with an undisclosed amount of cash in what was described as a maroon-rust colored Ford Bronco or old Blazer-style SUV.   The […]

A Milwaukee man is in custody following a high speed chase on Interstate 41 in Winnebago and Fond du lac counties.  Shortly before 11am Saturday the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office was informed a stolen vehicle was heading south on 41, passing vehicles on both the left and right shoulders at a high rate of speed.    A sheriff’s deputy clocked the suspect vehicle at 97 miles an hour on 41 at County Highway […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's state Capitol was nearly empty on Christmas, with just a few visitors trickling in to pose in front of a massive evergreen tree.  But it was business as usual for the Solidarity Singalong.  Around 20 people gathered inside the Capitol rotunda, staying true to the group's nearly five-year tradition of singing in protest against the policies of Gov. Scott Walker and his backers each weekday […]