WAUWATOSA, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says he remains opposed to increasing the gas tax despite an audit last week that showed major highway projects in Wisconsin have cost more than initially estimated over the past decade. The Republican governor said Wednesday that now is "not the time to raise any tax" because the state is seeing a big increase in tax collections. The state audit released last week […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is proposing to increase a tax credit for Wisconsin's working poor as part of his initiative to wean people off of state welfare programs. Walker announced Wednesday that he was proposing increasing the maximum Earned Income Tax Credit from $135 to $371 for low income workers with one child. He says that would benefit about 130,000 small families and bring about 850 families […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to bolster funding for Wisconsin's rural schools is winning praise. John Forester is director of the School Administrators Alliance that represents about 3,000 principals, superintendents and other administrators. He says Walker's plan helps address the needs of rural schools, but their biggest priority is getting more money to pay for an increase in the per-pupil revenue cap. Walker promises to provide details […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Time is running out for whoever bought a Powerball ticket in Wisconsin last August to claim the $1 million prize. Lottery winners have 180 days to claim the prize money after their numbers are drawn, giving the ticket-holder until Thursday. The ticket for the Aug. 6, 2016, Powerball drawing was sold at Kelley's Market in Madison, also known as Aberg Avenue Mobil. The ticket must […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gwendolyn Gillen, a Wisconsin artist whose bronze sculpture of Mary Tyler Moore tossing her hat became a downtown Minneapolis landmark, has died. She was 76. Gillen's daughter, Alessandra Gillen, says her mother died Friday in hospice care at Madison Heights Senior Community in Madison, where she had lived since 2013. Gwendolyn Gillen died two days after Moore died at the age of 80. Alessandra Gillen says […]
A Fond du Lac man accused of kicking a cat because it knocked over a lamp has been charged. Thirty two year old Preston Buck is charged with mistreatment of animals as a repeat offender. According to a criminal complaint Buck told police he kicked the cat across the room after it knocked over a lamp, slamming the cat against a bathroom wall. Buck was not the owner of the […]
The public is invited to a send off ceremony for a Fond du Lac police pffocer who is being deployed to active duty. Officer James Darnell, is a sergeant with the Wisconsin Army National Guard whose unit has been activated and is deploying to Afghanistan. Officer Darnell has served the Fond du Lac Police Department for three years and has served as a member of the United States Army and […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh business officer accused of illegally transferring millions from the university to its foundation claims the Board of Regents never objected to the moves. The regents have sued UW-Oshkosh former Chancellor Richard Wells and former Vice Chancellor of Administrative Services Thomas Sonnleitner alleging they illegally transferred $11.3 million to cover construction projects between 2010 and 2014. Sonnleitner claimed in filings Monday […]
A retired american history professor at Marian University says contrary to popular belief, the historic Octagon house in Fond du Lac was not part of the underground railroad to free runaway slaves. Retired professor Richard Whaley says Fond du Lac wasn’t even close to the routes used by abolitionists to help slaves escape to Canada. "The runaway slaves would not come through Fond du Lac. There would be no […]