Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts has announced that two new members and eight others were re-elected to its Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting. THELMA members in attendance at the Annual Meeting this month voted for the new and re-elected members. The new board members are: Amy Manion, corporate communications associate at the Kohler Company; and Lee Uecker, president of Uecker Witt Funeral Home. Re-elected to the board are […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says he is optimistic that states will get more power under President Donald Trump's administration. Walker spoke about transferring more power to the states Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference's annual meeting in suburban Washington. He says other than the military and "maybe preserving things like Social Security and Medicare, I think just about everything else is better done by the states." […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has appointed a former lobbyist for the Wisconsin Bankers Association to head the state agency that regulates the banking industry. Walker announced Thursday that he was appointing Jay Risch to head the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions. Risch currently serves as deputy secretary of the department. He is replacing Lon Roberts whom Walker appointed to serve on the Public Service Commission. Risch will […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel has made a deal with the manufacturer of a drug used to reverse overdoses to make it more readily available at a lower cost. Schimel on Thursday announced the partnership with Adapt Pharma for the drug Naloxone. Known as Narcan, it is used in emergencies to treat people who have overdosed from heroin, fentanyl and prescription opioids. The one-year deal gives […]
Winter weather is returning to the Badger state after residents enjoyed record high temps in the upper 60s earlier this week. The National Weather Service says unseasonably warm weather is giving way to more normal temperatures heading into the weekend. The weather service says Fond du Lac, Dodge and Sheboygan county residents will see freezing rain possibly mixed with sleet into Friday morning and snow Friday night into Saturday with […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin is seeing another jump in flu cases with five times the amount of confirmed cases compared to this time last year. Data from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services shows the state has had nearly 940 confirmed flu cases, compared to nearly 180 at the same point of last year's flu season. Dr. Paul Pritchard, Prevea Health chief quality officer, says the primary reason for […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has taken more jabs at Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, calling for her and the U.S. Senate to take a vote on President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court. Walker was joined by fellow Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel at the Capitol news conference Wednesday that was part of a coordinated 11-state effort organized by the conservative group the Judicial Crisis Network. Trump […]
Law enforcement from around the state gathered in Fond du Lac Wednesday to train for a situation they hope they never encounter. An active shooter conference was held for fire, police, and EMS units from all over Wisconsin with a goal of training emergency personnel to save as many lives as possible. The FBI says active shooter incidents have increased 600 percent in the last 15 years.
The Dodge County Sheriff says he wants the Beaver Dam city council to take action against an establishment that has been the scene of criminal activity over the last couple of years. Sheriff’s deputies and Beaver Dam police were called to Pops Eatery in Beaver Dam Saturday night after receiving a tip there would be a large gathering. Sheriff Dale Schmidt says in addition to multiple citations there were […]