MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is proposing to eliminate the now-vacant coordinator position and 15-member advisory council of Wisconsin's Farm to School program as part of his 2017-2019 budget. The Farm to School office was created in 2009 by the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. It aims to improve children's nutrition and knowledge of agriculture, secure hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants, connect growers […]
BEAVER DAM, Wis. (AP) — A fire at an apartment complex in Beaver Dam has sent at least seven people to the hospital. Officials say eight others were treated at the scene of the fire which broke out just after midnight Tuesday. Officials say firefighters rescued several people from second floor windows. One firefighter was bitten by a dog he was trying to rescue. Two dozen families have been displaced […]
LAKE DELTON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says the State Patrol trooper killed in a car crash while on duty was a member of the Wisconsin National Guard and won an award two years ago for saving a man's life. Walker identified the trooper killed Tuesday as Anthony Borostowski of Tomah. Sauk County sheriff's officials say the trooper lost control of his squad car and struck a tree along […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers say they want to combat a rapidly declining bee population by giving Wisconsin beekeepers tax exemptions. Rep. Amy Loudenbeck said in a memo Tuesday she and Sen. Steve Nass are seeking co-sponsors on a bill that would define beekeeping in state law. It would also extend to beekeepers sales and use tax exemptions on certain items and services sold to farming and agriculture business […]
Two Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would eliminate the prevailing wage on state construction projects. The prevailing wage law sets minimum salaries for construction workers on public projects. Sen. Leah Vukmir and Rep. Rob Hutton introduced a bill in 2015 that would have eliminated prevailing wage on state and local projects. The measure failed but the state budget Gov. Scott Walker signed that year eliminated the law for […]
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — The FBI is increasing the reward amount for information that leads to the arrest of a Wisconsin man suspected of stealing guns and threatening attacks in an anti-government manifesto he mailed to the White House. The FBI said Tuesday it was increasing its reward from $10,000 to $20,000 to help authorities capture 32-year-old Joseph Jakubowski. Authorities have been searching for Jakubowski since April 4, when authorities […]
An early morning fire at an apartment complex in Beaver Dam has 24 families scrambling to figure out where they’ll be sleeping tonight. The Beaver Dam Fire Department says it responded to a call just after midnight this (Tuesday) morning of a fire in an apartment at 104 Lakecrest Drive. Crews arrived to find five people trapped in the apartment where the fire started, and multiple people hanging out of […]
A Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper is dead after an early morning single vehicle crash. The incident occurred around 4:30 Tuesday morning along Interstate 90/94 in Sauk County. A preliminary investigation shows the Trooper lost control of his cruiser while traveling eastbound, entered the south ditch and struck a tree. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The identity of the Trooper is not being released pending notification of his family.
The Outagamie County Coroner’s Office releases the name of a man killed in a weekend crash in the Town of Maine. The victim was identified as Jeff Meyer, 39. An autopsy will be performed today at the Fond du Lac County Medical Examiner’s Office. The Outagamie County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to County Hwy. M, south of Hwy. F, at just after 6:00 a.m. Sunday. Authorities say the man was […]