MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has canceled it spring football game because of a weather forecast calling for heavy rain and thunderstorms. Wisconsin says the game on Friday night at Camp Randall Stadium will not be rescheduled. The Badgers will instead have a practice indoors that will be closed to the public. Athletic director Barry Alvarez said on Tuesday that the safety of players and fans was the school's top […]
BEAVER DAM, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a second person has died in an apartment fire in Beaver Dam. Fire and police officials say 24-year-old Jade Wilson has died at Columbia-St. Mary's Hospital in Milwaukee from injuries received in the fire at the Executive Apartments on Saturday. The Dodge County Medical Examiner's Office has positively identified the other victim as 63-year-old Corrine Bolin, a resident of the complex. Four others […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin eighth grade students are scoring better than the national average on math tests known as the nation's report card, but fourth grade reading scores are below the average. The National Assessment of Educational Progress was given to students in fourth and eighth grade last spring. Fourth-grade reading scores were 220, which is down from 223 in 2015 and below the national average of 221. Eighth […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Chicken salad made by an Iowa food processing company and distributed by Fareway Stores in the Midwest sickened 265 people in eight states including Wisconsin and caused one death in Iowa from salmonella contamination, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The outbreak which sickened people from Jan. 8 through March 20, appears to have ended, the CDC said in an update posted […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has signed two more bills designed to fight opioid abuse. The governor signed the bills Monday in Green Bay. The first bill lays out $1.5 million to treat jail inmates. The measure also directs state officials to administer $500,000 in federal grants for anti-abuse programs and establishes $1 million in grants to help fund drug investigations. The second bill requires social workers and […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal officials have approved Gov. Scott Walker's request to establish new economic opportunity zones in 44 Wisconsin counties including Fond du Lac. Walker's office announced Monday that U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has signed off on the request. The governor asked to created 120 economic opportunity zones, a designation under the new federal tax law designed to spur development. The program creates a tax incentive for […]
This is tornado and severe weather awareness week in Wisconsin. Residents are encouraged to test their emergency plans during statewide tornado drills this Thursday. National Weather Service meteorologist Sean Miller says a mock tornado watch will be issued at 1pm followed by a mock warning at 1:45pm. Another mock tornado warning will be held at 6:45pm. Miller says fortunately most of the 23 tornado touchdowns in the state last year […]
The Waupun School Board has selected a consulting firm to conduct the search for a new school district administrator. The Board has selected School Exec Connect to help recruit and select a replacement for Dr. Tonya Olson who is stepping down at the end of the school year. The firm will advertise the position, conduct a survey and use focus groups to create an administrator profile. The goal is to […]
The Bank of Oakfield has announced that effective this week it has changed its name to Bristol Morgan Bank. Bank president Ryan Kamphuis says the new name serves as a reminder of the ties it has back to the establishment of the Bank in 1901. "This name looks back at our history. These were three gentlemen that started Bank of Oakfield, were pioneers in the Oakfield community," Kamphuis told WFDL […]