Month: February 2019

Telemarketing complaints are on the rise and continue to top the annual  list of consumer complaints collected by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.  Department spokesman Jerad Albracht says more than two out of every five complaints received by the agency last year were regarding calls from unknown numbers, unwanted sales calls or scam calls.  Landlord/ tenant complaints held steady at the second spot, telecommunications remains at  […]

Rohn Bishop has been re-elected chairman of the Republican Party of Fond du lac County.  Bishop says he is honored by be unanimously re-elected chairman at the party’s annual  caucus last week.  Other members of the executive committee for the Fond du lac County Republican party include vice chairman, Alan Ott, Treasurer Sam Kaufman and Secretary Jon Venhuizen.  Meanwhile, Bishop says he’s closely watching what’s happening in Madison with a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers says he plans to propose spending more than $43 million over the next two years to expand access to dental care in Wisconsin, particularly in underserved rural areas. The proposal will include nearly $22 million in state money, with the other half coming in federal funding. More than $16 million is targeted to increase reimbursement rates for dental providers who see patients on […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A deer on a Forest County hunting ranch has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The state Department of Agriculture, Trace and Consumer Protection officials issued a news release Monday saying tests confirm the six-year-old whitetail buck was infected.

MARKESAN, Wis. (AP) — Authorities have identified the man killed in a house fire in east-central Wisconsin. Green Lake County sheriff's officials say crews were called to the fire north of Markesan around 1:30 a.m. Sunday and found the house engulfed in flames. A search team found 29-year-old Justin Lewis in the home. He was later pronounced dead.

MENOMONIE, Wis. (AP) — Five people have died in weekend snowmobile crashes in Wisconsin.   The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the crashes happened Friday and Saturday in Calumet, Dunn, Langlade, Iron and Forest counties. In western Wisconsin, a 28-year-old rural Boyceville man died when he apparently lost control of his snowmobile and crashed on a Dunn County trail Saturday. A 41-year-old woman was killed Saturday night when her snowmobile […]

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...   * WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 6 to 9   inches expected.  Winds gusting as high as 30 mph. * WHERE...Portions of east central, south central and southeast  Wisconsin. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to midnight CST Tuesday night. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Travel could be very difficult. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning or evening  commute. […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers wants to let environmental officials borrow nearly $70 million more over the next two years to address groundwater contamination. The plan calls for an additional $3 million in borrowing authority to fund grants for farmers to build infrastructure to reduce nonpoint water pollution and $65 million in additional borrowing authority to fund grants to local governments to reduce storm water runoff; address contaminated […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Liberals are optimistic about taking over majority control of Wisconsin's Supreme Court, with a critical election two months away that will serve as both a barometer of the state's political mood heading into the 2020 presidential contest and set the stage for a pivotal court race next year. If the liberal candidate wins the April 2 Supreme Court race, conservatives would have to win the 2020 […]