Month: September 2019

The Fond du Lac County Dairy and Livestock extension agent says she supports three proposals designed to help Wisconsin’s struggling farmers pay off college debt, encourage diverse operations and plan for retirement.   One proposal would forgive up to $30,000 in higher education debt for college graduates who commit to farming in Wisconsin at least five years.  Extension agent Tina Coleman says another bill would fund two positions within the UW System to help farmers create […]

An Appleton man has been arrested in connection with a high speed chase n Fond du Lac County last week.  The 29 mile long chase happened last Friday night on southbound Interstate 41, to Highway 49, northbound 41 and Highway 26 with speeds reaching 107 miles an hour.  The chase was was terminated after the sheriff’s  deputy obtained the correct registration matching the vehicle and had a visual identification with the operator on the initial […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow says he won't run for Congress to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner.  Farrow said in a statement Tuesday that he can't serve in Washington "when the issues I am most passionate about hit much closer to home."    Numerous other Republicans remain in the mix to run next year to succeed Sensenbrenner in the strongly Republican district.   Those include former […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican state Sen. Tom Tiffany is running for Congress in northern Wisconsin to replace U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, who is resigning in two weeks.  Tiffany announced his candidacy on Tuesday, casting himself as a "proven conservative." He has been in the state Legislature since 2011 and is a member of the Legislature's powerful budget-writing committee.   Other Republicans who had been thinking about getting in the race dropped […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul says hundreds of millions of dollars could be at stake in lawsuit settlements that require the Legislature's budget committee to approve.    A law approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature during December's lame duck session gives the GOP-controlled committee power to approve lawsuit settlements. But there is no process in place for how that works.   The Democratic Kaul wants committee members to […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin says it has received just $700,000 of the $100 million that Foxconn Technology Group pledged to fund engineering and innovation research on the school's flagship campus.  A  report Tuesday says progress has been slow since the world's leading electronics manufacturer made the promise in August 2018.   UW-Madison spokesman John Lucas says there has been "no significant progress in discussions." The investment has been […]