MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court says the city of Sheboygan properly annexed land for a Kohler Co. golf course. The company wants to convert nearly 250 acres in the Town of Wilson in Sheboygan County for the course. The Sheboygan Common Council passed an ordinance annexing the land on Kohler's behalf in 2017. The town sued, arguing the land isn't contiguous to the city and the city […]
Moraine Park Technical College is currently accepting applications for three positions on the Moraine Park Technical College District Board; one elected official member, and two additional members. The application window is from February 7 to February 21, with the terms ending June 2023. One of the additional member positions must be appointed from those counties of the Moraine Park District located west of the east shore of Lake Winnebago and […]
The Fond du Lac Chapter of the Wisconsin Alumni Association has selected Boyke Family members Gary Boyke, Katie Grinstead and JR Boyke as the Chapter’s 2020 Badger of the Year. The Badger of the Year award is presented annually by local chapters of the Wisconsin Alumni Association to recognize a University of Wisconsin – Madison alumnus that has demonstrated leadership in their profession and in the community. Gary Boyke is […]
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has recorded its second child death of the flu season. Health officials say the child who died from flu is from southern Wisconsin. Last week the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 78 child deaths from flu nationwide since October. Flu activity is surging in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin State Journal says health officials report more than 500 hospitalizations this week, including at least […]
School funding did not come up in the assembly this week despite Governor Tony Evers’ call for a special session to discuss spending surplus money on education. Last week, the Democratic governor announced a plan to spend $250-million dollars of the state's projected budget surplus on public schools. Some of the money would go toward school-based mental health services. Heather DuBois-Bourenane of the Wisconsin Public Education Network says there's another […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's agriculture department would no longer have exclusive power to regulate large factory farms under a bill that Republicans are trying to speed through the Legislature in its final days. The move comes after Democratic Gov. Tony Evers angered Republicans with moves to enact tougher restrictions on the farms earlier this year. There's little time for the Legislature to act, and even if the bill were […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wants to roll out the barrel into the early morning hours for people coming for the Democratic National Convention this summer. Bars across the state will be able to stay open until 4 a.m. for the four nights of the convention under a bipartisan bill approved unanimously by a state Assembly committee on Thursday. Expanding the hours had support from groups representing the state's bars, […]
A retired Ripon College political scientist says this week’s New Hampshire primary were big victories for two Democratic candidates who didn’t win. Bernie Sanders won the primary by narrowly edging moderate rival Pete Buttigieg and scoring the first clear victory in the Democratic Party’s nomination fight. But retired Ripon College political scientist Marty Farrell says Sanders was expected to win. Farrell says Buttigieg and Amy Klobochar who finished third should feel very good […]