Month: May 2022

Harley-Davidson is announcing a two-week suspension of vehicle assembly and most shipments, citing a regulatory compliance issue with one of its suppliers. Company shares tumbled almost 8% Thursday. Harley-Davidson says the decision was made “out of an abundance of caution” after the company received information from a supplier of one of its component parts. The company, like most global manufacturers, was already struggling with supply issues. It reported in April […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Kohl’s Corp. cut its earnings forecast, as the department store joins a string of retailers stung with soaring inflation. The reduction followed weaker-than-expected first-quarter results. Like many department stores, Kohl’s had struggled before the pandemic, but the health crisis wielded a big blow to sales. The company’s business was rebounding as customers were going out to social events and buying dressier clothes. But like other stores, […]

The Ripon Chamber of Commerce has a new executive director.  Chicago native Mandy Kimes has been hired to the post, replacing Jason Mansmith who  resigned to become the marketing director for the Thrasher Opera House in Green Lake.   Kimes was one of three finalists for the position and will take over as chamber director in June.

EAGLE, Wis. (AP) — Six people were hurt, including three firefighters, when an explosion and fire rocked a marine construction company in southeast Wisconsin. The fire at Summerset Marine Construction in the small Waukesha County community of Eagle was still burning Thursday afternoon hours after the blast, but the thick black smoke that had been visible for miles earlier could no longer be seen. Eagle is about 35 miles southwest […]

APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — Police in Appleton have arrested a man who climbed onto a church roof with a gun. Police received a call Thursday morning about a suspect who pointed a gun at someone at St. Bernadette Parish. The suspect then got on the roof. Assistant Police Chief Polly Olson said the man fired rounds in the air. Negotiators were brought in to talk with the man. The stand-off […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has voiced skepticism about a lawsuit challenging the legality of private grant money awarded to Madison to help run the 2020 election, calling some of the arguments “ridiculous,” a “stretch” and “close to preposterous.” The lawsuit argues that private grants given to Madison from a group funded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg amounted to illegal bribery. The Wisconsin Elections Commission in December rejected that […]

Longtime North Fond du Lac School District superintendent Aaron Sadoff says he's looking forward to the next chapter of his working career.    Sadoff  has accepted a job as the new executive director of the Fond du Lac Area  Foundation, and will be leaving the North Fond du Lac School District at the end of this year.  "It was a gerat opportunity and I never thought about doing the executive director of […]

Milwaukee’s mayor and police chief are pleading with citizens and lawmakers to help address ongoing gun violence punctuated by shootings outside an NBA playoff game that left 21 injured. Police Chief Jeffrey Norman said at a press conference Tuesday that police have arrested 11 people varying in ages from 19 to 30. The incidents happened Friday night near a downtown entertainment area known as the Deer District. Two of those […]