Month: October 2022

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is encouraging hunters to get their deer tested for chronic wasting disease before eating venison.  The DNR issued a statement stating the Wisconsin Department of Health Services,  Centers for Disease Control and World Health Organization recommend against consuming meat from deer that test positive for the disease as a precaution.   Because infected deer can look healthy, DHS also encourages testing for the disease regardless of your harvested […]

LITTLE SUAMICO, Wis. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials in northeastern Wisconsin have arrested a man in connection with a double homicide investigation. The Oconto County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called to a home in Little Suamico Sunday morning. The caller said there was a man and woman outside the house who had no pulse and were not breathing. First responders determined the 75-year-old man and 55-year-old woman were dead and […]

Gov. Tony Evers  joined Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials and community leaders at the Greenbush Town Hall in Glenbeulah Tuesday to celebrate the improvements to Wisconsin Highway 23  in Fond du Lac and Sheboygan Counties.   Evers says expanding 23 to four lanes will ensure folks have a safer, reliable route for transportation.  While the WIS 23 project was enumerated in 1999, construction did not begin until 2019.   During those 20 years, there were 887 […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats up for election in five weeks are putting abortion in the spotlight, with the Republican-controlled Legislature taking less than a minute to reject Gov. Tony Evers' call to create a way for voters to get a chance to repeal the state’s 1849 abortion ban. Evers and other Democrats on the ballot Nov. 8 are trying to turn the election into a referendum on abortion. […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, just five weeks before he is up for reelection, says that if he wins he will propose a 4% increase in funding for local governments each of the next two years. Evers said Monday that the money, totaling more than $91 million over two years, could be used to pay for public safety priorities. His plan includes $10 million in funding for […]

The state superintendent of Public Instruction says public education requires all students to succeed, but says Wisconsin isn't meeting that standard.  State superintendent Dr. Jlll Underly delivered her state of education address last week, and appeared on AM 1170s Between the Lines program Monday.  "Our public schools are funded by taxpayers and right now the state of education within our state is that we have greater inequity of opportunity based on […]

Consumers spent a bit more in August than the previous month, a sign the economy is holding up even as inflation lifts prices for food, rent and other essentials.  Retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs admits he was a bit surprised to see the numbers.  "It is somewhat of a surprise to me,"  Schoofs told AM 1170s Between the Lines program.  "Last month the consumer spending number had dropped."  The Commerce Department says […]

Mississippi’s largest public corruption case in state history involves tens of millions of misspent dollars earmarked for needy families. The civil lawsuit involves a number of sports figures with ties to the state, including NFL great Brett Favre and a famous former pro wrestler. The former head of the state's Department of Human Services is at the center. John Davis pleaded guilty on Sept. 22 to federal counts of conspiracy […]