HARTLAND, Wis. (AP) — Authorities have identified the six people who died in an apartment fire in southern Wisconsin as two adults and four children. Police said Sunday that all six lived together in one apartment of the four-unit building in Hartland. Officials say the adults who died were Connor McKisick and Jessica McKisick. The children have been identified as a 14-year-old girl, a 12-year-old girl and two 3-year-old boys. […]
OREGON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy in Wisconsin shot and killed a person suspected of committing several weapons violations. Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett says dispatchers got a 911 call about a weapons violation in the Village of Oregon about 11 a.m. Sunday and deputies began searching for the suspect. The Wisconsin Department of Justice says the individual was suspected of “several weapons violations” in recent days. […]
Waupun police have arrested a man who created a scare after residents heard gunshots. Shortly before 1pm Monday a resident called police reporting that she heard what sounded like a gunshot fired from a vehicle in the area of a junk dealership on Jackson Street in an area near the Mill Pond. Police responded and located two individuals who said they were shooting at squirrels. Police are continuing their investigation.
J.F. Ahern Co. has received the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin Charitable Foundation’s Corporate Responsibility Award. The award recognizes a company or organization that has gone above and beyond to help the Fire Fighters Foundation work towards its mission of championing support for burn survivors, firefighters, and safe communities statewide. According to a press release Ahern was nominated for it's commitment to educating and training fire inspectors, firefighters, and others […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Graham Mertz threw for two touchdowns, Braelon Allen rushed for 113 yards and a score and Wisconsin defeated Purdue 35-24. John Torchio had two interceptions, including a 31-yard return for a touchdown for the Badgers The Badgers scored on their opening drive and less than one minute later, Torchio picked off Aidan O’Connell and scored. Mertz capped an 80-yard drive with a three-yard pass to Chimere […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — An Oshkosh man convicted of stealing more than $426,000 from a 92-year-old nursing home resident is scheduled to be sentenced in January. A jury earlier this month found Terry Culver guilty of eight felonies. The Wisconsin attorney general's office says he acted as power of attorney for the victim and removed the money from bank accounts. Culver allegedly spent the money on home improvements and vehicles, […]
HARTLAND, Wis. (AP) — Police say six people died in an apartment fire in the southern Wisconsin village of Hartland, not seven as originally reported. The cause of the fire at a four-unit apartment complex early Friday morning has not been determined, although Hartland Police Chief Torin Misko called it an “active criminal investigation.” Misko says multiple fire departments and police departments responded and helped evacuate individuals from the building […]
The state’s unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.2 percent in September, as Wisconsin continues to make progress in regaining the jobs lost during the pandemic. That’s according to Department of Workforce Development Chief Economist Dennis Winters. Winters says Wisconsin has now regained 99 percent of the jobs lost during the pandemic economic slowdown after adding 7,000 total nonfarm jobs in September, but remains about 43,400 jobs short of the pre-pandemic peak. Meanwhile, […]
Butler Street from Russell Street to Portage Street Schedule: July 7 through October Description: The project includes gas main and service relocations, reconstruction of sanitary sewer and laterals, storm sewer and laterals, water main and laterals, roadway, sidewalk and approaches, street lighting and restoration/landscaping. October 24 to October 28: Restoration of terraces may begin. Traffic Impacts: N. Butler is closed to through traffic. Residents, business owners, and customers may access […]