Month: March 2023

The candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court meet Tuesday for the only debate before the April 4 election.  Conservative former state supreme court justice Dan Kelly and  Democratic-supported Milwaukee County Circuit judge Janet Protasiewicz will square off Tuesday in  Madison in a debate sponsored by the state Bar of Wisconsin and WisPolitics.com.   The winner of the high stakes race will determine whether conservatives maintain 4-3 control or it flips to liberals. The court is expected to […]

Meteorologists are predicting flood threats for a large portion of the U.S. this spring.   With gradually warming temperatures and repeated major snow events over the past several weeks the national weather service says flooding is a threat in the event of heavy rain in a short period of time.   Meanwhile, National Weather Service meteorologist Ben Miller, says overall this winter has been warmer than normal in Wisconsin.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A man was arrested after he allegedly brought a gun into a library at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The  25-year-old man was seen loading the gun in Golda Meir Library on Thursday afternoon. A spokesperson for the university police department said officers responded within two minutes but by the time they arrived the man had left. Police tracked him down in an off-campus neighborhood and arrested him. […]

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is reminding farmers and manure applicators to check the runoff risk advisory forecast before spreading manure on fields. The tool helps determine the potential for manure runoff from a field depending on weather conditions and soil temperature.   The runoff risk advisory forecast includes maps showing short-term runoff risk for daily field application planning. The maps account for soil saturation and temperature, […]

The Wisconsin Department of Revenue  is sending $3.9 million to more than 30,000 unclaimed property owners in  March, and for many, the delivery of a check will come as a surprise.  DOR annually matches tax records against the state's unclaimed property roll.   If DOR can definitively match tax records to an owner on the unclaimed property roll, the agency sends out checks automatically for those owed property valued at $2,000 or less and will send […]

A cigarette butt apparently started a fire that damaged the porch of a Van Dyne grocery store/apartment unit.  Shortly after 3:30am Monday firefighters were called to the scene on Van Dyne Road, for a fire threatening the attached structure, which contained two apartments and Giese's Country Market.   Residents were safely evacuated and the fire was quickly extinguished.   A burning cigarette is apparently to blame for the fire.  Nobody was injured and […]

One person was killed in a one vehicle crash in Dodge County.  The crash happened shortly before 12:30am Sunday on the Highway 151 on-ramp at County Highway B.  Investigators say the car  traveled through the intersection, striking a sign in the median,  entered a ditch,   traveled down the embankment, striking a fence and a tree.  The 64 year old  male driver was pronounced dead at Marshfield Medical Center in Beaver Dam.

A  31 year old Fond du Lac man is in custody following a high speed chase and crash in Fond du Lac County.  The chase started shortly before 8pm Saturday on Highway 23 near Heinrich Road when a deputy observed the owner had an active felony warrant and attempted a traffic stop.   The vehicle sped away turning from Rose-Eld Road onto Highway 26 where the chase was terminated.   While checking the area, the deputy […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new University of Wisconsin System analysis shows system President Jay Rothman's plan to increase tuition, fees and room and board costs would drive up student expenses as much as 5.4% next year. The system released a campus-by-campus breakdown Friday of the plan's impact. The analysis shows resident undergraduates at UW-River Falls would see the biggest cost increase at 5.4%. UW-Madison resident undergraduates would see the […]