A motorcyclist was seriously injured in a crash with an SUV Wednesday afternoon in Dodge County. The accident happened on Highway 33 at the intersection with County Trunk P in the Town of Herman. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Department says a motorcycle operated by 56 year old William Brown of Wauwatosa was traveling east on Highway 33 approaching the intersection. An SUV driven by 68 year old Toni Henkel of Oconomowoc […]
A Fond du Lac police captain is in the running to be the new Oshkosh police chief. Fond du Lac police captain Aaron Goldstein is one of five finalists for the post. Goldstein has worked in law enforcement for more than 17 years. The other finalists are Milwaukee assistant chief, Kurt Leibold, Milwaukee police captain, Aaron Raap, Suffolk, Virginia deputy chief Dean Smith and Onalaska police chief Jeffrey Trotnic. A […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature's budget-writing committee has voted to approve $350 million in borrowing to pay for road construction projects across Wisconsin. All four Democrats joined six Republicans to support the borrowing. Approving the borrowing most directly affects five major projects that faced delays up to two years without the additional money. Those projects are expansion and reconstruction of Highway 10/441 in the Fox Valley and the […]
SUSSEX, Wis. (AP) — Quad/Graphics Inc. plans to close its printing plants in Augusta, Georgia, and East Greenville, Pennsylvania, this year. Together, the two plants employ about 650 people. A company spokeswoman says Quad will move the work from the soon-to-be closed facilities to its other U.S. plants, including those in Wisconsin. IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Kraft Heinz says it will close seven factories in North America over the […]
An area Republican lawmaker says a trio of bills approved this week will help crack down on food stamp fraud. The state Assembly approved bills that would require photos added to the foodstamp debit card, greater scrutiny to recipients who request multiple replacement debit cards require the state to seize all FoodShare benefits if the account has not been accessed in six months or more. Republican state representative Mark Born […]
A Ripon college economics professor says its interesting that a couple years after the nation was pushed to the brink of default, a bipartisan budget bill was passed and signed into law this week with little debate or fanfare. Professor Paul Schoofs says it tells him that hardline conservative Republicans learned their lesson and the potential political implications with the presidential election a year out. "I think what it tells […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two of the GOP's rising young stars made similar calculations on the way to political advancement: Both abandoned efforts to pass a comprehensive immigration overhaul. The about-faces by new House Speaker Paul Ryan and presidential candidate Marco Rubio underscore the GOP's difficulties with the issue of immigration. Ryan emerged as the unity candidate for speaker of the House after offering assurances to conservatives that he would not […]
A Democratic congresswoman from Milwaukee says she doesn’t believe Donald Trump or Ben Carson are truly the frontrunners among the Republiccan presidential candidates, even though the polls may indicate otherwise. Congresswoman Gwen Moore says at this stage the Republican race has been more of a popularity contest than a debate of the real issues. "I think that once voters really engage to the issues they're going to choose someone else […]
A UW Oshkosh journalism professor says he is hopeful a fundraising campaign will keep the student newspaper afloat. The AdvanceTitan faces $74,000 in debt and launched a fundraising campaign a couple weeks ago. Newspaper advisor Dr. Vince Filak says its not that students aren’t reading the newspaper. He says studies show that more students read the paper in its printed form as opposed to digital, but the problem is where […]