MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin union leaders will likely not get much help from judges if they decide to challenge Republicans' new right-to-work provisions in court. A labor expert says no one has ever mounted a successful legal challenge to right-to-work laws. Republicans who control the Legislature have fast-tracked a bill that would make Wisconsin the 25th state to prohibit unions from reaching deals with businesses that require workers to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Private and public-sector unions are joining together to stop a right-to-work bill. It's the bill that Republicans have put on a fast track to pass in the Wisconsin Legislature. Union leaders say that they are urging their members, as well as business owners, to contact state senators to tell them to vote against the bill. The proposal is moving fast. A Senate hearing was set for […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) —The median price of Wisconsin homes continue to rise, even as sales slipped in January. That's according to a housing market analysis by the Wisconsin Realtors Association. The report says home sales in Wisconsin dropped 3.7 percent last month compared with the same time last year.
RACINE, Wis. (AP) — A Racine lawmaker wants to repeal Wisconsin's 48-hour waiting period to buy handguns. State Senator Van Wanggaard says the original intent of the waiting period was to give gun dealers enough time to complete a background check, but they can now be done nearly instantly. Wanggaard says the 48-hour waiting period now amounts to a "time tax."
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. (AP) — The former president of Oscar Mayer will become the new CEO at Johnsonville Sausage. The current CEO, Ralph Stayer, has led the privately owned Sheboygan Falls company for the last 47 years. He will retire April 1, but continue to serve as chairman of the board. For the first time in the company's history, it will not be led by a member of the Stayer […]
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A boil water advisory has been lifted in the village of Brandon Public Health officer, Kim Mueller, says the advisory was lifted Sunday and flyers were distributed door to door notifying residents. The advisory was issued last week following a water main break in the village.
A former Waupun resident was killed in a drive by shooting in Milwaukee. Police say 24 year old Ryan T. Rompre, and a 25-year-old woman were traveling in a car on Milwaukee’s northside when another vehicle pulled next to them and opened fire. The incident happened February 11th in the 4400 block of Roosevelt Drive. The woman suffered non life-threatening injuries, but Rompre died on Feb. 17 at Froedtert […]
Two women were injured in an ATV rollover accident on Lake Winnebago. Rescue personnel were called Saturday afternoon to a report of an ATV accident on the lake about a mile from Clarence’s Harbor on Winnebago Drive. According to a sheriff’s report an ATV rolled over onto the female operator. She was transported to St. Agnes Hospital with leg and rib injuries. Another female occupant received minor rib injuries.