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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross has ordered immediate cost-saving moves after Gov. Scott Walker announced he wants to slash the system's funding.  The Republican governor is grappling with a $2 billion deficit in the next state budget. He said the spending plan he'll present next week will cut $300 million from the system but hand it more independence.  Cross sent a memo Wednesday to […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker is calling for dramatic changes in Gov. Scott Walker's budget plan for the University of Wisconsin System.  Walker has proposed slashing the system's budget by $300 million, freezing tuition for two years and decoupling the system from state oversight.  Sen. Steve Nass of Whitewater, one of the system's toughest critics and vice-chair of the Senate's universities committee, has warned the plan would allow […]

Fond du Lac resident Bud Caldwell says it truly was a remarkable act of kindness when you think of it.  Every day the 82 year old Caldwell visits a bench near the Lakeside Park train station dedicated to his wife Betty who died almost two years ago.  Every day Bud says he reports and confesses to his wife and leaves a daisy and a penny on the bench.  Caldwell says […]

ADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican leader of the Wisconsin state Senate is renewing his call for passage of a right-to-work bill.  Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald issued a statement Thursday saying debate of right-to-work needs to occur along with consideration of the state budget. Walker will release his budget plan on Tuesday.  Walker has repeatedly said he doesn't want the Legislature to act early in the session on right-to-work, […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is asking that the lead investigator probing allegations of opiate over prescription and retaliatory practices at a VA hospital in Tomah take into account the testimony of whistleblowers.  In a letter Thursday, Baldwin asked that VA Under Secretary Carolyn Clancy consider concerns not addressed in an earlier report. Baldwin says an investigation published in March did not mention opiate prescribing practices or […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Members of the Menominee Tribe, southeastern Wisconsin union workers and a bipartisan group of state lawmakers are urging Gov. Scott Walker to reconsider his rejection of a new casino in Kenosha.  Walker rejected the tribe's proposal last week and reiterated on Wednesday that he would not change his mind.  But advocates for the project gathered at the Capitol Thursday to say Walker can still change his […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin appeals court says a state requirement that singers in the state Capitol obtain a permit was unconstitutional.  The case involves Michael Crute, who was cited for joining in a daily sing-along protest in the Capitol rotunda in July 2013. State rules then prohibited anyone from participating in or watching an unpermitted event in state buildings.  Crute argued the regulations violated his free speech rights. […]

. It's not enough to be called the Sturgeon Spearing Capital of the World. This February, Lake Winnebago will be teeming with activity below the surface and on the ice. Fisherman can expect a larger sturgeon harvest now that the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has increased the cap for 2015, and on the ice, racers from around the world will be competing in the 2015 World Ice and Snow […]

BERLIN, Wis. (AP) — Berlin Area School District officials have decided the high school mascot will remain the same amid criticism that it's racially insensitive.  The school board voted Monday night to retain the Indian mascot at Berlin High School after survey results were announced. About 92 percent of more than 1,300 community members surveyed voted in favor of keeping the mascot.  One resident says the name honors a Native […]