MILWAUKEE (AP) — The state Supreme Court says manure qualifies as a pollutant as defined in an insurance policy. The case began in 2011 when state environmental officials notified West Bend dairy farmer Robert Falk that manure spread on his fields had contaminated his neighbors' wells. The neighbors demanded compensation. Falk turned to his insurance company, Wilson Mutual, but his policy excluded coverage for damage caused by pollutants. A state […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The state Claims Board has rejected Canadian Pacific Railway's request for more than half a million dollars in compensation for helping develop a high-speed rail plan before Gov. Scott Walker killed the project. The railroad was looking for $500,715 for work performed in 2009 and 2010 to help the state prepare a bid for federal funding to build the line between Madison and Milwaukee. Walker, a Republican, […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says records custodians shouldn't charge people for making copies of court records with personal cameras and scanners. State Courts Director John Voelker asked Van Hollen in 2012 to revisit his stance that a court clerk was entitled to charge a reporter for photographing 20 pages from a case file. Van Hollen issued a six-page opinion in response Tuesday saying state law doesn't […]
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — The Federal Elections Commission has asked an incoming Wisconsin representative to clarify on his post-election congressional campaign finance records. The agency wants Glenn Grothman to explain four individual contributors and two committee contributions that appear to exceed legal limits. The Republican was elected to the 6th Congressional District in November and will take office next month. At least two of those contributions appear to be due […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Milwaukee County officials have released more than 227,000 pages of emails and other documents related to a probe of Gov. Scott Walker's aides and associates when he was county executive. It's the fifth such release of information prosecutors seized from county and personal computers during the investigation that ended in 2013. Walker wasn't charged but six others were convicted on counts ranging from theft to misconduct […]
Nobody was injured after Fond du Lac police received a call that a man was threatening to shoot himself yesterday. Police surrounded a home on West Follett Street after receiving a report that a man armed with an assault rifle was making threats to harm himself. There was also a concern that a young child was in the home. A man was later taken into custody without incident.
A Milwaukee woman accused of killing a Town of Fox Lake man in August has made her initial Dodge County Circuit Court appearance. Bail was set at 500 thousand dollars cash for 30 year old Kriscilla McHenry. She's charged with first degree intentional homicide in the death of 43 year old Michael Soeller. According to a criminal complaint, Soeller was stabbed 38 times at his Town of Fox Lake apartment. […]
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — The 6th Congressional District in Wisconsin will see a change in the leadership style it's grown accustomed to when Rep. Tom Petri retires after more than three decades in public office. The longtime Republican lawmaker will retire after his last day in office on Wednesday. He says his approach has been to help others in the hope that more will follow. Republican Glenn Grothman […]
A Republican state lawmaker from Markesan says she is confident the state can continue to provide tax relief even with a looming budget shortfall. A Legislative Fiscal Bureau analysis released last week showed Wisconsin's state budget would be $824 million short just to continue the current level of services. It looked only at what it would cost the state to continue funding levels over the next two years at their […]