COLUMBUS, Wis. (AP) — One person has been injured in a fire at a historic apartment building in Columbus. Fire broke out Tuesday night at the three-story brick Tremont which was built in 1892. Columbus Fire Lt. Jerodd Fox says that 18 of 22 apartments in the building were occupied and residents were evacuated. Fox says one resident was taken to Columbus Community Hospital. Apartment manager Bill Keeley says smoke […]
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The Director of a Fond du Lac organization that serves domestic abuse victims says she hopes the NFL uses the Ray Rice incident to further educate their players and the public at large about the problem of domestic violence. Rice was released by the Baltimore Ravenues and suspended indefinately by the NFL after a video released this week shows Rice punching his then fiance'e in an elevator. Fond du […]
The Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer says there may already be cases of an uncommon respiratory virus in Wisconsin even though the virus has not been officially confirmed here. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says the EV68 virus can cause difficulty breathing…has been confirmed in a dozen states and has sent dozens of young children to hospitals and urgent care centers in the Midwest. […]
A Democratic state senator says a bill introduced last fall to address student loan debt would also help create jobs. Last fall state senator Dave Hansen and two other Demoratic legislators introduced the Higher Ed, Lower Debt Act that would create a state Student Loan Refinancing Authority allowing student loan borrowers to refinance loans at much lower interest rates just as homeowners do with mortgages. Hansen says crippling student loan […]
The good news is that Americans are saving more than ever for college. The bad news is that the average amount still isn't enough to cover one year at a four-year public university. The College Savings Plan Network says the average 529 college savings plan is worth about $20,671. That's almost double since 2008, when the country was in the grips of the recession. The size increase in 529 accounts […]
The Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance researcher says a new Legislative Fiscal bureau report behooves that lawmakers be more cautious when it comes to spending projected revenues. The fiscal bureau says the projected shortfall for the next two year state budget stands at nearly $1.8 million. Dale Knapp says that’s after tax cuts were enacted based on projected revenue that is not coming in as expected. "We had new projected revenues, essentially […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke is accusing Republican Gov. Scott Walker of being fiscally irresponsible after new estimates projected a $1.8 billion shortfall in the state budget by mid-2017. Burke said Tuesday during a news conference in Milwaukee that she has experience balancing budgets and if elected, she would make cuts that would put Wisconsin in the black. Burke previously worked for her family's company, Trek Bicycle […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jake Leinenkugel is stepping down as president of the brewery started by his great-great-grandfather and will be succeeded by his younger brother Dick Leinenkugel, who led economic development efforts in Wisconsin under former Gov. Jim Doyle. Sixty-two-year-old Jake Leinenkugel is familiar to beer drinkers as the star of ads promoting the Leinenkugel's brand. He was named president a year after the brewer's 1988 merger with Miller Brewing […]