A motorcycle vs car crash in Fond du Lac County sent a Lomira man to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The crash happened about 5pm Tuesday on Highway 49 west of Church Road. A car waiting to make a turn into Tom Dooley Apple Orchard was struck by the motorcycle. The motorcycle operator, a 75 year old Lomira man, was flown by helicopter to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. The car driver and […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal jury has convicted two senior employees at a Wisconsin corn plant of falsifying records and obstructing an investigation into a fatal corn dust explosion in 2017. The vice president of operations and a former food safety superintendent at Didion Milling falsified documents and obstructed investigations into an explosion that killed five people at a plant in Cambria, the jury found on Friday. Didion Milling […]
An ATV crash in Dodge County sent an 18-year-old rural Watertown woman to the hospital with serious injuries. The crash happened Tuesday afternoon in the town of Shields about three miles northwest of Watertown. A preliminary investigation showed the all-terrain vehicle was westbound on Wood Road near County Road K when it left the road and overturned in a ditch. The operator was ejected and flown by helicopter to the hospital. The crash […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state Assembly is set to approve a plan to spend more than half a billion dollars to help cover repairs at the Milwaukee Brewers' stadium. The Brewers contend that American Family Field's glass outfield doors, seats and concourses should be replaced, that the suites and scoreboard need upgrades, and that its signature retractable roof needs work. The Assembly is set to vote Tuesday on […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate is scheduled to approve a $2 billion income tax cut as part of a package also targeting child care costs, which Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is expected to veto. Republicans gutted a $1 billion Evers package that he called on them to pass in a special session last month. Instead, Republicans on Tuesday were slated to pass an income tax cut that […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gender-affirming surgery for minors would be banned in Wisconsin under a Republican-sponsored bill up for final approval in the GOP-controlled Legislature. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vowed to veto the measure. The Assembly passed the bill last week, without any Democratic votes, and the Senate was slated to give it final approval Tuesday, which would then send it to Evers. Republican lawmakers across the country want […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man who brought a loaded handgun into the Wisconsin Capitol, demanding to see Gov. Tony Evers, and returned hours later with an assault rifle after posting bail has been charged with a misdemeanor. Forty-three-year-old Joshua Pleasnick of Madison was charged Monday in Dane County with carrying a firearm in a public building. He was arrested Oct. 4 for illegally openly carrying a weapon after he […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature are withholding pay raises for Universities of Wisconsin employees amid a fight over the school system's diversity, equity and inclusion spending. The Legislature's employment relations committee voted to approve raises for other state employees but did not take action on UW wage increases on Tuesday. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, who chairs the committee, has promised to block raises for UW […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two more Universities of Wisconsin two-year branch campuses will close by next year and more shutdowns might be on the way as students continue to opt for four-year colleges and online classes, Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman announced Tuesday. Rothman said during a conference call that he has decided to shutter UW-Milwaukee's Washington County campus and UW-Oshkosh's Fond du Lac campus. He said that in-person instruction […]