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KOHLER, Wis. (AP) — A court injunction keeps union members on strike against the Kohler Co. from interfering with traffic around the plant.  The company filed a complaint in Sheboygan County Circuit Court alleging the hundreds of union picketers that have gathered outside Kohler gates are causing traffic jams and harassing people trying to enter the property.  An injunction was issued Tuesday by Judge James Bolgert.  United Auto Workers Local […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's gun deer season begins Saturday, but slow license sales and buck-only restrictions could translate to another down year.  According to Department of Natural Resources data, 609,779 hunters bought licenses for the 2014 hunt, the fewest hunters since 1976. They killed 222,588 deer, the fewest kills since 1983.  As of Tuesday, hunters had purchased 392,138 licenses, about 2,000 more than at the same point last year. […]

Today, members of the State Legislature, including Sen. Rick Gudex (R-Fond du Lac), sent another letter to Judge Lynn Adelman demanding that a determination is made allowing the Highway 23 project to continue. On March 17, 2014 Judge Adelman rendered a decision to vacate a court’s decision on the 1000 Friends of Wisconsin’s lawsuit against the project.  Gudex says that decision has delayed safety improvements and contributed to the loss […]

Good news for motorists heading into next week’s Thanksgiving holiday.  Gas prices have dropped below $2 a gallon throughout the state including Fond du Lac and Lomira.  AAA projects prices at the pump are expected to continue to fall in the weeks ahead.  Gas prices briefly fell below two dollars a gallon back in January and stayed below that mark for about a month.

A Berlin man has been convicted on charges in Dodge County stemming from a crime spree through Fond du Lac and Dodge Counties which included stealing multiple vehicles and car chases with authorities. At a plea hearing Tuesday, 20 year old Maxwell Decker pleaded no contest to charges of burglary-armed with a dangerous weapon, vehicle theft, and fleeing/eluding an officer. A pre-sentence investigation has been ordered. The incident unfolded on a […]

A former Wisconsin correctional officer injured by an inmate three years ago says she is still not giving up her fight against the state.  Carrie Seichter was beat unconscious and scarred psychologically when she was brutally attacked by an inmate at the Stanley Correctional facility in northwest Wisconsin.  Nine months after the brutal attack Seichter learned she would no longer receive payments to public safety workers hurt on the job. […]

A Ripon College political science professor says the terrorist attacks in Paris will undoubtedly change the focus of the presidential campaign.  Up to now the candidates have been largely focused on economic issues.  But professor Marty Farrell says at least in the near term the attention now will be on which candidate has the best grasp on foreign policy.  "I think it could have a major impact,"  Farrell told WFDL […]

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) was named as a conferee to the conference committee to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Grothman was named along with nine other Republican House members.  “The House Education and Workforce Committee has worked hard to strengthen and reform education this year – putting power back in the hands of parents, administrators and local officials,” said Congressman Grothman. “America’s next generation deserves […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A consulting firm says the state should phase in a self-insurance model for health care for public workers.  Segal Consulting presented a report to the state Group Insurance Board on Tuesday saying moving to a self-insurance model would save the state about $42 million annually. The report noted switching to self-insurance would improve transparency and flexibility in benefit design. The report added that a vast majority […]