BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a man jailed in Sauk County ran a drug operation from his cell with his girlfriend working as a distributor. Fifty two year-old Mardi Suggs and his girlfriend, 49-year-old Sherry Fuller, face multiple felony charges. According to authorities, Fuller told investigators that she took over a cocaine dealing operation from Suggs, and she said he was running it from jail. A police detective said […]
SLINGER, Wis. (AP) — A company that provides home and respite care to elderly and disabled people around Wisconsin plans to end operations next month and lay off its 700 employees. GeminiCares, based in Slinger, has employees in 11 communities in Wisconsin. Its notice to the state Department of Workforce Development says its current clients will be transferred to the care of other agencies. GeminiCares president Kathy Rublee said in […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's staff considered making a lobbyist for a company seeking to dig an iron mine in Wisconsin the state Department of Natural Resources' deputy secretary. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel obtained records showing Gogebic Taconite lobbyist Bob Seitz was considered to replace outgoing DNR Deputy Secretary Matt Maroney earlier this year. A Walker spokeswoman said in an email to The Associated Press on Tuesday the […]
A fire Monday night has claimed the life of a Town of Black Wolf man. The victim has been identified as 64 year old Harold Dekarske. Firefighters from several departments were called to the scene on Highway 45 in the town of Black Wolf to find the home fully engulfed in flames. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Highway 45 was closed between Country Club Road and Fisk […]
James Otto was selected as Marian University’s April Veteran of the Month. Otto served in the United States Air Force during the 1950s, and was stationed in Texas. Otto continues to serve his community through working with the Brandon Food Pantry, as well as organizing the Brandon Veterans Day program each year. The Veteran of the Month contest, presented by Marian University and Sunny 97.7/96.1 WTCX, highlights one area veteran […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh says it plans to reduce the number of its sports programs by two, in response to proposed state budget cuts. The school said Monday it plans to drop the men's soccer and men's tennis teams, after the 2015-16 school year. In addition, UW-Oshkosh plans to combine the men's and women's track and field and men's and women's cross-country teams under a restructured […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nine University of Wisconsin System schools plan to ask regents this week for permission to dramatically raise tuition for graduate and non-resident students to help offset $300 million in cuts Gov. Scott Walker has proposed in his state budget. The schools include UW-Madison, UW-La Crosse, UW-Milwaukee, UW-Parkside, UW-Platteville, UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens Point, UW -Stout and UW-Whitewater. The increases vary by school. UW-Madison's plan, for example, calls […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Mike Krzyzewski and the Duke Blue Devils have their fifth NCAA championship following their work of their four freshmen. Tyus Jones, Jahlil Okafor, Justice Winslow and Grayson Allen carried the Blue Devils to a 68-63 comeback victory over Wisconsin at Indianapolis. Duke trailed 48-39 with about 13 1/2 minutes to play before the four frosh scored every one of the Blue Devils' points the rest of the […]
Fond du Lac County has been selected as a test county for new election equipment. The county board approved the purchase last fall and clerk Lisa Freiberg says the new equipment will be tested at three locations in the county April 28th. "We will be testing in the town of Oakfield, the town of Rosendale and the city of Fond du Lac," Freiberg said. Freiberg says most of the changes […]