MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker plans to sign the right-to-work bill on Monday at a Milwaukee-area company whose leader spoke out in favor of the measure this week. Walker announced Friday that he will sign the bill at Badger Meter in Brown Deer. Badger Meter's chief executive and chairman Rich Meeusen this week said passing the bill will lead to between 30 and 50 new jobs at his […]
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office has received numerous reports of citizens receiving phone calls from various scam artists. Once scam leads you to believe that you have won a multi-million dollar prize and a new car. You will be told that you have won the Publisher’s Clearing House sweepstakes or some other prize. If you tell them you didn’t enter any such contest, they may tell you that if you […]
LODI, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say one person is in custody after officials at Lodi high school reported they had a "credible threat" of a possible gun on school property. Police say they were called to the school at 11:35 a.m. today, and the school went on lockdown. Authorities searched the school. Police took one person into custody, but they have not said whether a gun was found.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis police say they have recovered a woman and her child who Wisconsin authorities say were abducted in Milwaukee. A police spokesman says officers took one man into custody after finding the woman and her 2-year-old child at a west side motel early Friday. The woman and child haven't been identified but are safe and cooperating with authorities. Officers had found a car matching a description given […]
BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — Circus World, with its roots in the Ringling Bros., says it's committed to keeping elephants in its shows in Baraboo. The parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus plans to eliminate elephants from its circus performances by 2018. Feld Entertainment says some cities and counties have passed "anti-circus" and "anti-elephant" ordinances, making touring difficult with changing regulations. Baraboo was home to the Ringling […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state Assembly has passed a right-to-work bill on a straight party line vote. The bill passed Friday on a 62-35 vote, with all Republicans in support and all Democrats against. The Senate passed it last week. It now heads to Gov. Scott Walker, who plans to sign it Monday. Democrats hoped to convince 14 Republicans to join with them in rejecting the bill. Ultimately, […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Flight experts are calling actor Harrison Ford's plane crash a "beautifully executed" forced landing by an "unbelievably well-trained pilot." The 72-year-old "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" actor crashed his World War II plane onto a golf course yesterday after reporting engine failure 20 minutes after leaving California's Santa Monica Municipal Airport. Ford's spokeswoman says his injuries are not life-threatening and he's expected to make a full […]
Fond du Lac police are investigating a possible child enticement incident. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says a Parkside Elementary School student told her mother she was walking home from school Wednesday on North Seymour Street just south of Scott Street when a car pulled over on the shoulder and the male driver told her to get in the car. The vehicle was described as an older, long car, brown […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Regents and chancellors in the University of Wisconsin System are vowing to fight back against Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget cuts. The regents spent hours Thursday discussing how to respond to state lawmakers about Walker's proposal to cut the system's funding by $300 million in the next two years. The Republican governor also is proposing giving the system more autonomy — something its leaders have been […]