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MIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says his Democratic challenger Mary Burke hasn't addressed low graduation rates for black students as a member of the Madison school board and doesn't want to save taxpayers money by implementing the law that effectively ended collective bargaining for teachers.  Walker made the comments Wednesday after touring a sensor manufacturer in the Madison suburb of Middleton.  Walker says he was surprised to see […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report says Wisconsin residents obtained fewer abortions last year.  The state Department of Health Services released its annual report on abortions on Wednesday. The report says 6,251 state residents obtained abortions in 2013, down from 6,692 in 2012.  The number of abortions occurring in Wisconsin also fell, from 6,927 in 2012 to 6,462 last year, continuing a five-year decline from 8,542 in 2009.  The […]

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — The 12-year-old Wisconsin girl who nearly died after she was stabbed 19 times is back in school.  A spokesman for the girl's family says it has been a summer of doctor's appointments, surgeries, specialists and recovery. Stephen Lyons says the girl has been eager to go back to school in Waukesha. She started the 7th grade on Tuesday.  Lyons says the girl and her family continue […]

APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — As the summer winds down another heating season will soon arrive. And, Wisconsin propane industry leaders don't expect the kind of shortage crisis that occurred last year. Wisconsin and other Midwestern states grappled with a propane shortage toward the end of last winter due largely to extended periods of frigid weather, a pipeline closure and heavy propane demand for drying grain.  Wisconsin Propane Gas Association President […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More people have been visiting Wisconsin's historic sites and museums this year. The Wisconsin Historical Society says attendance this year through mid-August is up 4.8 percent over the same period last year. Attendance was up at 10 of 11 historical sites and museums.  Society officials say good weather and a number of events, including an opportunity to ride historic bikes at Old World Wisconsin, the celebration […]

PULASKI, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a car collided with a school bus carrying high school athletes near Pulaski, killing a passenger in the car and injuring 14 people.  Brown County officials said the car hit the back of the bus Tuesday night while the bus tried to cross the highway. The bus was carrying volleyball teams from Pulaski High School.  Sheriff's Lt. Kevin Pawlak tells Press-Gazette Media that 13 […]

A Fond du lac man has been convicted of armed robbery.  Seventeen year old Quindarius Williams pleaded no contest to one count of armed robbery.  Two other counts of robbery were dismissed and read into the record.  A presentence investigation was ordered and a sentencing hearing is scheduled for October 31st.  Williams was accused of robbing three people at gunpoint near the Adelaide Park skateboard park on North Hickory Street […]

The Fond du Lac County Dairy and Livestock agent says a new dairy insurance program involves less restrictions and is more flexibility.  Dairy farmers can begin signing up for the new program this week.  Dairy and Livestock agent Tina Coleman says the program is a kind of insurance that pays farmers when the difference between milk prices and feed prices shrink to a certain level. Farmers who enroll in the […]

Fond du Lac fire investigators say hot oil from a homemade batch of bear bait apparently started a fire that damaged a Fond du Lac Fire chief Pete O’Leary says a plastic container containing the concoction was placed too close to the side of the home igniting the siding.  Nobody was injured in the fire at 777 Grove Street.  A neighbor across the street noticed the flames early Sunday morning […]