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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Low-income Wisconsin mothers could stay on Medicaid longer and with less paperwork under a bill that has gained bipartisan support in the Republican-controlled Legislature. Nearly half of the state's lawmakers have already co-sponsored the bill, which came up for a hearing in the Senate insurance committee on Wednesday. More Republican lawmakers across the country are moving to expand Medicaid eligibility after the Supreme Court overturned the […]

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has submitted its plan to use nearly $8 million in opioid settlement funds to the Legislature’s Joint Finance  Committee on Finance  to support prevention, harm reduction, and capital projects to address the state’s opioid crisis.   The money is part of the $400 million the state receives in annual installments through an agreement with major pharmaceutical firms.   $130 million of the total amount goes to the state, while the […]

There was little or no change in the local unemployment rate in February.   The city of Fond du Lac's unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a percent to 2.5 percent.   The Fond du Lac County rate was unchanged at 2.3 percent and the Dodge County jobless rate stands at 2.6 percent, up from 2.5 percent in January.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a man with firebombing a prominent Wisconsin anti-abortion lobbying group's office last year. The U.S. attorney's office in Madison announced that 29-year-old Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury was arrested Tuesday at Boston's Logan International Airport and charged with one count of attempting to cause damage by means of fire or an explosive. Prosecutors believe Roychowdhury threw Molotov cocktails into the Wisconsin Family Action office […]

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a house fire in Milwaukee killed three people early Wednesday, including an 83-year-old man. Erich Roden, the deputy chief of the Milwaukee Fire Department, says first responders who were called to the scene at 4:36 a.m. CDT had the fire under control in about 90 minutes. He says that one person was pronounced dead at the scene and two others were hospitalized before succumbing […]

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A company announced it is recalling a packaged pasta dish sold in HyVee grocery stores in eight Midwestern states. Chester, Illinois-based Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. said Tuesday it was recalling HyVee Hamburger Chili Macaroni Skillet Meals produced at a plant in Steeleville, Illinois, because of undeclared milk in the product. The milk could be dangerous to people who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to […]

A major street and parking lot renovation project is getting underway  on  Lighthouse Drive at Fond du Lac's Lakeside Park.   City manager Joe Moore says the project  will begin Wednesday.  The project includes new pavement,  street lighting,  parking stall layout, restoration,  tree plantings  and a new multi-use path.   Vinton Construction has been awarded the contract for the reconstruction project.  The project is scheduled for completion by the end of May.

WHITEWATER, Wis. (AP) — Police say a woman believed to be the mother of a dead newborn child found abandoned in a southern Wisconsin field earlier this month has been arrested. The Whitewater Police Department says in a news release posted on its Facebook page that the 39-year-old Whitewater woman was arrested Friday. Police say the woman is being held in the Jefferson County Jail. Her name name hasn’t been […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Democratic-funded candidate in Wisconsin’s pivotal state Supreme Court contest has raised more than five times as much money as her Republican-backed opponent ahead of the April 4 election. Reports filed Monday show that liberal Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz raised nearly $12.4 million in the final campaign finance reporting period between Feb. 7 and March 20. Her conservative opponent, former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice […]