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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An appellate court has ruled that a judge improperly certified a lawsuit alleging that scores of Burger King managers across Wisconsin deserve overtime pay as a class action. A group of managers and assistant managers at Wisconsin Burger Kings run by Cave Enterprises Operations LLC filed a lawsuit in November 2019, alleging the company owes them overtime because they do the same work as nonexecutive employees. […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — From beach cities to snow-covered streets, abortion supporters rallied by the thousands on Sunday to demand protections for reproductive rights and mark the 50th anniversary of the now-overturned Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision that established federal protections for the procedure.  The reversal of Roe in June unleashed a flurry of legislation in the states, dividing them between those that have restricted or banned abortion and those […]

No matter where you live you've probably heard about or been touched by the fentanyl crisis.  Two-thirds of the more than 100,000 fatal overdoses in the United States last year were caused by fentanyl and a Washington Post analysis says its now the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 49.  Wisconsin Republican congressman Glenn Grothman has introduced the STOP Fentanyl Act that reduces t he threshold for mandatory minimum […]

MENOMONIE, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Justice is investigating after police officers shot and killed a home invasion suspect in Dunn County. The Menomonie Police Department, Dunn County Sheriff's Office and the UW-Stout Police Department responded around 9 p.m. Saturday to a complaint of someone breaking into an apartment, threatening the homeowner and firing a gun. According to police, the suspect stole the homeowner's vehicle. Police eventually stopped […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A man is dead after a vehicle fleeing Milwaukee police crashed into his car. The 47-year-old man was killed Sunday evening. Police said in a news release that officers starting chasing a stolen vehicle that had been involved in an armed robbery. The vehicle crashed into the man's car as he was crossing an intersection. The man was a passenger in the car. The driver was taken […]

Americans cut back on spending in December, the second consecutive month they've done so, underscoring how inflation and the rising cost of using credit cards slowed consumer activity over the crucial holiday shopping season.  Retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs says  retail sales fell a worse than expected 1.1 percent in December.   In October, retail sales ticked up 1.3 percent helped by early holiday shopping.  Meanwhile, wholesale prices in the United States rose 6.2 […]

Traffic was slowed following a crash on Highway 151 in Dodge County  that resulted in power lines across the highway.   The driver received minor injuries in the rollover crash shortly after 2pm Sunday  on USH 151 north of E. Salem Road and was arrested for OWI.   Power lines were damaged and laying across both northbound and southbound lanes of USH 151 resulting in the closures of USH 151.   A semi and two cars […]

A Kenosha man was arrested following a high speed chase in Fond du Lac County.  The chase started shortly after 1am Monday on northbound Interstate 41  at County Highway Y, ending about four miles later when the suspect pulled over near Highway B.  He was taken into custody at gunpoint.

More than 1,000 CNH Industrial workers who have been on strike since last May have approved a new contract with the maker of tractors, bulldozers, backhoes and other heavy equipment. The United Auto Workers union said workers in Racine, Wisconsin, and Burlington, Iowa, approved the deal Saturday — two weeks after they rejected an earlier agreement. The union didn't disclose any details of what is included in the new contract, […]