Madison, WI—Representative Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam) released this statement following the announcement by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos re-appointing him to serve as Assembly Co-Chair of the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC): “It has been my honor to serve as Assembly Co-Chair for the past four years, and I would like to thank Speaker Vos and my Assembly colleagues for putting their trust in me to serve our caucus and our […]
MADISON, Wis. – In the Wisconsin Bankers Association’s latest biannual Economic Conditions Survey of Wisconsin bank CEOs, 83% of respondents rated Wisconsin’s current economic health as “excellent” or “good.” Twenty-nine percent of respondents expect the economy to grow over the next six months compared to only 8% the last time the survey was conducted in mid-year 2024. Fifty-eight percent expect the economy to stay about the same over the next six […]
WASHINGTON, DC (December 10, 2024) – U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman (R-WI), a member of the Congressional Independent Colleges Caucus (CICC), was recognized today for his leadership on issues related to higher education and support of independent colleges and universities by Barbara K. Mistick, D.B.A., president of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU). “Rep. Glenn Grothman has been an active and influential lawmaker on higher education issues since his […]
MADISON — State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly today released the following statement on a new report by the Wisconsin Policy Forum showing that due in part to a record number of school district referendum being approved, property taxes are expected to rise statewide. “As we have seen across the state, with high referendum approval rates in November, communities value public schools and understand the need to appropriately fund our kids’ futures. […]
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Nobody was injured in a garage fire in Fond du Lac County. The Rosendale Fire Department along with fire departments from Lamartine Fire, Eldorado Fire, Brandon-Fairwater Fire, Waupun Fire, RIT 1, Ripon Ambulance, and Deputies from the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the Michael Montey property on Davis Road. When emergency personnel arrived on scene the garage was emitting heavy smoke. The fire was quickly extinguished […]
GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning and left his wife and three children for Eastern Europe willingly returned to the U.S. after four months and was charged Wednesday with obstructing an intense lake search by staging a phony tragedy. Ryan Borgwardt, who had been living in the country of Georgia, appeared in a Green Lake County court a day after flying home. A judge entered a […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — As President-elect Donald Trump assembles his administration, Republican governors and lawmakers in some states are already rolling out proposals that could help him carry out his pledge to deport millions of people living in the U.S. illegally. Lawmakers in a growing number of states are proposing to give local law officers the power to arrest people who entered the country illegally, mirroring recent laws in Texas and elsewhere […]
Former New York Jets star Mark Gastineau confronted Brett Favre last year at a memorabilia show and angrily accused the Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback of deliberately going down on a record-breaking sack. The tense exchange is shown in the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary “The New York Sack Exchange,” which premieres Friday. It chronicles the Jets' fearsome foursome defensive line of the 1980s that included Gastineau, Pro Football Hall of […]