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New rules for labeling meat go into effect in US
But the rules that went into effect for meat on Thursday provide more detailed information. Instead of seeing a label that says, "Product of the U.S.A. and Canada," shoppers might find one that says "Born in Canada, raised and slaughtered in the United ...
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Wisconsin Historical Society adds Gov. Doyle portrait to collection
The Wisconsin Historical Society has added the official portrait of former Gov. Jim Doyle to its collection of official portraits of state governors. The Doyle portrait is now on exhibit on the third floor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Chazen Museum of Art, 750 University Ave., through late summer. It was painted by David Lenz of Shorewood, a nationally recognized artist and ...
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Allouez apartment fire forces dozens from their homes
ALLOUEZ - A small basement fire turned into a major blaze in the Village of Allouez, near Green Bay. At least eight departments are working on containing the fire at the Hilltop Place Apartments. The fire was reported just before noon Thursday. According to reports from the scene people living in the apartments are safe and accounted for. However, a pair of firefighters were taken to the ...
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Residents near house fire in Sheboygan Falls being evacuated
SHEBOYGAN FALLS - The residents of a home in Sheboygan Falls have been evacuated after their home caught on fire Thursday afternoon. According to the City of Sheboygan Falls Fire Department, the fire is located at 112 Shelly Drive. The area is being evacuated, but Sheboygan Falls Police will not confirm ...
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Milwaukee County Board votes to hire outside lawyers to fight state
The Milwaukee County Board Thursday voted to hire an outside legal firm to help clarify and possibly mount a challenge against state legislation that would cut the authority and funding of the board. The measure, approved on a 14-4 vote, gives board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic the authority to choose the legal firm and an initial budget of $25,000. County Executive Chris Abele, who lobbied ...
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Obama defends drone strikes says they arent cure-all
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally ...
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Police searching for man who robbed Bank Mutual
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Police are asking for the public's assistance in identifying the suspect responsible for the May 17 robbery at the Bank Mutual located at 3340 S. 27th Street. According to Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer with Milwaukee Police, the robbery happened around 2:15 p.m. "The suspect entered the bank, approached a teller, and handed her note demanding money while implying that ...
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Jury for brother of man accused of killing his children to come from Portage Co.
Armin Wand III (left), 32, the father of three children killed in a house fire in southwestern Wisconsin and his 18-year-old brother, Jeremy ...
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Schools that Can Milwaukee bolstered by $1.5 million in donations
A school improvement nonprofit working to get 20,000 Milwaukee children into high-performing schools by 2020 has received about $1.5 million in commitments after a donation drive this ...
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Milwaukee driver crashes into 3 women waiting for bus
A 37-year-old Milwaukee driver injured at least three women waiting for a bus Thursday when he veered off a road, plowed through a bus shelter and crashed into a building. The accident occurred about 11:20 a.m. in the 4200 block of N. 27th St. The women's injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, said Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer, Milwaukee police spokesman. Police are trying to determine ...
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Legislators scale back Scott Walker measure on GPS restraining orders
Madison -- A proposal from Gov. Scott Walker to allow statewide GPS tracking for those under restraining orders was scaled back by the Legislature's budget committee Thursday as the panel took on a slew of criminal justice provisions. Under Walker's proposal, the state would have spent $3 million over two years to help local governments around the state set up the tracking, with the ...
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Wisconsin jobs agency names 4th CFO in 2 years
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. on Thursday named Stephanie M. Walker as its CFO. The agency says she's unrelated to Gov. Scott Walker, and her first day will be June ...
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Car crashes into bus shelter at least four people injured
MILWAUKEE - Four people were injured after a car struck a bus shelter by 27th and Hope, two blocks north of Capitol, Wednesday morning just before 11:30 a.m. "A 1998 Buick LeSabre driven by a 37-year-old Milwaukee man veered off the road, stuck a bus shelter, and then struck a building," said Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer with Milwaukee Police. Stanmeyer said four people were taken to ...
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Crews battle fire at Allouez apartment building that has pool chemicals
the Green Bay Press Gazette reports . Agencies responding to the fire include those from Brown County, Hobart, De Pere, Green Bay, Bellevue and Howard. At least four pumper trucks and one ladder truck were on the scene Thursday afternoon. The fire started before noon. It intensified, with smoke shooting out of central parts of the apartment complex. Module type name is JSO Mod-Script ...
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UW-Madison seeks limits on open records to protect research
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking to limit the state's open records law -- potentially through language slipped into the state budget -- to keep from the public information about research until it is published or patented. No specific incidents of harmful disclosures were cited ...
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Budget committee permits Milwaukee crime lab move
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The Legislature's finance committee has approved language in Gov. Scott Walker's executive budget that would allow the state Justice Department to move the Milwaukee crime lab out of the ...
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Wis. committee reduces handgun background fees
Background checks currently cost $13. The Joint Finance Committee voted 12-4 Thursday to lower the fee to $10 as it revised the state Justice Department's portion of Gov. Scott Walker's 2013-15 executive ...
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Abele Barrett Walker come together for business opening in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele came together to help break ground on a new business center in the city. They made sure to put politics aside at the opening of Data Holdings, on North 31st Street and West Highland Avenue. "Jobs aren't Republican or Democratic jobs, they're just jobs," ...
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Melvin Not a believer in immediate small changes but Brewers performance must change
iContribute: Share your Brewers fan photos! MILWAUKEE - "We've got to start playing better baseball," said Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin on 620WTMJ's "Wisconsin's Morning News." That demand seems obvious ...
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Reuters shows schools in Wisconsin U.S. near potentially explosive facilities
The Austin Powder Company, which was listed as an ammonium nitrate storage facility in 2012, is within a mile of Pleasant View Elementary School in Franklin, according to the Reuters news agency. Three schools are within a mile of Royster Clark Inc. in Madison, according to Reuters. The news service published an interactive map Thursday of chemical stockpiles that it says are like the one in ...
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Wisconsin man accused of stealing from the dead
the Chippewa Herald reports . Seth R. Furgason was charged this week with armed burglary, theft and possessing a firearm by a felon. Furgason's girlfriend told investigators that he was involved in similar burglaries in two other counties. The girlfriend said she drove Furgason to the crime scenes. According to the criminal complaint: A semiautomatic handgun and boxes of baseball cards ...
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Worker seriously injured after getting trapped in cement mixer
A worker is in critical condition after getting trapped in a cement mixing machine Thursday morning, the Milwaukee Fire Department said. Battalion 2 received a call at 7:48 a.m. about a person with an arm caught in a machine at Sic Lazaro on N. Teutonia Avenue, but while on the way, responders learned an entire person was trapped, Battalion Chief Raymond Groth said. The fire department then ...
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Hundreds of thousands hit state roads this weekend
The travel organization AAA estimates 627,000 people are expected to travel by land during the weekend in Wisconsin and another 33,000 by air. Travel is expected to be down about 1.6 percent from last ...
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Wisconsin Bill Would Require $50 Tobacco Use Fee for Health Insurance
Wisconsin state workers who smoke would have to pay $50 more per month for health insurance under a Gov. Scott Walker proposal that has won approval by the Legislature’s budget committee. The Joint Finance Committee on voted 13-3 to approve the fee. Twelve other states currently impose similar fees but anti-smoking groups including the American Cancer Society and the American Lung ...
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Meet the Wisconsin teen behind todays Doodle 4 Google
Google swapped out its traditional logo today for an emotional piece of art. The drawing, part of the company's annual Doodle 4 Google competition, shows a daughter racing into the arms of her soldier father. It's poignant, smart, and did not come from Google's team of professional artists. This one came from a ...
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