Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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Wisconsin Wildfire Consumes Nearly 1,000 Acres, Forces Evacuations
Jul 12 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A wildfire in central Wisconsin has consumed almost 1000 acres (405 hectares) and forced evacuations of scores of properties. State Department of Natural Resources officials said at a news...
Wisconsin Officials Probe How Roller-Coaster Riders Became Trapped Upside For Hours
Jul 7 2023 // CRANDON, Wis. (AP) – State officials are investigating how eight people became trapped upside down on a roller coaster – some of them for more than three hours – at a festival in Wisconsin. The roller coaster`s cars...
Train Derails Outside Rural Wisconsin Village, Authorities Say No Hazardous Materials Leaked
Jul 6 2023 // REESEVILLE, Wis. (AP) __ Investigators are looking into what caused a freight train to derail outside a small village in south-central Wisconsin. The train derailed just west of the village of Reeseville in Dodge County...
OSHA cites Wisconsin Processing Plant for Multiple Violations After Worker Suffers Crushing Injuries
Jun 26 2023 // Federal safety inspectors responded to a Wisconsin employer’s report of an amputation found workers at a Green Bay, Wisconsin beef processing plant exposed to multiple hazards, including inadequate guards to protect...
Wisconsin School District to Pay $450K to Settle Equal Pay Lawsuit
Jun 20 2023 // Verona Area School District in Madison, Wisconsin will pay $450,000, raise salaries, and furnish other relief to settle a pay discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the...
Wisconsin Manufacturing Plant Faces $277K in Fines Over Employees’ Hand Injuries
Jun 15 2023 // The operator of a north central Wisconsin meat and sausage manufacturing plant might have spared two employees from suffering serious hand injuries by following required machine safety standards, a U.S. Department of Labor...
Republican Wisconsin Lawmakers Propose Plan to Combat PFAS Pollution
Jun 7 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Republican legislators have proposed a sweeping new plan to address PFAS pollution that would create grants for local governments, limit regulators’ ability to delay projects on polluted...
Midwest States Consider Relaxing Child Labor Laws to Address Worker Shortages
May 26 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Lawmakers in several states are embracing legislation to let children work in more hazardous occupations, longer hours on school nights and in expanded roles including serving alcohol in bars and...
Wisconsin Republicans Propose $125M to Combat PFAS Pollution
May 24 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin Republicans on Thursday announced plans to put $125 million aside to combat pollution from so-called forever chemicals, putting off a decision on what exactly to spend the money on. The...
Wisconsin’s United Mutual to Merge Into Ohio Mutual Holding Company Structure
May 23 2023 // Ohio Mutual Insurance Group announced that it has reached agreement to merge Medford, Wisconsin-based United Mutual Insurance Company as a subsidiary under Ohio Mutual’s mutual holding company structure. The boards...
Wisconsin Tribe Asks Court to Shut Down Oil Pipeline
May 19 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Attorneys for a Wisconsin Native American tribe argued Thursday that a federal judge should order an energy company to shut down an oil pipeline the tribe says is at immediate risk of being...
Wisconsin Regulators Settle Wastewater Suit with Large Dairy Farm
May 17 2023 // One of Wisconsin’s largest dairy operations has reached a settlement with state environmental regulators to that calls for the company to eventually stop spreading liquid manure in exchange for avoiding groundwater...
Four Injured in Explosion at Wisconsin Condominium Building
May 11 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Four people were injured in an apparent explosion at a Madison condominium building Tuesday evening, the city’s fire chief said. One person was taken to an area hospital by ambulance, and...
Former Hawaii High School Players Settle Sex Assault Suit
May 10 2023 // Arizona quarterback Jayden de Laura and Wisconsin safety Kamo’i Latu have settled a lawsuit filed by a woman who said the two sexually assaulted her in 2018 after a football game at their Hawaii high school. A Hawaii...
Railroad Tracks Back in Service After Wisconsin Derailment
May 5 2023 // LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) – Railroad tracks damaged after a BNSF Railway freight train derailed in southwestern Wisconsin have been repaired and returned to service, rail and government officials say. BNSF contractors...
Risk Strategies Enters Wisconsin With Acquisition of Johnson Insurance Services
Apr 26 2023 // Risk Strategies announced it is finalizing terms of a purchase agreement under which it will purchase the assets of Johnson Insurance Services, a subsidiary of Johnson Financial Group. Following the completion of due...
Wisconsin Lawmakers Aim for Harsher Carjacking Penalties
Apr 20 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A bipartisan bill designating carjacking as a criminal offense and creating harsher penalties for people who use a weapon to steal a vehicle was set for final approval in the Wisconsin...
Ex-Cardinal Charged in Wisconsin With Sex Abuse
Apr 19 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The defrocked Roman Catholic cardinal who became the face of the church’s clergy sex abuse crisis has been charged in Wisconsin with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old man more than 45...
Wisconsin Wildfire Forces Evacuations
Apr 14 2023 // NECEDAH, Wis. (AP) – A wildfire led to evacuations Wednesday in Juneau County, Wisconsin authorities said Wednesday. The fire began in Necedah, about 90 miles north of Madison, and had spread to roughly 100 acres,...
Dollar General Stores in Texas, Wisconsin Cited for Blocked Exits
Apr 14 2023 // At Dollar General stores near Houston and Green Bay, federal workplace safety inspectors found exit routes and walkways blocked — unsafe conditions that make safe and quick emergency evacuation difficult or impossible...
