Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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Lawsuit Filed Against Wisconsin State Senator in Fatal Car Crash
Oct 19 2022 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The father of a 5-year-old girl who died in a car crash involving Democratic Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the lawmaker. The lawsuit was filed Friday...
Wisconsin Bonfire Explosion Injures Up to 40 People
Oct 19 2022 // TOWN OF MAPLE GROVE, Wis. (AP) — Authorities investigating a bonfire explosion over the weekend in eastern Wisconsin said Monday that as many as 40 people might have been injured in the blaze, including some who were...
Wisconsin Man Awarded $1.1 Million in Police Excessive Force Settlement
Oct 3 2022 // A 20-year-old Madison man should be awarded $1.1 million in a settlement agreement after surveillance video showed police repeatedly punching him in the head during a mental health crisis at a foster home in 2019, his...
Widow of Wisconsin Man who Died at Vet’s Home Sues State, Others
Aug 16 2022 // The widow if a man who died at a Wisconsin veterans nursing home is suing the state as well as some of the facility’s employees who she said failed to properly care for her husband. Luane Krall, in her lawsuit, said...
Spanish, Hmong Language Licensing Exams Available in Wisconsin
Aug 9 2022 // Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Nathan Houdek announced last week that the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) has partnered with their exam vendor to offer insurance agent licensing exams in Spanish and...
Wisconsin Roofing Contractor Fined $94,000 for OSHA Violations
Aug 1 2022 // Despite the potentially deadly consequences of its actions, an Appleton, Wisconsin contractor allowed three roofers to work at heights up to 18 feet without anchoring their fall protection, making it useless in preventing...
Wisconsin Insurance Premiums for Worker’s Comp Decline
Jul 26 2022 // Wisconsin companies will pay 8.47% less in worker’s compensation insurance rates starting Oct. 1, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development reported. The lower rates reportedly reflect continued worker safety...
Wisconsin Attorney General Sues 18 Companies over PFAS Contamination
Jul 21 2022 // Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to force nearly 20 companies that he alleges contaminated the environment with chemicals known as PFAS to reimburse the state for investigations and...
Hub Acquires Wisconsin’s Compass Insurance Services
Jul 7 2022 // Hub International Limited acquired the assets of Compass Insurance Services, Inc. (Compass Insurance Services). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Kronenwetter, Wisconsin with seven additional...
Wisconsin Dollar General Face $435K in Fines
Jun 20 2022 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited two more Dollar General stores for endangering the safety of their employees, continuing the company’s long history of...
Wisconsin Storms, Tornadoes Cause Property Damage
Jun 17 2022 // Powerful storms that included at least one tornado took down power lines and trees, damaged structures, toppled semis on the interstate and left tens of thousands without electricity in parts of Wisconsin. In western...
3 Swept Away in Wisconsin Drainage Ditch After Severe Storms
Jun 16 2022 // A child and two men were missing Tuesday after they were swept away in a Milwaukee drainage ditch a day earlier following severe thunderstorms that brought heavy rain and damaging winds to a wide swath of the Midwest and...
Wisconsin Man Sentenced for Starting Fire During 2020 Protests
Jun 13 2022 // A federal judge has sentenced a Racine man to 40 months in prison for starting a fire that destroyed a furniture store during protests over a police shooting in Kenosha in 2020. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that...
Wisconsin Ag Company to Settle $180,000 EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit
Jun 10 2022 // Baumann Farms LLP, a major agricultural company in central Wisconsin, will pay $180,812.50 and provide other significant relief to settle a sexual harassment, retaliation, and national origin discrimination lawsuit filed...
Wisconsin Supreme Court: COVID Records Can be Released
Jun 8 2022 // A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday said the state health department can release data on coronavirus outbreak cases, information sought two years ago near the beginning of the pandemic. The court ruled 4-3 against...
Wisconsin Dollar Generals Face $435,000 in Fines for Endangering Workers
Jun 6 2022 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited two more Dollar General stores for endangering the safety of their employees, continuing the company’s long history of...
Wisconsin Construction Company to Settle $140,000 EEOC Suit
Jun 3 2022 // A Waukesha, Wisconsin construction and commercial real estate renovation company will pay $140,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit for racial harassment and retaliation brought by the U.S. Equal Employment...
AM Best Revises Outlook to Positive for Wisconsin’s West Bend Mutual
Jun 2 2022 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a+” (Excellent) of West Bend Mutual Insurance...
Wisconsin Lawmakers Approve 9 Pollution Settlements
Jun 2 2022 // Wisconsin lawmakers signed off Tuesday on $378,000 in settlements of nine pollution lawsuits. The settlement payments to the state approved by the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee range from $5,000 to $160,000...
Explosion at Wisconsin Marine Construction Company Injures 6
May 20 2022 // A huge fire set off by an explosion burned Thursday at a marine construction company in southeast Wisconsin. Three civilians and three firefighters were injured at Summerset Marine Construction in the small Waukesha County...
