Month: April 2019

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — The remains of a Navy seaman who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor nearly 80 years ago will finally be brought home to Wisconsin for burial.   A funeral service will be held May 18 in La Crosse for Navy Seaman 1st Class George Naegle. The 22-year-old was stationed on the battleship USS Oklahoma during World War II when it was attacked by Japanese planes […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislators want an appeals court to force Democratic Gov. Tony Evers into letting 15 GOP appointees return to work.  Republicans confirmed 82 appointees during a December lame-duck session. Evers rescinded the appointments after a Dane County judge ruled the session was illegal.  But the 3rd District Court of Appeals stayed the ruling Wednesday, creating confusion about whether the appointees could return to work. Evers re-hired all but […]