Month: July 2019

TOWN OF DANE, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a man accidentally ran over and killed his 8-year-old son on a farm in south-central Wisconsin.  Dane County sheriff's authorities say the accident happened late Friday in the Town of Dane.  The initial report was that the boy apparently had been trampled to death by a cow, but authorities determined the boy's father had accidentally run over him with a skid-steer loader.  The boy […]

HOLT, Mo. (AP) — Missouri law enforcement officials say the case of two missing Wisconsin brothers is now a death investigation.  The brothers, Nicholas Diemel and Justin Diemel, were in Missouri last weekend for business related to a livestock business they run in Shawano County, Wisconsin. They were scheduled to fly home Sunday but missed their plane out of Kansas City.  Clinton County Sheriff Larry Fish said Friday the case is a […]

East Cotton Street from North Park Avenue to McKinley Street Schedule: May 2019 through September 2019 Description: The project includes reconstruction of the sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, street, and lighting. July 29 th to August 2 nd : The excavation contractor will begin removing sidewalk and driveways midweek. Traffic Impacts: East Cotton Street is closed to through traffic. Residents, business owners, and customers may access properties past “ROAD […]

Marquette-Green Lake-Fond Du Lac-Sheboygan-Sauk-Columbia-Dodge- Washington-Ozaukee-Iowa-Dane-Jefferson-Waukesha-Milwaukee- Lafayette-Green-Rock-Walworth-Racine-Kenosha This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Wisconsin, south central Wisconsin and southeast Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Sunday and Sunday night There are chances of thunderstorms Sunday afternoon mainly north of  Madison and Milwaukee with the passage of a warm front. There are small chances of thunderstorms late  Sunday night with an approaching  cool front. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday There are slight chances for thunderstorms […]

Crowds gathered near the railroad tracks in Dodge and Columbia counties this week to get a chance to see an old fashioned steam engine.   The Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive made a stop in Friesland and passed through South Beaver Dam.   The train is touring the Union Pacific system throughout the year for the transcontinental railroad’s 150th anniversary.   No. 4014 is the world’s only operating Big Boy locomotive and one of […]

For the first time Big Green Lake is being tested for blue-green algae.   The bacteria can be dangerous  to humans and pets if they come in contact with the algae.  Because of the potential health health hazard the Green Lake Sanitary District decided to partner with the Green Lake Association to test the water.  The District and Association are splitting the more than $1,000 cost.

Keep your lawn mowed in Ripon or face potential fines.  The Ripon Common Council this week approved a new ordinance that says grass on residential properties cannot be higher than six inches.  The ordinance was approved four to three with mayor Gary Will casting the deciding vote.  If the city receives a complaint residents will be given five days to mow their lawn or the city will hire a firm to mow the lawn and charge […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Doctors suspect vaping caused severe lung damage in eight teens from southeastern Wisconsin hospitalized over the last month.  The teenagers from Milwaukee, Waukesha and Winnebago counties were brought to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin with extreme cough, shortness of breath and fatigue.  Hospital officials said Thursday that some of the teens had lost weight from vomiting and diarrhea.   Chief Medical Officer Jonathan Meiman with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Midwestern wildlife officials wrapped up what was hailed as an unprecedented conference on chronic wasting disease Thursday without coming up with any new tactics for fighting the stubborn disease.  Experts from a host of states including North and South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota and Missouri attended the two-day meeting in Madison at the invitation of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.  The meeting comes as Gov. Tony Evers, […]