Month: January 2023

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A group of former politicians and political experts in western Wisconsin are putting their money where their mouth is when it comes to elections. Wisconsin Public Radio reports the group, which touts itself as the Select Committee on Election Predictions, has been meeting for nearly 50 years in the La Crosse area to bet on state and national elections. The group includes former La Crosse […]

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Birders from as far away as Wisconsin flocked to central Kentucky last week in the hopes of seeing a rare pink-footed goose. It led them on a wild goose chase, but eventually the birders got their reward. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the goose is usually found in Iceland, Greenland and northern Europe. It has ocassionally been seen in North America but never before in Kentucky. Just […]

RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Police in Racine are investigating a New Year’s shooting in a bar that left two people dead, including the owner. Officers encountered a chaotic scene when they arrived at Rerun’s Lounge around 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Family members identified the owner as 66-year-old Avery “Rerun” Stewart, and said the bar was named after him. No arrests have been announced. Racine police asked anyone who was there Sunday […]

Holiday sales rose as American spending remained resilient during the critical shopping season.  Retired Ripon College economist Paul Schoofs says the increased sales come despite surging prices on everything from food to rent.  Holiday sales rose 7.6 percent, a slower place than the 8.5 percent increase from a year earlier when shoppers began spending the money they had saved during the early part of the pandemic:

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers announced Thursday that Wisconsin's secretary of veterans affairs, who pushed to increase resources for veterans facing homelessness and addiction, will retire at the start of the new year. Secretary Mary Kolar, who previously served on the Dane County Board of Supervisors and as a captain in the U.S. Navy, was appointed head of the troubled Department of Veterans Affairs by Evers in 2019. […]

The Fond du Lac School District Recreation Department opens this week in a new location.   Superintendent Dr. Jeff Fleig says the Department is moving from the building behind Woodworth Middle School to the Administrative Office building on 9th Street.  Dr. Fleig says the move will help streamline communication across the district administration and departments and to improve customer service.  The move comes after the District recently hired a new recreation department director.   Bill Greymont […]