Month: June 2023

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers have rejected funding for the University of Wisconsin’s top priority, the proposed replacement of an engineering building on the Madison campus. The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee voted Thursday to fund about 60% of the state government and UW projects that Gov. Tony Evers wanted. The committee voted to fund about $2.4 billion in building projects, down from the $3.8 billion the Democrat Evers had […]

WHAT:        Art on the Town in downtown Beaver Dam is one of three winners of the state’s Main Street Makeover contest, resulting in a reality television style 24-hour makeover of the interior of the business. Missy Hughes, Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), the state’s lead economic development organization, will be visiting the business to celebrates its reopening. WHEN:         5:00 p.m. Monday, June 5 WHERE:       Sidewalk […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A school bus in Milwaukee was engulfed in flames moments after the pregnant driver safely evacuated 37 students. The bus was just blocks from its destination at the Milwaukee Academy of Science and had kindergarteners to high schoolers on board when Imunek Williams smelled something burning. She said on Thursday that she stopped and got all the students off when the smoke started to get thicker. Then […]

MADISON – Bree Stalsberg, a fourth-grade student from Fennimore, and Michael Christensen, a fifth-grade student from Colfax, have been selected as state winners in the Wisconsin Ag in the Classroom contest. Wisconsin fourth and fifth graders were asked to write a 500-word essay with the theme, “You’re Gonna Need Milk for That – Wisconsin Dairy support our bodies, communities and economy.”   Bree is the winner of the fourth-grade contest. Her […]

Ellis Street from 10th Street to Ellis Street – Ellis Street will be closed starting Monday, June 5 and will reopen Friday, June 9. The closure will be in place to allow the Water Utility make a lead service replacement. Greenwood Street from 12th Street to 13th Street – Greenwood Street will be closed Wednesday, June 7 and will reopen Friday, June 9. The closure will be in place to allow the Water Utility make […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin lawmakers voted Thursday to approve spending $2 million to help stage the 2025 NFL draft in Green Bay.  The Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines to include the funding in the two-year state budget it is drafting. The budget will need to be approved by the full Legislature, likely to happen later this month or early in July, and signed by Gov. Tony Evers before […]

Republican congressman Glenn Grothman says he's pleased with the compromise debt ceiling bill approved by the House to avert a U.S. default crisis.  Grothman voted in favor of the package Wednesday night.  Grothman says not only does the bill decrease spending, the package also includes many provisions supported by Republicans,  including imposing work requirements on older Americans receiving food stamps, and gutting new money for IRS agents.  The U.S. was facing […]

The CEO of  the YMCA of Dodge County says an expansion of its Health and Wellness Center is urgently needed to meet a surge of community interest coming out of the pandemic.  Dirk Langfoss says the project  will increase usable fitness center space by 31%.  Langfoss says YMCA space has reached it's capacity to serve the current demand, and additional 12 percent growth is projected this year.   President of Marshfield Medical Center […]

Ten of 13 UW System campuses are facing deficits in their tuition funds, and System President Jay Rothman says the state needs to invest more in the system to avoid staffing and program cuts.  Rothman told the legislature's Joint Finance Committee he doesn't believe the system has faced deficits like what universities face now.  The data show projected deficits for Milwaukee, Eau Claire, Green Bay, Oshkosh, Parkside, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Superior and  Whitewater. UW-Milwaukee […]