Month: August 2023

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new audit shows Wisconsin's troubled economic development agency's performance has slipped after making promising improvements. The Legislative Audit Bureau released its biennial review of the quasi-public Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation on Wednesday. The bureau found that the agency's policies still didn't follow state law. The agency awarded $50,000 in grants to ineligible recipients and didn't require eight grant recipients to repay $64,300 that went to […]

For the first time in 22 years playing at Ford Field, the Detroit Lions have sold out of season tickets.  The downtown domed stadium that has housed 13 different double-digit-loss Lions teams just might be the most fashionable venue in the NFC North this fall. They're favored to win the division, according to Fanduel Sportsbook odds. Such steep expectations can be a burden, of course, but extra pressure is hardly part of this […]

SSM Health has named seasoned hospital leader DeAnn Thurmer to oversee operations at SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo. Thurmer is president of SSM Health’s Ripon Community and Waupun Memorial Hospitals and will continue to oversee these hospitals.  Thurmer was instrumental in leading the mergers of Ripon Medical Center and Waupun Memorial Hospital with Agnesian HealthCare and then overseeing their becoming part of the SSM Health family. A DAISY Lifetime […]

As summer comes to an end, join us at Septemberfest for one last “perfect summer day,” where we will have a retro themed blast from the past. This event returns to downtown Ripon, Saturday, September 16th, as a full day of family fun. Thank you to our Title Sponsors: Alliance Laundry Systems, SSM Health, and Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Special Properties.   Septemberfest will kick off Friday night with […]

Wisconsin roads are getting more crowded - and hazardous - as more than 845,000 students prepare to return to school. This time of year is particularly dangerous due to the combination of young inexperienced drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists who will all share the road in the early morning and afternoon hours.  According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 64 percent of child pedestrians killed in traffic crashes occurred during the weekday […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Election skeptics from across Wisconsin are pushing for the GOP-controlled state Senate to fire the state’s top nonpartisan election official. Onlookers turned out in force at a hearing Tuesday. They are criticizing Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe. Many repeated debunked conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. Some Senate Republicans are trying to force a vote on firing Wolfe, despite the Legislature’s attorneys and the state […]

A two year old girl was found safe after she was reported missing overnight at a Green Lake campground.   The girl was found sleeping on a sidewalk early Tuesday morning with the help of infrared vision on a drone.  She was reported missing from her campsite at the Hattie Sherwood Campground on Lawson Drive in Green Lake.

LAKE GENEVA, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told attendees at a judicial conference in Wisconsin on Monday that she welcomed public scrutiny of the court. But she stopped short of commenting on whether she thinks the court should change how it operates in the face of recent criticism.  Barrett did not offer any opinion, or speak directly about, recent calls for the justices to institute an official […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislators are considering a bill that would weaken Wisconsin regulators' oversight of small zoos. Right now public and private zoos accredited by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association are exempt from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' licensure requirements. Unaccredited zoos must obtain licenses, which lay out pen specifications, record-keeping requirements and animal treatment standards. Sen. Van Wanggaard and Rep. Alex Dallman have proposed a […]