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Wisconsin Launches Task Force to Study Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Workforce

Aug 24 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin became the latest state Wednesday to launch a task force to study the effects of artificial intelligence on the workforce, a growing area of concern among state leaders nationwide.Gov. Tony...

World Acquires Wisconsin’s R&S

Aug 17 2023 // World Insurance Associates LLC announced that R&S Insurance Agency, Inc. (“R&S”) of Stoughton, Wisconsin has joined World as of August 1, 2023. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. R&S has...

Wisconsin Corn Mill to Pay $940K Settlement Over Fatal Explosion

Aug 15 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A milling company has agreed to pay $940,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging multiple violations at a plant that was the scene of a fatal explosion in 2017, state Justice Department officials announced...

Wisconsin Teenager Charged After Throwing Gas on a Bonfire, Triggering Explosion

Aug 7 2023 // SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) __ A Wisconsin teenager has been charged with triggering a bonfire explosion that injured more than a dozen people.Prosecutors in northeastern Wisconsin`s Shawano County charged Sam Armstrong, 18, on...

People & Places

Aug 7 2023 // Frank Romeo joined Axis Capital Holdings Limited to lead the company’s entry into the U.S. marine cargo insurance market.Based in New York, Romeo is responsible for building the program and identifying growth...

Wisconsin Aircraft Crashes Kill 4

Aug 2 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Devyn Reiley, the daughter of two-time Super Bowl winner Bruce Collie, was one of four people who died in two separate crashes at a Wisconsin aircraft convention over the weekend, event...

Wisconsin Woman Dies After Police Car Accidentally Runs Over Her, Authorities Say

Jul 31 2023 // GREENFIELD, Wis. (AP) – A woman died after a patrol car accidentally ran over her while she lay in a roadway, suburban Milwaukee police said Friday.Officers were called Thursday for a welfare check on the 42-year-old...

Minivan Crash in Wisconsin Causes Building Facade Collapse and Roof Damage

Jul 27 2023 // GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) __ A minivan crashed into a building in Wisconsin, toppling much of its brick facade and leaving much of its roof sagging precariously, police said Monday.Officers called to an area near downtown Green...

Groups Argue Wisconsin Regulators Can’t Make Factory Farms Obtain Preemptive Pollution Permits

Jul 18 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) __ Wisconsin regulators can`t legally impose environmental regulations on factory farms before they become operational, two farm advocacy groups allege in a lawsuit that could dramatically loosen...

Residents of PFAS-Polluted Island File $42M in Claims Against Wisconsin City

Jul 17 2023 // A CROSSE, Wis. (AP) – Residents of an island polluted with PFAS chemicals have filed claims demanding more than $40 million from a western Wisconsin city they say is responsible for the contamination.As of June 2021,...

Wisconsin School District to Pay $450K to Settle Equal Pay Lawsuit

Jul 17 2023 // Verona Area School District in Madison, Wisconsin will pay $450,000, raise salaries, and furnish other relief to settle a pay discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the...

Wisconsin Teenager Killed in Sawmill Accident was Doing Work Allowed by State Law, Records Suggest

Jul 14 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A 16-year-old boy killed in an accident at a Wisconsin sawmill appears to have been doing work allowed by state child labor laws when he was injured, police records obtained Tuesday show.Michael...

Wisconsin Wildfire Consumes Nearly 1,000 Acres, Forces Evacuations

Jul 12 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A wildfire in central Wisconsin has consumed almost 1000 acres (405 hectares) and forced evacuations of scores of properties.State Department of Natural Resources officials said at a news...

Wisconsin Officials Probe How Roller-Coaster Riders Became Trapped Upside For Hours

Jul 7 2023 // CRANDON, Wis. (AP) – State officials are investigating how eight people became trapped upside down on a roller coaster – some of them for more than three hours – at a festival in Wisconsin.The roller coaster`s cars...

Train Derails Outside Rural Wisconsin Village, Authorities Say No Hazardous Materials Leaked

Jul 6 2023 // REESEVILLE, Wis. (AP) __ Investigators are looking into what caused a freight train to derail outside a small village in south-central Wisconsin.The train derailed just west of the village of Reeseville in Dodge County...

OSHA cites Wisconsin Processing Plant for Multiple Violations After Worker Suffers Crushing Injuries

Jun 26 2023 // Federal safety inspectors responded to a Wisconsin employer’s report of an amputation found workers at a Green Bay, Wisconsin beef processing plant exposed to multiple hazards, including inadequate guards to protect...

Wisconsin School District to Pay $450K to Settle Equal Pay Lawsuit

Jun 20 2023 // Verona Area School District in Madison, Wisconsin will pay $450,000, raise salaries, and furnish other relief to settle a pay discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the...

Wisconsin Manufacturing Plant Faces $277K in Fines Over Employees’ Hand Injuries

Jun 15 2023 // The operator of a north central Wisconsin meat and sausage manufacturing plant might have spared two employees from suffering serious hand injuries by following required machine safety standards, a U.S. Department of Labor...

Republican Wisconsin Lawmakers Propose Plan to Combat PFAS Pollution

Jun 7 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Republican legislators have proposed a sweeping new plan to address PFAS pollution that would create grants for local governments, limit regulators’ ability to delay projects on polluted...

Midwest States Consider Relaxing Child Labor Laws to Address Worker Shortages

May 26 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Lawmakers in several states are embracing legislation to let children work in more hazardous occupations, longer hours on school nights and in expanded roles including serving alcohol in bars and...