All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 18 2012 // A fire has damaged Wisconsin’s largest dairy farm.WLUK-TV reports the fire tore through one of the barns at Rosendale Dairy near the Fond du Lac-Winnebago County line around 2:20 p.m. on Oct. 16. Bill Harke is a...
Oct 10 2012 // Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials say 2012 will be one of the deadliest years on record for motorcyclists.So far, 102 people have died in motorcycle crashes this year, compared to 85 for all of 2011. The...
Sep 20 2012 // Meemic Insurance Co., a Michigan-based insurance provider offering personal auto, homeowners, and umbrella coverages tailored exclusively to teachers and other educational employees, announced it will immediately begin...
Sep 9 2012 // Sentry Insurance, based in Stevens Point, Wis., says it’s cutting 27 office jobs in central Wisconsin and 144 home-based agents across 10 states as it restructures its strategy for selling personal line policies....
Sep 4 2012 // Insurance broker AmWINS Group Inc. has acquired Special Markets Insurance Consultants, Inc. Smic is headquartered in Stevens Point, Wisconsin with a sales office in Chicago, Illinois.Founded in 1985 by Nora Stransky, Smic...
Aug 21 2012 // The amount of money paid to those who have lost animals to wolves in Wisconsin is growing along with the wolf population. The payments are made by the state Department of Natural Resources for loss of cattle, horses and...
Aug 16 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of ‘B++’ (Good) and an issuer credit rating of “bbb” to Iowa-based Great Plains Casualty, Inc., both with stable outlooks. The ratings reflect...
Aug 8 2012 // A Milwaukee, Wis., plant supervisor was gunned down while meeting with a disgruntled employee who then killed himself, but police said they don’t yet know what specifically sparked the shooting.George Hites, 58, of...
Aug 6 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has declared a major disaster for three northwestern Wisconsin counties due to flood damage in June.Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday that FEMA granted the disaster declaration he...
Aug 6 2012 // United Benefit Advisors (UBA), based in Indianapolis, Ind., appointed Thomas Mangan as chief executive officer.Mangan is a 20-year veteran in the employee benefits field. Prior to joining UBA, Mangan served as the Employee...
Aug 1 2012 // Mercedes Benz has paid the $618,000 the Wisconsin Supreme Court says it owed in a lemon law case after the victorious attorney sought garnishment of earnings from six Mercedes Benz dealers in the state.Attorney Vince Megna...
Jul 25 2012 // A new report says Wisconsin lost more than 10,000 construction jobs in the last year. The Associated General Contractors of America says the state’s construction employment dropped about 11 percent from June 2011 to...
Jul 23 2012 // A Milwaukee heating and air conditioning company’s insurance provider must defend the business against allegations it sent out an unsolicited “junk” fax in violation of federal law, a state appeals court...
Jul 20 2012 // Officials with the U.S. Small Business Administration are touring Douglas County to view damage from a flood there in late June. Gov. Scott Walker said the information gathered could be used to request SBA provide federal...
Jul 18 2012 // Don Engler has joined Wisconsin-based wholesale insurance firm Scobie Group as vice president of Branch Operations in the Eau Claire, Wis., office, the company announced.During the past 20-plus years Engler has been in...
Jul 17 2012 // Jeff Kohlmann appointed as the insurance program manager of the Wisconsin Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund (Fund).Kohlmann has been with the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) since 1983. He...
Jul 11 2012 // A Milwaukee heating and air conditioning company’s insurance provider must defend the business against allegations it sent out an unsolicited “junk” fax in violation of federal law, a state appeals court...
Jun 25 2012 // Britton Gallagher, based in Cleveland, Ohio, has acquired Beckman Insurance Agency of Wisconsin. The acquisition is part of the firm’s strategic growth plan in the amusement industry, the company said. Mike Beckman...
Jun 22 2012 // A federal grand jury has indicted the president of a Wausau insurance company on 24 counts of fraud. According to an indictment, J.N. Manson Agency President Timothy Mathwich forged insurance premium finance notes for...
Jun 19 2012 // A defense contractor that’s one of northern Wisconsin’s largest employers is struggling to recruit recent high school graduates for some of the region’s best-paying jobs.Marinette Marine Corp. says it is...