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Wisconsin Regulators Settle Wastewater Suit with Large Dairy Farm

May 17 2023 // One of Wisconsin’s largest dairy operations has reached a settlement with state environmental regulators to that calls for the company to eventually stop spreading liquid manure in exchange for avoiding groundwater...

Four Injured in Explosion at Wisconsin Condominium Building

May 11 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Four people were injured in an apparent explosion at a Madison condominium building Tuesday evening, the city’s fire chief said.One person was taken to an area hospital by ambulance, and...

Former Hawaii High School Players Settle Sex Assault Suit

May 10 2023 // Arizona quarterback Jayden de Laura and Wisconsin safety Kamo’i Latu have settled a lawsuit filed by a woman who said the two sexually assaulted her in 2018 after a football game at their Hawaii high school.A Hawaii...

Railroad Tracks Back in Service After Wisconsin Derailment

May 5 2023 // LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) – Railroad tracks damaged after a BNSF Railway freight train derailed in southwestern Wisconsin have been repaired and returned to service, rail and government officials say.BNSF contractors made...

Risk Strategies Enters Wisconsin With Acquisition of Johnson Insurance Services

Apr 26 2023 // Risk Strategies announced it is finalizing terms of a purchase agreement under which it will purchase the assets of Johnson Insurance Services, a subsidiary of Johnson Financial Group. Following the completion of due...

Wisconsin Lawmakers Aim for Harsher Carjacking Penalties

Apr 20 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A bipartisan bill designating carjacking as a criminal offense and creating harsher penalties for people who use a weapon to steal a vehicle was set for final approval in the Wisconsin...

Ex-Cardinal Charged in Wisconsin With Sex Abuse

Apr 19 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The defrocked Roman Catholic cardinal who became the face of the church’s clergy sex abuse crisis has been charged in Wisconsin with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old man more than 45...

Wisconsin Wildfire Forces Evacuations

Apr 14 2023 // NECEDAH, Wis. (AP) – A wildfire led to evacuations Wednesday in Juneau County, Wisconsin authorities said Wednesday.The fire began in Necedah, about 90 miles north of Madison, and had spread to roughly 100 acres, the...

Dollar General Stores in Texas, Wisconsin Cited for Blocked Exits

Apr 14 2023 // At Dollar General stores near Houston and Green Bay, federal workplace safety inspectors found exit routes and walkways blocked — unsafe conditions that make safe and quick emergency evacuation difficult or impossible...

Wisconsin Landlord Ordered to Pay $1.3M in Fatal Fire

Apr 13 2023 // MILWAUKEE (AP) – A landlord has been ordered to pay $1.35 million for a fire that killed two people in Milwaukee in 2019, a newspaper reported.Will Sherard has shown a “reckless disregard” for the...

Wisconsin Roofing General Contract Fined $28K for Unsafe Work Conditions

Mar 31 2023 // Federal workplace safety inspectors have found that Security-Luebke Roofing Inc. – one of Fox Valley’s largest roofing general contractors – allowed a roofing subcontractor to expose workers to potentially deadly...

Wisconsin Farm Reaches $215K Pollution Settlement

Mar 27 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A factory farm has agreed to pay the Wisconsin Department of Justice $215,000 to settle pollution allegations.The Legislature’s finance committee is slated to approve the deal during a...

Wisconsin High Court: UI Insurer Can’t Deduct Money That Was Paid but Reimbursed

Mar 24 2023 // Wisconsin law allows insurers to deduct from their liability any amounts paid for the same injury by a worker’s compensation carrier, but does that include amounts that are paid and later reimbursed?Secura Supreme...

Wisconsin Lawmakers Set to Vote on Tougher Riot Penalties

Mar 23 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Anyone who encourages a riot or engages in violence during a riot would face felony charges under a bill Wisconsin’s Assembly is poised to take up this week.The Republican-backed measure...

Wisconsin Substance Center Owes $2M in Fraud Case

Mar 6 2023 // A federal judge has ruled that a now-shuttered Wisconsin substance abuse center and its CEO owe the state and federal government more than $2 million in a Medicaid fraud case.Online court records show U.S. District Judge...

Father of Wisconsin 12-Year-Old Sues Over Officer’s Neck Restraint

Feb 9 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – An Illinois man has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that an off-duty police officer improperly restrained his 12-year-old daughter during a fight in a Wisconsin middle school last year by placing...

Wisconsin Barley Supplier Fined $174K for Exposing Workers to Hazards

Feb 6 2023 // A Wisconsin company that supplies malt barley to major craft breweries, home breweries, and other spirit and food production in the Midwest has again been found exposing employees to dangerous workplace hazards by federal...

Dozens Injured as Snow Leads to Massive Pileup in Wisconsin

Jan 30 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Dozens of people were injured in a massive traffic pileup amid snowy conditions in southern Wisconsin on Friday, which blocked Interstate 39/90 for hours, authorities said.Beloit Memorial Hospital...

Wind Turbine, Blades Collapse Onto Wisconsin Field

Jan 23 2023 // HERMAN, Wis. (AP) – A company that operates a southern Wisconsin wind farm is investigating what caused part of a wind turbine and its blades to plummet to the ground, leaving debris strewn across a field.No one was...

Lack of Safeguards Led to Wisconsin Refinery Explosion

Jan 23 2023 // Federal regulators have determined that a lack of safeguards during a maintenance shutdown led to a 2018 explosion at an oil refinery in Superior.The U.S. Chemical Safety Board released a final report on the April 2018...