All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 13 2008 // Wausau, Wis.-based Wausau Signature Agency (WSA) has appointed two vice presidents to lead sales, service and marketing in the southern and northern regions of the U.S.Mark Miller has been promoted to vice president-South...
Oct 6 2008 // A civil jury on Friday, October 3 ruled against a manufacturer that claimed a contractor was to blame for a plant explosion that killed three workers and injured 48.The jury said Falk Corp. bears nearly all responsibility...
Sep 26 2008 // A lawsuit brought by a Wisconsin couple who accused a bank of deceptive lending practices and wanted to cancel their home loan has been stripped of class-action status in a victory for U.S. banks.In a 2-to-1 decision, a...
Sep 23 2008 // Wisconsin emergency management officials say a lack of communication during the 2008, February snow storm backup taught them how to better respond to this spring’s floods. The state Homeland Security Council issued a...
Sep 18 2008 // Trucking companies should work harder to enforce that their drivers get rest, and the government should move toward mandating the use of alarm systems to alert exhausted truckers, a federal board recommended.While drivers...
Sep 17 2008 // Utility crews from Wisconsin Public Service prepared to go to Texas on Septembr 15 to help restore power to victims of Hurricane Ike have been redirected to Ohio. Ten crews are responding to a request from American...
Sep 11 2008 // Humana Insurance Co. has agreed to pay the state of Wisconsin $750,000 to settle complaints about its marketing and other practices. Insurance Commissioner Sean Dilweg says the settlement will protect seniors from problems...
Aug 15 2008 // The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) says it will close disaster loan centers in Lancaster, Portage and Janesville, Wis. on Friday, Aug. 15. The SBA is urging homeowners, renters, businesses and nonprofit...
Aug 13 2008 // The president of Mt. Morris Mutual Insurance Co. in Coloma and his 8-year-old grandson have died in a two-vehicle crash in Jackson County, Wis.Seventy-two-year-old Howard Fenske and Blake Fenske died about 5 a.m. Monday...
Aug 8 2008 // The Wisconsin Department of Transportation recently released a statement saying that traffic deaths were down last month, making the month of July in Wisconsin the lowest in fatalities since World War II.Sixty-three people...
Aug 1 2008 // The Wisconsin paper mill where an explosion killed three workers earlier this week received three citations for safety violations in the past 10 years, including one that was serious, according to a federal Web site.The...
Jul 18 2008 // A couple’s homeowner’s policy does not cover alleged negligence by the wife for not preventing her husband from sexually abusing a child, a divided Wisconsin Supreme Court said July 17.The unnamed child and the...
Jul 18 2008 // A judge approved an $18.2 million settlement from the government for a Milwaukee family whose daughter suffered brain damage during birth at a federally funded clinic.The lawsuit was argued in U.S. District Court because...
Jul 11 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it does not expect the 2008 Midwest floods to impact ratings or outlooks for the majority of companies that it rates.However, property/casualty writers that are...
Jul 11 2008 // Many property owners suffered large losses in the June 2008 flooding event in southern Wisconsin.But few lost a fleet. James Pritzlaff’s collection of classic cars is still under about 4 feet of water that overflowed...
Jun 30 2008 // University of Wisconsin Hospital officials say a 6-year-old boy with a life-threatening kidney disease may have been infected while playing in contaminated floodwater.Dr. Ellen Wald says the child has been on dialysis and...
Jun 26 2008 // Wisconsin officials are re-evaluating whether infrastructure is being built and maintained to strict enough standards to handle severe weather.Engineering professor Ken Potter of the University of Wisconsin-Madison says...
Jun 25 2008 // The Lake Delton village board says the Wisconsin Department of Transportation will handle repairs to the breach in the community’s empty lake and adjacent highway with the hope of restoring the lake by next spring....
Jun 23 2008 // The storms that produced widespread flooding across the state this month caused almost half a billion dollars in damage.The Wisconsin Emergency Management department says preliminary figures add up to more than $470...
Jun 20 2008 // Acuity Mutual Insurance is liable for nearly $1 million in damages a federal court ordered a Wisconsin business to pay Internet software company Symantec Corp.That is the ruling Wednesday by the Wisconsin Supreme Court....