All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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....
Jun 18 2008 // A 56-year-old West Bend, Wis. man will serve five years in prison for drunk driving and causing the death of his 9-year-old son. John B. Ibeme will also serve seven years of extended supervision and two years of probation...
Jun 17 2008 // About 50 Wisconsin communities, including flood-damaged Lake Delton and La Valle near the Wisconsin Dells resort area, have dropped out of the federal flood insurance program, making residents ineligible for federal aid,...
Jun 16 2008 // Recent flooding that swamped parts of the Midwest, including Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa, caught many property owners unprotected. Only 1 percent of all Indiana homeowners have flood insurance. Wisconsin reports even less...
Jun 16 2008 // The death toll now stands at 10 in the Midwest as tornadoes, severe thunder storms and flooding hit Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin beginning June 6. States battled tornadoes that touched down in multiple areas, heavy...
Jun 12 2008 // Communities across the country and some in Wisconsin have signed up for domestic terrorism insurance. Local leaders say that while the likelihood of a terrorist attack is low, it’s still an insurance policy that...
Jun 12 2008 // Fitch Ratings has placed its ratings on Willis North America Inc. (WNA) and Willis Group Holdings Ltd. (Willis) on its rating watch negative list. Fitch said its rating action follows the announcement that Willis has...
Jun 9 2008 // The death toll now stands at eight in the Midwest as tornadoes, severe thunder storms and flooding hit Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin over the last five days. The forecast for all three states call for more of the...
Jun 4 2008 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court says a passenger in a vehicle that caused a fatal drunken driving crash does not have to pay another $250,000.The decision means Badger Mutual Insurance Co., which insured David Schrimpf, will...
Jun 4 2008 // The Hanover Insurance Group recently announced that it has strengthened its presence in Wisconsin, naming Andrew R. Knipfer, CPCU, ARM, regional vice president for commercial lines. In this role, Knipfer will oversee all...
Jun 3 2008 // A Wisconsin patrol official says motorists in the state appear to be slowing down.Transportation safety director Dan Lonsdorf says the rising cost of gasoline is one of the biggest factors contributing to the reduced...
May 28 2008 // Wisconsin emergency-management officials breathed a sigh of relief on May 25 as a series of storms that caused death and destruction in two neighboring states left Wisconsin with only minor damage.The series of...
May 23 2008 // A Baldwin, Wis. man was awarded more than $3 million in a malpractice case after losing part of his left leg.Jim Lang went to Dr. Gregory Estlund in 2003 after injuring his leg while working at a factory in Hammond. After...
May 16 2008 // Appleton, Wis.-based Integrity Mutual Insurance Company recently named Darin L. Kath as president-designate, effective June 2.Richard J. Schinler, current president and chief executive officer, will retire after 25 years...
Apr 24 2008 // A Wisconsin appeals court has given a major legal victory to the estate of a deceased woman suing for medical malpractice damages. The District 1 Court of Appeals says the estate of Tywanda Luckett can argue that she was...