All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 22 2021 // A Wisconsin school district has settled a lawsuit brought by a former student who said the district ignored years of complaints by her and her mother about multiple sexual assaults and a pattern of racial...
Sep 17 2021 // Wisconsin’s largest ginseng producer is facing a federal lawsuit charging the company with subjecting female workers to hostile work environment and firing them for resisting, and for discriminating against employees...
Aug 25 2021 // A Milwaukee, Wis., man accused of drag racing and causing a crash that killed two people has been charged with reckless homicide.According to a criminal complaint, witnesses told police it appeared a car driven by...
Aug 19 2021 // The family of one of the two men fatally shot during a demonstration against police violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has filed a federal civil lawsuit against local law enforcement, accusing officers of facilitating Kyle...
Aug 17 2021 // AM Best revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “bbb” (Good) of Madison-based Wisconsin Reinsurance Corp....
Aug 9 2021 // Residents of Grant County, Wisconsin, are cleaning up debris after a tornado touched down near Boscobel destroying or damaging homes and farm outbuildings.Initial damage assessments by fire departments in the area indicate...
Aug 2 2021 // The National Weather Service has confirmed at least four tornadoes caused widespread damage in Wisconsin and contributed to at least one death.Quinn Boehning, 29, was killed after crashing into a fallen tree and power line...
Aug 2 2021 // Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Mark Afable approved an overall 5.44% decrease in workers’ compensation insurance rates, effective Oct. 1, 2021. It’s the sixth straight year of rate decreases in Wisconsin,...
Aug 2 2021 // Wisconsin’s governor signed into law legislation creating new cybersecurity requirements for protecting data collected by the insurance industry.Gov. Tony Evers signed Act 73, which is based on model legislation...
Jul 30 2021 // Strong thunderstorms caused widespread damage across Wisconsin, left tens of thousands without power and triggered tornado warnings.The severe weather stretched from the Mississippi River to Lake Michigan and began in the...
Jul 22 2021 // Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Mark Afable has approved an overall 5.44 percent decrease in worker’s compensation insurance rates, effective Oct. 1, 2021.This is the sixth straight year of rate decreases in...
Jul 19 2021 // A Wisconsin jury said Walmart must pay more than $125 million after finding against the company in a federal disability discrimination lawsuit.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said the eight-member...
Jul 16 2021 // Wisconsin’s governor has signed into law legislation creating new cybersecurity requirements for protecting data collected by the insurance industry.Governor Tony Evers signed Act 73, which is based on model...
Jul 14 2021 // A Milwaukee, Wisconsin, metal fabricating facility continues to put its workers’ safety and health at risk, federal safety officials say.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Jun 23 2021 // Vegetarian and vegan foods sold in Wisconsin could not be labeled as meat, milk or dairy if they don’t contain those products, under bills up for votes in the state Assembly.The “truth in labeling”...
Jun 15 2021 // An internet-based auto parts seller in Madison, Wisconsin, violated federal law when it failed to hire a qualified job applicant because of his age, a jury has found.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...
Jun 8 2021 // A Wisconsin grain facility faces 14 workplace safety violation citations and more than $676,000 in penalties following the death of a following the engulfment death of a worker in a corn silo.The Occupational Safety and...
May 23 2021 // A man who fell into depression and attempted suicide after he was gored by a bull can’t sue an insurance company for deciding to stop covering his medication, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled.According to court...
May 18 2021 // Nearly 800 residents of French Island plan to sue the city of La Crosse, Wisconsin, stemming from contamination of private drinking water wells from chemicals known as PFAS, a move that could expose the city to up to more...
May 7 2021 // Jefferson County, Wisconsin, has been has been awarded $1,530,596 in Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).The award, announced by FEMA and Wisconsin Emergency Management...