Articles filed under Wisconsin

• Sewer explosion in Milwaukee causes power outage Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   
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  On the road: A winter safari in Cedarburg Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  It's a winter safari on Wisconsin's frozen savanna for the annual WinterFest in Cedarburg, Wis. Hop aboard the Safari Tram to get to the various attractions and activities: the chili contest, ice-carving contest, safari-themed bed racing, Monkey See-Monkey Do Barrel Races on Ice and open family skating. Also, on Fridays in February after 5 p.m., Navy Pier offers special discounts for many of its restaurants, shops and attractions.
  

   

• Ground conditions prime for winter activitiesFeb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Japan’s increased beef demand good news for Wis. Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  Japan is buying more American beef, which is good news for Wisconsin's 14,000 cattle farmers. A Wisconsin Public Radio report says Japan used to restrict U.S. beef imports out of concerns about mad-cow disease, but it recently relaxed some restrictions. Now U.S. beef exports to Japan are expected to grow from about $850 million per year to $1.5 billion.
  

   

• Milwaukee schools looking for teachers Feb 7, 2013 12:00 AM
  The state's largest school district is looking to hire 700 teachers and other school faculty. Milwaukee Public Schools is holding a series of recruitment events for new teachers, paraprofessionals and more than a dozen principals. According to the district, officials need to hire because of a wave of retirements sparked partly by the aging of the baby boom generation.
  

   

• Woman evicted from rat-infested home Feb 7, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Plover woman has been ordered to leave her rat-infested mobile home. Portage County health officials say Darlene Flatoff has kept more than 300 rats in her home since last March. An inspection report says the home doesn't have adequate sewage disposal and is overrun with rats and their droppings.
  

   

• Karl Rove to discuss ‘12 election at Ripon College Feb 6, 2013 12:00 AM
  Former Republican top aide Karl Rove is expected to discuss last year's elections during an upcoming speech at Ripon College. Rove used to serve as the top political aide to former President George W. Bush. He's also a regular contributor on the Fox News Channel.
  

   

• Amtrak rider arrested with 7 pounds of marijuana Feb 6, 2013 12:00 AM
  Police were ready for a suspicious Amtrak passenger when he arrived at the La Crosse train station. Authorities in Portland, Ore., alerted local police that the 25-year-old Boscobel man was acting suspiciously and traveling to La Crosse. Police searched the man's bags with the help of a drug-sniffing dog. Officials say they found about $30,000 worth of marijuana in the man's bags.
  

   

• Aging population blamed for Wisconsin job woes Feb 5, 2013 12:00 AM
  A new report blames Wisconsin's aging population and lack of business start-ups for job growth that has lagged behind other states since the mid-1990s. The Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance report shows Wisconsin consistently beat national job growth rates in the late 1980s and early 1990s. But since 1996, the state has outperformed the nation in creating jobs just 27 percent of the time.
  

   

• Wisconsin homicide probe leads to sexual assault charges Feb 4, 2013 12:00 AM
  Authorities say a cold case investigation into a Waupaca County double homicide 21 years ago has led to charges in a 1990 sexual assault. Glendon Gouker is charged with sexually assaulting a woman at a park in Iola in November 1990. The state Department of Justice says DNA evidence from the assault was resubmitted to the State Crime Lab and Gouker was found to be a contributor to the DNA.
  

   

• Parents ask Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear mascot case Feb 1, 2013 12:00 AM
  Two parents asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday to strike down a law that allows the state schools superintendent to order schools to drop American Indian mascots, arguing the statutes are unconstitutional. The dispute centers on the Mukwonago Area School District’s Indians nickname and logo, which features an Indian man in a headdress.
  

   
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  Feds: Warming imperils wolverines Feb 1, 2013 12:00 AM
  The tenacious wolverine, a snow-loving carnivore sometimes called the “mountain devil,” could soon join the list of species threatened by climate change — a dubious distinction putting it in the ranks of the polar bear and several other animals that could see their habitats shrink drastically due to warming temperatures.
  

   

• Wisconsin warns businesses to be wary of scam Jan 31, 2013 12:00 AM
  The state is warning Wisconsin businesses about a scam from a company calling itself Corporate Records Service.The Department of Financial Institutions says there is no state requirement to fill out a so-called Annual Minutes Form and submit a fee of $125.
  

   

• Milwaukee officer due in court on theft allegation Jan 31, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Milwaukee police officer who's accused of stealing about $200 from a store where he was investigating a separate burglary is scheduled to appear in court. Carl V. Howell has a preliminary hearing set for Thursday morning. The 37-year-old is charged with felony misconduct in office and misdemeanor theft.
  

   

• Fire engulfs Wisconsin egg plant; no one hurt Jan 31, 2013 12:00 AM
  Smoke and flames poured Thursday from a southeastern Wisconsin food processing plant, where dozens of firefighters battled a blaze all night in frigid temperatures. Firefighters from more than 80 fire departments from southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois took turns in fighting the raging blaze at the 70,000 square foot building.
  

   

• Investigators search landfill for homicide victim Jan 29, 2013 12:00 AM
  Police detectives, cadaver dogs and back hoe operators are searching a Menomonee Falls landfill for the remains of a homicide victim.
  

   

• 10 Wisconsin students could be charged for drug salesJan 28, 2013 12:00 AM
  Ten former students at a Brown County high school could face charges related to selling prescription drugs to classmates. A Green Bay Press-Gazette report says the Pulaski School District recently expelled nine students from Pulaski High School, and a tenth left the district. School authorities say the students were selling prescription drugs, most prescribed for attention-deficit disorder.
  

   

• Toddler found wandering alone outside in Racine Jan 28, 2013 12:00 AM
  Sheriff's deputies say a toddler who was found wandering alone outside in Racine has been taken to a hospital as a precaution.
  

   

• Homicide victim was state epidemiologist Jan 25, 2013 12:00 AM
  Relatives have identified a woman found slain in her Madison apartment as an epidemiologist who worked for the state Division of Public Health.
  

   

• Milwaukee archdiocese says it’s headed toward insolvency Jan 25, 2013 12:00 AM