Wisconsin
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71 percent of UW students take out loansMar 09, 2012 6:28 am - MADISON, Wis. — University officials say the average student loan debt at graduation from Wisconsin’s public campuses is about $27,000. Thirty years ago, that debt was ...
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Wis. trout industry has 14 percent rise in revenueMar 09, 2012 6:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin trout production was down last year, but because the fish were worth more money the industry finished the year with a revenue increase of 14 pe...
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Coroner not sure yet how Wis. college student diedMar 08, 2012 6:59 am - MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee County medical examiner’s office is holding off on a final cause of death for a 19-year-old found unresponsive in a University of Wisconsin-Mil...
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Another deadly fire in western WisconsinMar 08, 2012 6:59 am - LADYSMITH, Wis. — The body of a man was found inside his mobile home in Rusk County after firefighters put out a fire that destroyed the trailer house. Family members s...
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Body found in burning vehicle on Wis. reservationMar 08, 2012 6:59 am - Associated Press LAC DU FLAMBEAU, Wis. — The Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation is helping investigate after a body was found in a burning vehicle on the Lac d...
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Wis. girl, 17, charged with crashing into 2 teensMar 08, 2012 6:59 am - OSHKOSH, Wis. — A 17-year-old Menasha girl has been charged with driving her car at two other teens and injuring them. Prosecutors have charged Ashli Lindvig with one co...
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Wis. attorney general to appeal voter ID rulingMar 08, 2012 6:59 am - MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s attorney general on Wednesday said he will appeal a judge’s ruling to stop the state’s new voter identification law from being in effect for ...
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Union at Wisconsin’s Maysteel poised to strikeMar 08, 2012 6:59 am - Associated Press ALLENTON, Wis. — Union workers at Maysteel in Allenton have rejected the company’s latest contract offer and plan to strike this weekend. The Internati...
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Court sides with social worker in homicide caseMar 07, 2012 6:49 am - OCONTO, Wis. — A state appeals court agrees with an Oconto County ruling that a social worker cannot be held legally responsible for failing to recommend emergency deten...
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Obama strategists to meet with UW studentsMar 07, 2012 6:49 am - MADISON, Wis. — Strategists with President Barack Obama’s campaign plan to meet with University of Wisconsin students in Madison on Wednesday. Former White House press s...