Wisconsin
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Labor pains at Wisconsin military truck manufacturerSep 27, 2011 12:00 am - OSHKOSH, Wis. — There are labor pains at one of the Fox Valley’s largest employers. Oshkosh Corp. and union workers are at odds on a new contract, with the old one expi...
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Cheesehead hat maker upset by billboardSep 27, 2011 12:00 am - ST. FRANCIS, Wis. — The company that makes the cheesehead hats is miffed with a physicians group that’s used one of the firm’s creations on an anti-cheese billboard. Th...
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Cemetery worker accused of stealing from casketSep 26, 2011 12:00 am - ALLOUEZ, Wis. — A grounds superintendent at a Green Bay-area cemetery has been accused of stealing a $2,000 guitar from the casket of a man who died recently. WLUK-TV r...
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Dead body discovered in Racine CountySep 25, 2011 11:00 pm - YORKVILLE, Wis. — A man discovered a dead body on a frontage road in Racine County. Jim Nelson, who owns a courier service, tells The Journal Times he was making a deliv...
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Hunka burnin’ love for Zippin PippinSep 24, 2011 12:00 am - GREEN BAY, Wis. — A replica of Elvis Presley’s favorite roller coaster in Green Bay has been twice as successful as city officials expected. The Zippin Pippin has genera...
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11-month-old Wisconsin twins die after being left in bathtubSep 23, 2011 12:00 am - EAST TROY, Wis. — The police chief of a Wisconsin village says twin babies died after their mother left them unattended in a bathtub. Chief Alan Boyes says the 11-month-...
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DOD confirms death of Wisconsin soldierSep 23, 2011 12:00 am - DARLINGTON, Wis. — The U.S. Department of Defense says a soldier from Wisconsin was one of two men killed when insurgents attacked their unit in Kandahar province, Afgha...
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Wisconsin’s public unions face uncertain futureSep 22, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — The largest public employee unions in Wisconsin face an uncertain future as they decide not to go through the process of keeping their official status. ...
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Wisconsin company moving jobs from MexicoSep 22, 2011 12:00 am - OSSEO, Wis. — Instead of sending work to Mexico, a manufacturer is bringing jobs from Mexico to Wisconsin. Global Finishing Solutions is completing a $10 million expans...
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Roundy's recalls breaded chicken sold at Illinois, Wisconsin deli countersSep 22, 2011 12:00 am - MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee-based Roundy's Supermarkets Inc. is recalling about 360 pounds of breaded chicken breast that may have been undercooked. The U.S. Department of Agr...