Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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Wisconsin Suspends License of Pharmacist Accused of Spoiling Vaccine
Jan 15 2021 // A state board has suspended the license of a Wisconsin pharmacist accused of ruining more than 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine because he thought it was unsafe. Steven Brandenburg was working at Advocate Aurora Health in...
Church Mutual in Wisconsin Promotes Carter, Tribble
Jan 14 2021 // Church Mutual Insurance Co., based in Merrill, Wis., has promoted Bruce Carter to assistant vice president – Diversity & Inclusion and John Tribble to vice president – Customer Relationship and Business...
Wisconsin Man Charged with 18th Drunk Driving Offense
Jan 13 2021 // A 73-year-old Green Bay, Wisconsin, man has been charged with his 18th drunken driving offense, after a crash on Jan. 8 that took out power lines and caused an outage. Wallace Bowers had 17 prior operating while...
Wisconsin’s SECURA Insurance Converts to Mutual Holding Company
Jan 8 2021 // Policyholders of Neena, Wisc.-based Secura Insurance, a mutual company, have voted to approve the company’s plan to restructure to a mutual holding company. The conversion to a mutual holding company, previously...
White Named Communications Director for Wisconsin Insurance Agents Group
Jan 6 2021 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Wisconsin (PIAW) has hired Natalie White as the association’s new communications director. White joins PIAW after several years of working in the Wisconsin Legislature. In...
Charles Taylor Acquires Wisconsin TPA, Insurance Management Firm Aegis
Jan 6 2021 // Charles Taylor, a technology products and services to the global insurance market, has acquired Aegis Corp. (Aegis), a Wisconsin-based provider of mutual management and third party claims administration. Aegis provides...
Drunk Driving Convictions, Related Offenses Down in Wisconsin
Dec 29 2020 // Yearly convictions for drunken driving and other related offenses dropped by nearly 18,000 in Wisconsin between 2004 and 2018, according to a report from the state Legislative Reference Bureau. Alcohol-related fatal...
Wisconsin Appeals Court Upholds $5.5M Award in Fatal Bike Crash
Dec 28 2020 // A Wisconsin appeals court has upheld a $5.5 million judgment against a driver who killed a 23-year-old bicyclist in Madison. Brian Hodgson was driving on the city’s west side in June 2015 when he crashed into Emilly...
Wisconsin Dentist Accused of Breaking Teeth in Insurance Fraud Scheme
Dec 21 2020 // A Wisconsin dentist is accused of damaging his patients’ teeth so that he could bill insurance companies for crown procedures. Scott Charmoli, 60, of Grafton, has been charged in federal court with eight counts of...
Employee Found Dead in Corn Silo at Didion Milling in Wisconsin
Dec 10 2020 // The man who died in a corn silo at a mill in Columbia County, Wis., was a 52-year-old employee, sheriff’s officials said. Deputies were called to Didion Milling in Cambria on Dec. 8 where an employee was reported...
Report: Despite Less Driving, Auto Fatalities Have Risen in Wisconsin
Dec 2 2020 // Auto fatalities are up in Wisconsin despite there being fewer people on the road due to the coronavirus pandemic, a report released on Dec. 1 by the Wisconsin Policy Forum found. The report examined state crash data from...
5 Leaders Promoted at SECURA Insurance in Wisconsin
Nov 23 2020 // SECURA Insurance, based in Neenah, Wis., has promoted five company leaders: Amy DeHart, senior vice president and chief actuary; Dan Ferris, chief legal officer; Tripp Humston, regional vice president–Sales; Tim...
Wisconsin Officials Draft Water Quality Standards for PFAS
Nov 9 2020 // Wisconsin health officials have finished drafting new groundwater standards for more than 20 substances, including a dozen types of PFAS chemicals. The Department of Natural Resources asked the Department of Health...
Wisconsin Supreme Court Sends Virus Capacity Limits Case to Lower Court
Nov 6 2020 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Nov. 4 declined to consider reinstating Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ coronavirus restrictions limiting the size of public gatherings, deferring to a lower court to decide. Evers’...
Former Insurance Agent Charged, Has License Permanently Revoked in Wisconsin
Nov 5 2020 // A former insurance agent in Wisconsin charged with violations of insurance laws has had his license permanently revoked and must pay a penalty of more than $37,000, the state insurance commissioner’s office...
Wisconsin DNR Board OKs Firefighting Foam Restrictions, Regulations
Nov 2 2020 // Wisconsin environmental regulators have approved an emergency rule that restricts the use of firefighting foam and lays out steps to treat PFAS chemicals. PFAS are human-made chemicals that research suggests can cause...
Wisconsin Republican Party: Hackers Stole $2.3M
Nov 2 2020 // Hackers have stolen $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party’s account that was being used to help reelect President Donald Trump in the key battleground state, the party’s chairman told The Associated...
Wisconsin DNR Wants to Raise Mining Fees, Require More Detailed Plans
Oct 29 2020 // Mining applicants would have to pay more for permits and licenses, supply more detailed plans to state regulators, and work around a new list of areas deemed off-limits under regulations the Wisconsin Department of Natural...
Wisconsin City’s Failure to Report Contamination Site Deemed an ‘Oversight’
Oct 28 2020 // A 2015 report identified hazardous substances on the site of the Sheboygan Municipal Armory near Lake Michigan, but contamination was only recently reported to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources at the request...
Gantz Named Senior VP – Finance at Church Mutual in Wisconsin
Oct 27 2020 // Dwayne “Dewey” Gantz has joined Merrill, Wis.-based Church Mutual Insurance Co. as senior vice president – Finance, He reports to Kevin Root, executive vice president – Operations, and will collaborate with...
