Latest Wisconsin Headlines
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Eastern Wisconsin Farmers Experience Significant Alfalfa Losses
May 16 2017 // Unusual seasonal weather variations have made it tough on alfalfa crops in some parts of Wisconsin. A warmer-than-usual winter and a cold wet spring have caused a significant portion of the alfalfa crop to fail in...
Wisconsin Under State of Emergency for Wildfire Danger
May 12 2017 // Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has declared a state of emergency as the state faces heightened wildfire conditions. Walker issued an executive order directing all state agencies to assist with potential wildfire response and...
Cunningham Joins American Risk Management Resources in Wisconsin
May 3 2017 // Jeff Cunningham has joined American Risk Management Resources Network LLC (ARMR) in Madison, Wis., as director of underwriting for its managing general agency through Berkley Specialty. Cunningham leads the MGA, which...
Wisconsin Company Resolves Federal Wellness, Retaliation Case for $100K
Apr 20 2017 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported it has resolved a lawsuit against Orion Energy Systems, a Manitowoc, Wis., lighting company. The EEOC had challenged the company’s wellness program...
Proposed Wisconsin Bill Targets Adults Who Host Underage Drinkers
Mar 29 2017 // Adults who let teenagers drink in their homes would be breaking the law under a proposal two Republican Wisconsin lawmakers are circulating. The bill would address what Rep. Andre Jacque and Sen. Van Wanggaard call the...
Amid Tight State Budget, Wisconsin Towns Converting Blacktop Roads to Gravel
Mar 13 2017 // Officials in small Wisconsin towns say construction costs and budget cuts in the state government have caused them to convert their blacktop roads to gravel. State funding for local governments in the form of municipal aid...
Wisconsin Shipyards Company Working with OSHA After Worker Severely Burned
Mar 6 2017 // Fraser Shipyards Inc. says it’s working with a U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation after a worker was burned last month. The incident occurred Feb. 6 while the worker was servicing a...
Wisconsin Governor Lets Apartment Sprinkler Requirement Stand
Mar 6 2017 // Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s administration has reversed itself and no longer plans to roll back a requirement for fire sprinklers in many new apartment buildings. The state Department of Safety and Professional...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Wisconsin’s Kelly Financial
Feb 23 2017 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Madison, Wisconsin-based Kelly Financial Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1957 by John M. Kelly and incorporated in 1994 by Scott Kelly, Kelly...
Klenke Named Chief Legal Counsel at Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner’s Office
Feb 22 2017 // Wisconsin Commissioner of Insurance Ted Nickel has appointed Charlotte Klenke to serve as chief legal counsel at the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI). Klenke previously was the associate general counsel for...
Wisconsin-Based Sargento Expands Cheese Recall, Cuts Ties With Supplier
Feb 21 2017 // Wisconsin-based Sargento Foods Inc., is expanding a voluntary recall of some cheeses due to a possible bacterial contamination. The company recalled some cheeses Feb. 10, but expanded the recall on Feb. 17 to include...
Report: Opioid Prescriptions Drop 11.7% in Wisconsin
Feb 20 2017 // Opioid prescriptions in Wisconsin fell nearly 12 percent in the final months of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015. A new report from the Controlled Substances Board shows the number of prescriptions dropped 11.7...
Wisconsin Farmer Sentenced for Federal Crop Insurance Fraud
Feb 17 2017 // John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Mark E. Johnson, 50, a farmer in Dresser, Wis., was sentenced on Feb. 13, 2017, in a federal crop insurance fraud case. During...
Wisconsin, Minnesota AGs Combine Efforts in Painkiller Abuse Battle
Feb 15 2017 // Minnesota and Wisconsin are teaming up to tackle prescription painkiller abuse. The attorneys general from both states met at the Minnesota Capitol Monday to discuss their “Dose of Reality” campaign. Minnesota...
Wisconsin Police Officers Targeting Aggressive Drivers
Feb 14 2017 // Police across Wisconsin have ramped up efforts to stop aggressive driving by writing more speeding tickets. The strategy is appearing to work, as citations increased nearly 7 percent in 2015, to more than 172,000, the...
Wisconsin Governor Lets Apartment Sprinkler Requirement Stand
Feb 13 2017 // Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s administration has reversed itself and no longer plans to roll back a requirement for fire sprinklers in many new apartment buildings. The state Department of Safety and Professional...
Report: Opioid Prescriptions Drop 11.7% in Wisconsin
Feb 9 2017 // A new report says opioid prescriptions dropped nearly 12 percent in Wisconsin in the last three months of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015. The report from the state Controlled Substances Board found the number of...
Majority of Workers at Wisconsin Shipyard Test Positive for Lead
Jan 18 2017 // Health officials say the majority of more than 200 workers tested for lead exposure at a Superior, Wis., shipyard had elevated levels of lead in their blood. Wisconsin and Minnesota health departments began a joint...
Wisconsin’s Robertson Ryan & Associates Acquires Allied Insurance Centers
Jan 12 2017 // Robertson Ryan & Associates Inc., based Milwaukee, Wis., has acquired Allied Insurance Centers. Allied Insurance Centers President James Polaski will continue to own and service his client book and serve as a vice...
Some in Wisconsin GOP Softening on Medical Marijuana
Jan 9 2017 // As a marijuana extract used to treat seizures becomes more widely embraced, even by former Republican opponents, the conversation in Wisconsin is shifting to whether the time is right to approve medical marijuana. Assembly...
