Latest Wisconsin Headlines
All the headlines from our Wisconsin Topic Page, ordered by recency.
O’Brien Promoted to Controller at Wisconsin’s SECURA Insurance
May 23 2017 // Appleton, Wisconsin-based SECURA Insurance recently promoted Tim O’Brien to controller from assistant controller. O’Brien has been with the company for 15 years. He joined SECURA in 2002 as the accounting...
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Wants to Abolish Labor Review Board
May 19 2017 // Wisconsin’s 106-year-old labor commission would vanish and Gov. Scott Walker’s administration would decide workplace disputes, including workers’ compensation disputes, in its place under a budget...
Residents Assess Damage After Night of Tornadoes in Central U.S.
May 18 2017 // Residents of an Oklahoma subdivision and a Wisconsin trailer park that were leveled by deadly tornadoes sifted through what remained of their homes and possessions Wednesday, even as forecasters warned of another round of...
Tornadoes Leave at Least 2 Dead as Storms Pummel Central U.S.
May 18 2017 // Storms whipped through a wide swath of the nation’s midsection, giving rise to tornadoes that flattened a Wisconsin mobile home park and an Oklahoma subdivision and killing at least two people and injuring dozens of...
Injured Worker Attorney Involvement Varies Widely by State
May 18 2017 // There is a wide variation in the percentage of claims with worker attorneys involvement across state workers’ compensation systems, according to the latest research from the Workers Compensation Research Institute...
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...
