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Whooping Crane Chick
May 22nd
The Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP) is celebrating another success in its efforts to reintroduce a wild migratory whooping crane population in eastern North America. A whooping crane chick hatched yesterday in Marathon County, Wis. The chick, #W1-13 (W = wild hatched), is the offspring of the whooping crane pair consisting of a female More >
Arkdale man charged
May 22nd
An Arkdale man has been charged in Juneau County with sexual intercourse with a child. According to the complaint, 20-year old Harlan Applebee allegedly had sexual intercourse in 2011 with a girl and fathered her child. Applebee is summoned to appear in court on June 5th, 2013.
Disorderly conduct
May 22nd
A Mauston man has been charged with disorderly conduct-domestic abuse. According to the criminal complaint, last month 22-year old Christopher Brooks allegedly screamed and made threatening remarks during a custody hearing at the library in Mauston. Brooks is summoned to appear in court on July 10th, 2013.
State News
Tribe Dispute
May 22nd
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The vice chairman of the state Building Commission has decided to let a Wisconsin Chippewa tribe keep a $250,000 grant to help build a cultural center. Rep. Dean Kaufert, a Neenah Republican, wanted to rescind the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s grant after the state’s Chippewa bands raised walleye More >
Wisconsin Unemployment
May 22nd
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Unemployment rates improved in nearly all 72 Wisconsin counties last month. The state Department of Workforce Development said Wednesday that unemployment got worse in April in Calumet, Menominee and Price counties, and stayed the same in Iron and Langlade counties. Unemployment rates improved in the other 67 counties. The highest unemployment rate was More >
Walleye Initiative
May 22nd
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Gov. Scott Walker has announced a nearly $13 million effort to boost walleye production. The plan calls for $8.2 million in borrowing authority to expand hatcheries, $1.8 million for operating expenses over the next two fiscal years and $2 million for grants for private organizations to expand walleye production. The plan More >
