September 13, 2013 - 11:29am
The Middleton High School football team plays Madison East High (file photo).
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A new bill would allow private, independent charter, and home-school students to engage in sports and extracurricular activities at public schools. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletics Association (WIAA) writes the rules governing competitive sports at member public and private schools across the state. Its rules only allow students to play sports...
September 13, 2013 - 8:55am
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The proposed plan would use the same tools to grade all schools that receive public money.
Leaders from public and private schools are split on a proposed school accountability plan being debated at the Wisconsin Capitol, with public school leaders embracing it and private schools pushing back. The plan would apply to all schools that receive tax dollars. As Republican state Senator Luther Olsen, sponsor of...
September 13, 2013 - 8:37am
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The bills would sharply increase penalties for repeat offenders and anyone causing serious injury by driving while intoxicated.
People convicted of drunk driving charges will face stiffer penalties under a package of six bills approved yesterday by a legislative committee. If approved by the full legislature, the increased penalties would include changing third- and fourth-offense drunk driving charges from misdemeanors to felonies and imposing a mandatory minimum 3-year...
September 13, 2013 - 8:33am
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The proposed casino site is in Kenosha, close to the Illinois border.
Seven Native American tribes in Wisconsin have announced their support for the Menominee tribe's plan to open a casino at the former dog track in Kenosha. Governor Scott Walker says that in this case, however, eight is not enough. All of the Wisconsin tribes except the Ho-Chunk, Oneida and Forest...
September 13, 2013 - 8:23am
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The grant, originally intended to promote hunting and fishing in Wisconsin, was rescinded after the only applicant turned out to have ties to a prominent Republican lawmaker.
Governor Walker says that during the budget process, he wasn't specifically aware of the language around the now-canceled grant given to United Sportsmen, and declined to critique the architect of the grant, former state Rep. Scott Suder. Last week, Walker rescinded the half-million dollar state budget grant for the group...
September 13, 2013 - 1:00am
First Lady Michelle Obama came to Wisconsin on Thursday to kick off a national effort to get people drinking more water. Obama called water the “original energy drink” at Watertown High School, and said her “Let's Move initiative includes an emphasis on water to help children and families lead healthier...
September 12, 2013 - 2:42pm
Lobbyists spent thousands of hours trying to influence lawmakers on the state budget and the mining bill during the first six months of 2013. As is the norm in odd-numbered years in Wisconsin, the budget dominated lobbyists’ attention in the first half of 2013. The Government Accountability Board says lobbyists...
September 12, 2013 - 2:16pm
Despite a one-year ban on new frac sand operations in Trempealeau County , a Texas-based company is looking to build one by using a loophole. Hi-Crush Proppants has been working for more than a year to get approval to build an $80 million, 700-acre mine and processing center in the...
September 12, 2013 - 1:48pm
It may be a feast-or-famine harvest season for wild rice in northern Wisconsin: Aerial surveys and early reports give mixed findings. The Department of Natural Resources says after three below average years , this year will be a hair better, but not much and below the norm. Great Lakes Indian...
September 12, 2013 - 1:17pm
Kenall Manufacturing, a specialty lighting company, is moving 20 miles from its current location in Gurnee, Ill. to Kenosha. Gov. Scott Walker, who has made recruiting Illinois businesses a priority, announced the move before an audience in Kenosha this morning. Kenall will bring over 350 jobs and build a $25...
