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Wisconsin’s universities face financial crunch

University of Wisconsin schools are facing challenging financial futures without major changes, according to recent campus financial reports. Several factors have led to campuses’ financial difficulties including declining state support on an inflation-adjusted basis over the last decade, ...

Marinette awarded TEA grant

MADISON — A $631,235 Transportation Economic Assistance grant has been awarded to the city of Marinette. The grant will support road construction to improve traffic flow around Fincantieri Marinette Marine as the shipbuilding company grows its operation. The grant was announced by Gov. Tony ...

Lake sturgeon not endangered, US says, despite concerns from conservationists

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lake sturgeon don’t need Endangered Species Act protections, federal wildlife officials announced Monday, saying that stocking programs have helped the prehistoric fish return to areas where they had vanished. The decision ends the Arizona-based Center of Biological ...

Senate candidate Hovde says he doesn’t oppose elderly people voting

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican candidate in Wisconsin's closely watched U.S. Senate race emphasized this week that he doesn't oppose elderly people voting after initially saying that "almost nobody in a nursing home" is at a point in life where they are capable of voting. Eric Hovde ...

One killed, nine injured when car collides with bus

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A vehicle crashed into a Milwaukee County bus Saturday evening, killing one person and injuring nine others, authorities said. The crash happened just after 9:30 p.m. Saturday in Milwaukee between a car traveling south at West Wisconsin Avenue and North 35th Street and a ...

No charges in fundraiser scheme

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin prosecutor said Friday that she won't bring charges against a Republican lawmaker accused of trying to evade state campaign finance laws in order to unseat the powerful speaker of the Assembly. Waukesha County District Attorney Susan Opper said she would not ...