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Wisconsin updates road forecasts

Winter drivers in Wisconsin are getting an update to their road forecasts. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation on Wednesday announced changes to the state’s 511 website, specifically a new set of road condition categories. “We continually look for ways to enhance our 511 Wisconsin traveler information service,” WisDOT Secretary Kristina Boardman said. Those new categories are: — Normal; — Partially Covered; — Completely Covered; — Travel Not Advised. There is also a “no report” category. WisDOT says the idea is to simplify the information ...

Police chief says motive for school shooting a ‘combination of factors’

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The motive for a shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded others at a Wisconsin school appears to be a "combination of factors," a police chief said Tuesday as he appealed to the public to share what they might know about the 15-year-old girl who attacked ...

Teacher, teen killed in Madison school shooting

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 15-year-old student killed a teacher and another teenager with a handgun Monday at a Christian school in Wisconsin, terrifying classmates including a second grader who made the 911 call that sent dozens of police officers rushing to the small school just a week ...

Enbridge pipeline spills 70K gallons of oil in Wisconsin

OAKLAND, Wis. (AP) — Roughly 70,000 gallons of oil from a pipeline spilled into the ground in Wisconsin, officials said. The problem was discovered Nov. 11 in Jefferson County, 60 miles west of Milwaukee, by an Enbridge Energy technician, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported, citing a ...

Supreme Court accepts Catholic Charities case on Wisconsin tax

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday said it would take up a new religious rights case over whether a Catholic charitable organization must pay Wisconsin's employment tax. The justices will review a divided state Supreme Court ruling that refused to grant an exemption to the ...

Wisconsin tribe, other groups move to block Line 5 reroute

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A northern Wisconsin tribe along with a coalition of groups moved Thursday to block plans to reroute an aging pipeline around the tribe’s reservation, arguing state regulators have underestimated the environmental damage that construction would cause. The Bad River ...