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High speed chase ends on Highway 29 Posted September 7, 2010

Police Squad Car Night 2

BONDUEL, Wis. (WTAQ) – Shawano County sheriff’s deputies stopped a high-speed chase that began in Green Bay early this morning. Police say it all started around 3 a.m. Tuesday when officers were called to the 1100 block of Radisson Street, for a report of a woman being put into ...More

Harley, union begin meetings to discuss contract Posted September 7, 2010

Harley Davidson logo

WAUKESHA, Wis. (WSAU) – Employees at Harley-Davidson were getting their first look today at the contract concessions they’ll be asked to take. Union members at the Milwaukee area Harley motorcycle plants met with their leadership at the Waukesha Expo Center. A similar meeting was scheduled for Harley employees in Tomahawk ...More

Judge will not block new high-power transmission line Posted September 7, 2010

Power Line

UNDATED (WSAU) A judge has refused to stop plans for a new electric transmission line from Hampton Minnesota to La Crosse. Administrative Law Judge Kathleen Sheehy of Minnesota turned down a recent request to suspend planning for the “Cap-X-2020” project. The utilities behind the project have delayed a segment from ...More

Many companies slowly restoring pay cuts Posted September 7, 2010

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UNDATED (WSAU) Many Wisconsin companies are slowly restoring the employee pay-and-benefit cuts they imposed during the recession. The employers’ group of M-R-A said 84-percent of the 500 companies it surveyed in Wisconsin, Iowa, and northern Illinois planned to give pay raises next year. That’s after 65-percent granted raises this ...More

Wild rice harvest down Posted September 7, 2010

wild rice

UNDATED (WRN) A disappointing harvest for one of fall’s traditional favorites. Northern Wisconsin’s wild rice harvesters are facing poor prospects gathering that traditional food this year. Peter David with the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission says the problem is the same one that’s affected a ...More

Obama kicks off campaign with $50 billion jobs plan Posted September 6, 2010

President Obama in Milwaukee  9-6-10

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, scrambling to jump-start job creation in a sluggish economy, proposed on Monday a six-year, $50 billion plan to rebuild aging roads, railways and airport runways. "We are going to rebuild 150,000 miles of our roads -- that's enough to circle the world six ...More

Harley & Union Near Deal Posted September 4, 2010

Harley Davidson logo

Milwaukee, Wi (WSAU) Harley-Davidson union workers still have to ratify the deal, but an agreement has been reached which could keep hundreds of jobs in Wisconsin. Workers are expected to vote on the contract a week from Monday. Harley had said labor costs at it's manufacturing operations in Milwaukee ...More

Appeals court reinstates gasoline minimum mark-up law Posted September 3, 2010

Gas Pumping

MADISON (WSAU) A federal appeals court has reinstated Wisconsin’s minimum mark-up rule for gasoline. The law had required that gasoline be priced above cost. It’s designed to prevent larger gas station chains from under-pricing gas to force smaller mom-and-pop competitors out of business. Last year a federal judge ...More

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