Janesville School Board at odds over international education program
Members of the Janesville School board butt heads over the school district’s international education program. Time set aside to approve the program’s school-year budget and director’s salary at their Tuesday meeting quickly turned into a virtual referendum
Janesville School District moving ahead with cost cutting measures
Janesville’s Board of Education Tuesday approves a measure that will save taxpayers 4 million dollars over 12 years. The measure is a refunding of 41 million dollars that will replace bonds issued in 2007 and 2008 related
Motion made to acquit Brantner of 1990 Berit Beck murder
The attorney for a Kenosha man suspected in the July 1990 murder of 18-year-old Berit Beck argues that trying his client a second time for her murder would be double jeopardy. Craig Powell filed a motion in Fond du
Voltz announces retirement from football
Wisconsin Badger senior offensive lineman Dan Voltz has decided to retire from football, making the announcement in Madison on Tuesday. The Barrington, Illinois native played in 32 games with 27 starts at center for the Badgers after
Senator Johnson draws rebuke from documentary filmmaker
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has been under fire after suggesting last week at a wispolitics.com event in Milwaukee that professors could replace teachers in college classrooms. The comment came during a discussion about ways to
Challenge filed to Wisconsin minimum markup law
A state law that prevents businesses from selling goods at below wholesale prices is facing a legal challenge. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty is representing the Krist Oil Company in a challenge of the state’s
Janesville police investigating stabbing
A 27-year-old Janesville man is facing charges of Aggravated Battery while Armed after an early morning stabbing. Police Lieutenant Keith Lawver says the victim, suffering stab wounds to the neck, chest, and back, drove himself to the
Local woman starts fund drive for Milton police
Peggy Schutt of Janesville has a soft spot for police. Her son-in-law happens to be Milton’s police chief. So when several officers were gunned down by a sniper in Dallas, she was moved. She asked Chief Marquardt
New study projects physician shortage in Wisconsin
Faced with an aging population and other factors – such as harsh winter weather – a new report forecasts that Wisconsin may see a shortage of more than 2,000 physicians by 2030. The Wisconsin Hospital Association says
Concerns raised about limits of law requiring amber lights on school buses
Many of the school buses on Wisconsin roads this fall will be giving other drivers more warning about when they are about to stop, although there may be limits on the effectiveness of the technology. A new