No word on charges in Milwaukee slayings, fire MILWAUKEE (AP) — Police on Tuesday were still trying to sort out a case involving five suspects and their possible involvement in the homicides of two women, two children and a fire ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An Assembly ethics committee has set a public hearing to consider possible punishment for a troubled lawmaker. Rep. Jeff Wood, a Chippewa Falls independent, has been arrested three times over the last 13 months for driving ...
PORTAGE, Wis. (AP) — A newspaper reports a state legislator has reached a plea deal in one of his three driving-under-the-influence cases. The Portage Daily Register reports Rep. Jeff Wood will plead in Columbia County to third-offense operating under the ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state lawmaker facing driving-under-the-influence charges has returned to Madison to vote on, of all things, a drunken driving bill. Rep. Jeff Wood has been arrested three times in the last year for driving under the ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has entered not guilty pleas for a state lawmaker in his latest driving under the influence case. Rep. Jeff Wood had an initial appearance in Monroe County on Tuesday morning. District Attorney Dan Cary ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A legislative committee has met to consider whether to strip a troubled state lawmaker of his job. The Assembly Special Committee on Ethics and Standards of Conduct must recommend whether the full body should kick Rep. ...
Sean Ryan [email protected] A renewed interest in burning wood to produce electricity is prompting papermaker concerns the increased demand could lead to higher pulp prices or market shortages. The more biomass plants that are built to satisfy the state’s renewable-energy ...
Paul Snyder [email protected] Wisconsin’s pursuit of biomass as a renewable energy is doing little to fire up work in the construction industry. “It’s frustrating,” said Thomas Fisher, president and business manager of the De Forest-based Wisconsin Laborers’ District Council. “We ...