MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - College applications are up dramatically nationwide – but not at the UW, where the total number of applicants for this fall is 2 percent less than a year ago. Just over 82,000 students have asked to be admitted to Wisconsin’s public universities. Applications are down at ...More
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin’s local governments have asked state lawmakers to help them look for ways to consolidate services and save money. The Local Government Institute – made up of groups that represent counties and municipalities – put out a report on the subject Tuesday. It said legislative committees should be ...More
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WHBL) - Its St. Patrick’s Day and Sheboygan County’s law enforcement agencies will be on the lookout for drunk drivers.
With the weather warming up at the right time for those wanting to bar-hop on St. Patrick’s Day, both the Sheboygan County Sheriffs and Sheboygan Police ...More
Sheboygan, Wis (WHBL) - Sheboygan County’s efforts to hold down the property tax has cost it in the bond market. The County Board last night approved the borrowing of $7.4-million dollars for capital projects this year. Bond Consultant Brad Viegut said the interest rate o 1.9 percent was ...More
HAVEN, Wis. (WHBL) - Now that Tiger Woods has announced he’ll be returning to golf, will he tee it up this summer at the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits?
In a statement released Tuesday, Woods announced he’ll make his return to competitive golf at The Masters next month in ...More
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WHBL) - The man charged with homicide following the fatal Pig Stop crash last July accepted a plea deal Tuesday in Sheboygan County Court. 33-year-old Jeremy Pfister entered pleas of no contest to two charges stemming from the accident last summer that left 18-year-old Emily Hughes dead.
As part ...More
Sheboygan, Wis (WHBL) County Administrator Adam Payne is predicting a close vote when the Sheboygan County Board votes tonight on an ordinance enacting a one-half percent county sales tax. Payne said the county has held off on the tax for 25 years and is only one of 9 counties in ...More
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WHBL) - With authorities still looking for a man who claimed to be an Appleton Police Officer then sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl at Fox River Mall, Sheboygan Police have tips for the public should you be approached in a similar fashion.
Sheboygan Police Captain Steve Cobb says anyone ...More
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WHBL) - The Sheboygan man behind the wheel of a mini-van when it crashed into the Pig Stop last summer killing an 18-year-old clerk will enter a plea Tuesday in Sheboygan County Court.
33-year-old Jeremy Pfister is expected to enter a plea of either guilty or no contest Tuesday ...More
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WHBL) - A bill sponsored by State Representative Terry Van Akkeren (D-Sheboygan) that could help economic development in Sheboygan has been signed into law.
Governor Jim Doyle signed Senate Bill 463 into law Monday expanding Sheboygan’s Tax Incremental District (TID), covering the South Pier area, until the end ...More
