SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WTAQ) - Sheboygan County will remain one of the few in Wisconsin without its own sales tax. The County Board voted 22 to 12 Tuesday night against a half-percent tax designed to offset cuts in state aid, maintain services, and reduce the county’s debt. The majority said Sheboygan ...More
STRATFORD, Wis. (WTAQ) - A central Wisconsin man charged with beating his girlfriend to death has changed his plea to no contest. 29-year-old Eric Mayer struck a deal with prosecutors, and was convicted on a felony murder charge. 43-year-old Cynthia Tyler was killed last March at the home she and Mayer ...More
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A woman who allegedly used a false ID to try and enter Fort McCoy near Sparta is scheduled to go on trial in June. A grand jury in Madison indicted Georgina Mendoza the day she was arrested for identification fraud. Prosecutors said she handed a fake state ...More
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - State lawmakers have given district attorneys another $700,000 a year to help keep up with their caseloads in the face of budget cuts. But the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee refused Tuesday to let the state-funded prosecutors get out of 3 of the 8 unpaid furlough ...More
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
GRANT COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Grant County farmer was working on his motorcycle Tuesday when a fuel line got loose. And it started a fire that destroyed a former milking parlor and a shed, along with motorcycles and farm equipment. The blaze occurred at the Tom Schneider farm near Lancaster ...More
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - If you want to get started on that suntan, Wednesday might be the day to do it before the snow returns. The National Weather Service says it’s supposed to get cloudier Thursday and cooler on Friday. And then a slow-moving cold front will bring rain and ...More
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Girls have caught up with boys on state math tests – and boys are lagging behind the girls on state reading exams. The Center on Education Policy says both Wisconsin and the nation followed the same trends in 2008, the latest data available. In Wisconsin, the percentages of ...More
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - More of Wisconsin’s poor families could get government help to bury their loved ones. The Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee endorsed a bill Tuesday to expand the number of funerals in which county aid would be granted. To qualify, the total costs of a funeral would ...More
