Wisconsin Star news Wisconsin Star news Rss feed

  • Sathwik Karnik wins National Geographic Bee

    To clinch the title, Sathwik correctly named Chimborazo as the mountain in Ecuador that represents the farthest point from the Earth's center. Thirteen-year-old Conrad Oberhaus of Lincolnshire, Ill., finished ...

  • Emerald ash borer problem expected to widen in Milwaukee

    Emerald ash borer, the damaging green beetle that was officially discovered last year on the northwest side, will continue to infest Milwaukee on a broader basis, the city's forestry services manager said Wednesday. In comments made to the Common Council's Capital Improvements Committee and in an follow-up interview, city forester David Sivyer said, "We're expecting to find ...

  • Wisconsin firms utility commission Wyoming energy storage system

    At home, at work or on the road, energy writer Thomas Content keeps you current as you adapt to changes in the world of energy, climate change and efforts to build a greener ...

  • Not guilty in Marathon County overdose death

    Thirty-three-year-old Nycole Creed entered the plea Wednesday to delivering heroin. Creed is accused of buying heroin and giving it to Thomas Knickerbocker leading to his overdose death March ...

  • Weston man in court for 8th OWI

    http://bit.ly/119wCKr ) reports Knapp has seven previous OWI convictions dating back to 2002 in Bayfield, Ashland, Lincoln and Marathon counties. He spent more than two years in prison from his last drunken driving conviction in 2010. Authorities say Knapp has never held a Wisconsin driver's ...

Movie Review

Last Summer

Last Summer

So many films about adolescents are vapid, banal affairs, treating their subjects either as dull, cardboard cutouts with no emotions, or gross caricatures of unappealing stereotypes. Somewhere along the line a mentality developed that adolescents are unimportant, and their lives are shallow and u ... ...

On Facebook

  • Wis.-based Ministry Health Care to cut 225 jobs

    MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Ministry Health Care plans to lay off several hundred employees, citing a drop in the number of patients and cuts in federal reimbursement ...

  • Marshfield Utilities moving to wireless meters

    Marshfield Utilities said it will begin replacing old electric and water meters with new wireless ones in June. The new meters will transmit data documenting energy and water use to the utility company's office, eliminating the need for meter readers, assistant utility manager Bob Trussoni ...

  • Wisconsin candidates got $758K from sand gas industry

    MADISON, Wis. -- A new report says the sand mining and natural gas industries have given Wisconsin candidates nearly $758,000 since 2007, with contributions spiking last year as sand mining took off in the state. The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign study found the gas and sand mining industries gave candidates a total of $18,762 in 2007 when only five sand mines were operating in the state. Last ...

  • Wisconsin Police Aggressive in Redacting Accident Reports

    Brenda O’Malley figured she’d get the police accident report and file an insurance claim after her teenage daughter got into a car accident in Sheboygan Falls this past spring. But the report turned out to be so redacted – or blacked-out – it was useless. She called the mayor, the city attorney and the federal Department of Transportation before the state Department of ...

  • Milwaukee Brewers mascot gets own themed beer

    Bernie Brewer now has a namesake beer. Fans overwhelming voted for Bernies Barrelman Ale, a name inspired by the Milwaukee Brewers mascot, in an online contest to dub a new beer created in partnership between the baseball club and Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. About 55 percent of the 10,000 votes were cast for Bernies Barrelman Ale. The other options were Brew Crew Brew, which won 35 percent of ...

More Wisconsin Star news