MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Many students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have the Internet right in the palm of their hand. The results of a campus survey done by the UW’s Division of Information Technology shows nearly 45 percent of students now have smart phones or similar handheld devices that ...More
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Union leaders and Harley Davidson have reached a proposed labor agreement that would keep about 1,340 jobs and manufacturing operations in Wisconsin. The company declined to reveal terms of the deal, but a spokesman says it includes competitive compensation and allows the bike-maker flexibility to stay ...More
COLUMBIA COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A jury from Jefferson County would hear the possible trial of a man accused of killing an 18-year-old woman in Columbus 30 years ago. A two-week trial is scheduled to begin November 8th in Columbia County for 52-year-old Curtis Forbes. He’s accused of beating, stabbing ...More
WAUPUN, Wis. (WTAQ) - Prison life will soon get easier for some of Wisconsin’s most dangerous criminals. The state Corrections Department has agreed to settle a pair of lawsuits filed by two inmates at Waupun. New windows will be installed in the prison’s segregation unit, along with exercise equipment ...More
LAKE DELTON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Authorities have identified two people killed in a fiery crash near Lake Delton last weekend. Sauk County sheriff’s deputies said 19-year-old Jordan Hilling of Wisconsin Dells was driving at a high rate of speed when his vehicle slammed into a tree and burst into flames ...More
CHICAGO, Ill. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin’s minimum markup law for gasoline – which a federal judge struck down a year-and-a-half ago – was put back in place Friday. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago reversed a ruling from Judge Rudolph Randa, who said the markup requirement violates federal anti-trust laws and ...More
SUPERIOR, Wis. (WTAQ) - Superior might become the second Wisconsin city to ban synthetic marijuana. The City Council will consider the ban on Tuesday night. The product is known as “K-2,” and it’s a mix of herbs and a formulated compound. A chemist from Clemson University developed it 15 years ...More
