The Kalahari Resort will open a theme park in Wisconsin Dells later this month, creating more than 65 midlevel jobs. The Indoor Theme Park is set to open Dec. 19. It will feature bowling, go-cart tracks, a carousel, miniature golf and climbing walls. The resort says the jobs are in ...
The Green Bay Packers have put out a call for people to shovel snow Thursday at Lambeau Field. Facility operations director Ted Eisenreich says as many as 300 people are needed to remove snow before the Packers play Sunday against the Houston Texans. Eisenreich says volunteers should report to the ...
Police have identified the remains found by hunters in rural Brown County as a 32-year-old Allouez woman who's been missing for five years. The Brown County Sheriff's Department says Areerat Chuprevich, a native of Thailand, was last seen in April 2003. Investigators say the man identified as the ...
A unique new survey shows Wisconsin's manufacturers face many challenges if they want to compete in the years ahead. The survey released on Wednesday by Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership included responses from 531 of the state's estimated 10,000 manufacturers. The survey shows how well the state's ...
A Racine alderman wants the city council to pray, or at least have a moment of silence, before each meeting. Alderman Jim Kaplan says he's watched members of Congress pray before taking up business and thinks a moment of reflection wouldn't hurt his fellow aldermen. Kaplan has served ...
A Fall Creek High School student will spend a year on probation for threatening to turn his school into another Columbine. Seventeen-year-old Dylan Henning pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct Monday in Eau Claire County Court. A criminal complaint says Henning told other students he planned ...
An appeals court has dealt a setback to the estate of a 17-year-old Waukesha boy killed in a 2005 towing accident. The District 2 Court of Appeals says the estate of Joshua Reif can collect damages under the Worker's Compensation Act but nothing more. Reif was a high school ...
A special state prosecutor will help Dodge County officials investigate claims made against a defunct travel agency. Carol's Tours of Beaver Dam closed in January following a series of complaints by consumers who said they had deposited money for trips and vacation packages which were never fulfilled by the ...
Three people are facing attempted homicide charges in what Portage County authorities say was a murder-for-hire scheme. A prosecutor says all three had a role in the shooting of James Glodowski. He was shot several times, including once in the face, at a Stevens Point park Nov. 18. Authorities say ...
Soft consumer spending is causing the discount retailer Shopko to trim 6 percent of its headquarters staff. Forty-three people have been notified they will lose their jobs because of the weak economy. Shopko's CEO Michael MacDonald says the difficult economic environment is expected to continue well into 2009. Headquartered ...