WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 4, 2025 ARMY Oshkosh Defense LLC, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was awarded a $133,017,600 firm-fixed-price contract for M1093 Low Velocity Air Drop vehicles and M1081 vehicles. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2027. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michi  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 5 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: * * * Governor continues 2025 the Year of the Kid with new plan to establish groundwater standards for PFAS, protect innocent landowners, clean up water contaminants statewide * * * Gov. Tony Evers today announced new comprehensive plans from his upcoming 2025-27 Executive Budget to combat per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination statewide, protect kids and families  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: A six-count indictment was unsealed today charging a Viroqua, Wisconsin, man for allegedly selling firearms and related parts without a license to buyers in Saudi Arabia, shipping the prohibited items, and then lying to federal inspectors about it. According to allegations in the indictment, Mark John Buschman, 60, conducted an illegal export conspirac  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: At today's Senate Judiciary hearing on the fentanyl epidemic, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) highlighted the need for Congress to take action to stop online drug trafficking to save children's lives and give law enforcement what they need to combat the crisis. Bridgette Norring of Hastings, Minnesota testified about her son's death from illicit fentanyl. Norring's 19-year old son Devin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Baldwin Talks Tackling Opioid Epidemic, Threat of Potential Funding Cut at UW-Madison Opioid Center MADISON, WI - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) visited UW-Madison to discuss $2 million she secured for the Wisconsin Opioid Overdose Response Center to help combat the fentanyl crisis across Wisconsin. However, this funding could be in jeopardy as the Trump administration continues t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) will hold a hearing titled "Examining the Growth of the Welfare State, Part 1" to scrutinize the enormous expansion of welfare programs over the last 60 years and evaluate strategies to reform deficienc  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 5 -- Wisconsin State Superintendent Jill Underly issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: * * * Dr. Underly proposed $60M to expand CTE programming across Wisconsin in budget request * * * After proposing $60 million in investments to expand student programming through her biennial budget request, State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly kicked off Career and Technical Education Month this week during visits with students and staff at Tremper High School in Ke  more