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GREEN BAY (AP) - Democratic U.S. House candidate Steve Kagen apologized Monday for commenting that he was late for a meeting on an Indian reservation because "we're on Injun time." "I did not mean any harm by my words, and I humbly apologize if I offended anyone. That was not my intent," he said in a statement hours after the National Republican Congressional Committee released a tape recording of the comment. Kagen attended a meeting Friday on the nearby Oneida Reservation, and at his next stop in Green Bay he made the following remarks: "Appreciate getting here almost on time....

GREEN BAY, Wis. - Democratic U.S. House candidate Steve Kagen apologized Monday for commenting that he was late for a meeting on an Indian reservation because "we're on Injun time." "I did not mean any harm by my words and I humbly apologize if I offended anyone. That was not my intent," he said in a statement hours after the National Republican Congressional Committee released a tape recording of the comment. Kagen attended a meeting Friday on the nearby Oneida Reservation and at his next stop in Green Bay he made the following remarks: "Appreciate getting here almost on time....

Algoma Chooses Patz Conveyors to Handle Fish Waste (Pound, WI) Patz Sales, Inc., Pound, WI, teamed up with the city of Algoma, WI, to resolve a big problem for the city's wastewater treatment facility, creating more convenience for sport and charter fishermen. Patz designed and installed a Patz conveyor system, including customized fish cleaning tables for the Dettman Fish Cleaning Facility, the first facility of its kind open to the public. This has created a win-win-win situation for the city, fishermen and the environment. Algoma residents and visitors catch over 150,000 fish each year on Lake Michigan. Fishermen cleaning their...

Wisconsin has a long history of open primaries that dates back to the progressive movement of Robert Lafollette in the early 1990s, when the state was up for sale in the legislature to the lumber, railroads, banking interests, and other business monopolies. It was not unusual for people to just get paid for their votes. Parties picked their candidates for the state ballot, and the real people were left out. Lafollette changed much of that. He fought for and got the open primary. All of the people were now able to vote for the candidate of their choice in the...

Republican lawmakers are promising fast action to reverse the effects of a state Supreme Court ruling that overturned the state's caps on malpractice awards for non-economic damages such as pain and suffering. "This is another example of an activist court overstepping its authority," Assembly Speaker John Gard, R-Peshtigo, said in a statement following the court's ruling on Thursday. "Fixing this ruling will be a top priority for Assembly Republicans." The court determined that the Legislature's rationale for putting an upper limit on non-economic damages was too broad and speculative to accept, and ruled the law violated the Wisconsin Constitution's equal...