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MADISON - UW Credit Union has expanded its membership eligibility to include all current and former college students, a move Gov. Scott Walker is touting as way to help countless students refinance their loans.
The governor and credit union officials announced the expansion at a news conference on Tuesday.
Until now the credit union has served only current and past University of Wisconsin System and Madison Area Technical College students. It offers interest rates ranging from 2.2 percent to 6.8 percent.
Walker, a Republican, called the expansion another step in help students and alumni.
Scot Ross, executive director of liberal group One Wisconsin Now, told reporters after the news conference that the expansion likely won't help anyone because students and recent graduates typically lack collateral and a credit history.
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MADISON - Wisconsin elections officials have started mailing postcards to hundreds of thousands of people telling them how to register to vote.
State lawmakers passed a measure earlier this year requiring Wisconsin to join a multi-state consortium that works to identify eligible voters who haven't registered and informs them how to get on the books.
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MADISON - A federal judge has refused a union's demand to block Wisconsin's right-to-work law.
The law prohibits businesses and unions from reaching agreements that require all workers, not just union members, to pay union dues. Unions have argued the law enables nonunion members to receive free representation.
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RHINELANDER - Newswatch 12 turned 50 this year, but it's actually lucky the station made it past year two.
A tragic accident in 1968 knocked the station off the air for nearly a year, and William Anderson was one of the two who lived through it.
"It's a quite a story," said Anderson.
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- Tonight on Newswatch 12:
Two people in Sugar Camp safely escaped a house fire that heavily damaged their garage. We'll give you the latest details.
Plus, we'll bring you new information on an attempt by Marathon County officials to keep drivers safe from cows that were let loose from an accident on Highway 29.
We'll bring you the details on these stories and more tonight on Newswatch 12 - news from where you live.
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MARATHON COUNTY - Highway 29 in Marathon County needed to be shut down for a time after cattle escaped from a trailer following a crash.
It happened at 11:15 p.m. Sunday when a tractor-trailer rolled on Highway 29, at County Y in the Town of Norrie.
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LAONA - Whipping winds and off-and-on rain couldn't keep 91-year-old Bud Kuhrasch off the golf course Monday.
"Rain or shine, we'd be here," Kuhrasch said with a smile.
Then again, the weather doesn't really bother Kuhrasch. The U.S. Navy veteran helped invade Omaha Beach at Normandy on D-Day in 1944. On Monday, he joined two other World War II vets and more than 100 other veterans at Nicolet Country Club's annual outing.
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