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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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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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SUGAR CAMP - Fire badly damaged a house in Sugar Camp Monday afternoon. The Oneida County Sheriff's Office got a call of the fire on County Highway A around 1:00 p.m.The garage of the house appeared to be destroyed. Firefighters were still putting out flames on the roof of the house an hour later.
The Sheriff's Office thinks the fire might have started in a wood stove in the garage, where a man was burning garbage.
Police said there were two people in the home at the time of the fire, but they made it out safely. Police haven't said yet what caused the fire or how much damage there was.
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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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MINOCQUA - Keeping up with technology can be tough, but Lakeland Union High School thinks it's up for the challenge.
The school's newest investment is bringing lesson plans to life.
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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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MINOCQUA - Protests over a proposed oil pipeline running through sacred Native American land in the Dakotas could last for a long time.
Lac du Flambeau tribal members and a local church are now gathering donations to bring to the thousands in Standing Rock.
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