Dresser News

TOWN OF BALSAM LAKE - A 17-year-old Waupun boy was injured in a rollover crash that killed a 16-year-old Dresser teen Friday in Polk County.

A 16-year-old Dresser, Wis., teen died Friday in a single-vehicle accident that is being investigated by the Polk County sheriff's office.

Deputies say a young girl is dead after the car she was riding in swerved and rolled over into a ditch.

A western Wisconsin man is sentenced for robbing an armored car at a Hudson bank of nearly a quarter-million dollars.

A Wisconsin man will be sentenced Friday for robbing an armored bank vehicle in Hudson, a day after he shot and wounded a woman in Minnesota and stole another person's mini-van before burning that vehicle.

Zachary Wiegand, the man police say robbed security guards at a Hudson, Wis., bank the day after shooting a woman four times and stealing another woman's vehicle, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors Monday.

Henry Deppe died of injuries received when he was struck by a Northwestern passenger train.

The nation's lowest-paid workers will get a raise Friday when the federal minimum wage climbs 10.7 percent to $7.25 an hour.

Dresser Waukesha said Tuesday that it intends to lay off 113 production workers after their shifts end Friday, the result of economic conditions that continue to affect the engine manufacturer.

For a living, Jeff Percival sells assessment tools to employers, including pre-employment tests for job candidates.

A western Wisconsin man was sentenced last week to 13-years in prison for shooting a Minnesota woman 5-times, nearly 6-years ago.