Dresser News

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.

A battle over the release of e-mail messages sent by Wisconsin Rapids teachers could affect future open records cases throughout the state.

By: Steven Rosenbaum /The Daily Cardinal - April 27, 2009 With a bleak economic outlook, many recent graduates are struggling to find employment, and many resort to working at jobs for which they are overqualified.

By: Steven Rosenbaum /The Daily Cardinal - April 17, 2009 Wisconsin's unemployment rate increased to 9.4 percent in the month of March and now surpasses the unemployment national average, according to numbers released Thursday by the Department of Workforce Development.

A man convicted of wounding a woman during a carjacking in Minnesota six years ago now faces charges of robbing an armored car in Hudson of about $238,000 the next day.

Charges have now been filed against the western Wisconsin man suspected of robbing an armored car in Hudson, nearly 6-years ago.

Zachary Wiegand robbed armed security guards at a Hudson, Wis., bank of more than $230,000 the morning after shooting a Lake Elmo woman four times and stealing another woman's minivan, according to charges ...

A Polk county man settles charges from a 2003 case where a Minnesota woman was shot 4-times during an attempt to hijack her car.

We have received the following death notices: Lucille 'Lu' Hales, 85, Rib Lake, died Tuesday, Feb.

The Wisconsin man accused of shooting a Lake Elmo woman during a carjacking crime spree in 2003 has pleaded guilty.

About 1,000 anglers were on the ice at Cedar Lake Saturday for the first annual fishing contest to benefit New Richmond athletics.

Let the carnival begin. St. Paul Winter Carnival's royalty was crowned Thursday.

The Amery to Dresser Trail officially opened to hiking in November 2008 as part of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Polk County.

Jacob K. Dresser, 17, Cameron, was cited for disorderly conduct Dec. 23. Paul J. Cloutier, 50, Prairie Farm, was cited for county/municipality-disorderly conduct Dec.