News from around Wisconsin at 6:28 a.m. CST | ||||||
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Blowing and drifting could continue Wednesday, but additional snow accumulation isn't expected in Wisconsin. Forecasters say about 14 inches of snow fell along Lake Michigan from Milwaukee to Kenosha. Under 10 inches fell in Jefferson, Dodge and Fond du Lac counties. A winter storm warning for southeastern and east central Wisconsin expires Wednesday morning. --- MILWAUKEE (AP) - A small earthquake that shook northern Illinois was also felt by residents in southern Wisconsin early Wednesday. Sharon Holmes in Salem says her TV stopped working and her cupboards made a noise and shook. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the 4.3-magnitude earthquake hit near Virgil, about 50 miles northwest of Chicago, at 4 a.m. The Kane County Sheriff's Department in Illinois received scores of phone calls, but there are no reports of injuries or serious damage. One person from Milwaukee told WTMJ-TV she felt the floor moving and shaking and thought it could have been a snow plow dropping a blade. --- On the Net: --- MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A former University of Wisconsin-Whitewater dean is expected to continue testifying at his civil trial against university officials Wednesday. Howard Ross started his testimony Monday, but the trial was canceled Tuesday because of the snow. Ross is expected to continue on the witness stand when trial resumes Wednesday morning in U.S. District Court in Milwaukee. Ross is alleging he faced racial discrimination and retaliation during the university's handling of an audit of his credit card spending and his subsequent demotion in 2006. He has continued to work at the school as a professor. Ross says his reputation has been unfairly ruined and he is seeking an unspecified amount of damages. The university has defended the audit and demotion as appropriate. --- BELOIT, Wis. (AP) - The Beloit International Film Festival starts its fifth season next week. There will be more than 150 full-length features, shorts and documentaries during the four-day festival in Beloit. The seven venues this year will be concentrated in the downtown area - on the Beloit College campus at the Eclipse Center - and Beloit Public Library. It starts Feb. 18 and runs through Feb. 21. Tickets $7 are per film. -- On The Net: http://www.beloitfilmfest.com/ © 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy. |
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