It's that time of year when we hear about students injured while participating in sporting events or other extracurricular activities. In many cases, injuries occur while traveling to or from a school-sanctioned event or while otherwise participating in an organized...
Across Wisconsin, residents just like you consider filing for bankruptcy every year. In these trying economic times, it's not difficult for people to get in over their heads, especially with medical debts being such an epidemic problem recently. After you get back on...
An explosion last spring at the Husky Energy refinery in Superior, Wisconsin occurred in the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit, federal investigators have determined. The determination confirms what we reported in May on our Wisconsin work injury blog after the U.S....
The roads aren't the only places snow and ice make more dangerous as winter descends upon the Upper Midwest. We recently wrote about the risks of winter driving. However, in the coming months, snow and ice will create a number of injury risks, whether at home, school,...
Many college students from Wisconsin travel to warm-weather destinations during vacations from school, but such trips may sometimes prove dangerous. A 20-year-old woman died last year in a hotel swimming pool in Cancun, Mexico as a result of drowning after allegedly...
Wisconsin residents are use to facing more risks than most when it comes to winter weather. With average annual snowfall of more than 4 feet, Wisconsin is the nation's 12th snowiest. However, when measured by number of annual snow days (39), Wisconsin is the nation's...
