Investigators on Friday searched for the cause of a blast at a Husky Energy refinery that injured at least 15 people and rocked a northern Wisconsin city, sending smoke billowing into the sky and prompting tens of thousands to evacuate.

The heavy snow on the roof at the Econo Lodge Inn and Suites off Ramada Way became too much Sunday. The section over the indoor pool came crashing down, leaving rubble and debris.

Johnsonville, LLC, a Sheboygan Falls, Wis. establishment, is recalling approximately 109,603 pounds of smoked pork sausage products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

Allstate is partnering with Uber Technologies to provide the ridesharing firm’s drivers with commercial auto coverage. Uber’s drivers in Illinois, New Jersey and Wisconsin will receive the coverage beginning March 01, a release said.

St. Croix County firefighters responded to two structure fires between Saturday and Monday, one of which destroyed a Baldwin business. Gary Newton, Baldwin chief for United Fire Department, said a Saturday night fire at Baldwin Machine & Fab resulted in a total loss.

A Madison man, charged with defrauding a parcel delivery insurer out of more than $360,000 by filing false insurance claims on phantom packages, was arrested Thursday by federal authorities.

A Wausau man accused of lying to police about having hundreds of thousands of dollars in sports memorabilia stolen from him is scheduled to be back in court Thursday.

Milwaukee police are investigating another string of smash and grab car break-ins at the Milwaukee Intermodal Station parking lot Sunday morning.

Retailer Meijer Inc said it was recalling packaged vegetables in six U.S. states because of possible contamination from Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, which can cause fatal food poisoning in young children, pregnant women and elderly or frail people.

Progressive Insurance is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing it of sharing clients’ personal information. The lawsuit accused Progressive Classic Insurance Co., a progressive subsidiary, and debt-collection agency Kohn Law Firm, of sharing people’s driver’s license numbers in court documents, a violation of the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act. The lead plaintiff, Jeffrey George, accused the companies of putting his unredacted driver’s license number on court documents filed with the Eu Claire County, Wisc., Circuit Court in 2014.

A recall on papayas has been expanded to three brands, with more recalls possible, after the Food and Drug Administration narrowed in on the source of a salmonella outbreak that has been blamed for at least one death and has sickened over 100 more dating back to May.

Torrential rains and widespread flooding across southeastern Wisconsin last week caused millions of dollars worth of damage to homes, roads and bridges in Racine, Walworth and Kenosha counties, state emergency government officials said.

As more severe storms hit southern Wisconsin, public works departments are working overtime to clean up the damage.

Severe storms caused damage and knocked out power Wednesday night in several counties in southwestern Wisconsin. Right now, many major highways in Richland County, including Wisconsin Highway 56, Wisconsin Highway 80 and Wisconsin Highway 131 are closed due to flooding.

Nearly a week after river-swelling rains and heavy flooding swept through Kenosha County, some residents were still cleaning out their homes, hoping for a quick return to normal after some of the worst flooding in recent memory.