Month: July 2014

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Members of the Experimental Aircraft Association gathered to remember the organization's founder in a service featuring his favorite accordion music.  EAA founder Paul Poberezny passed away last August at age 91. EAA chairman Jack Pelton says Sunday night was the first opportunity for members to recognize his legacy and celebrate his life. Poberezny's favorite polka music was played.  Pelton says without Poberezny's creation of the experimental […]

WAUWATOSA, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says he would support a measure to ensure that tax credits and other economic development incentives do not go to companies that outsource jobs. Walker spoke Monday before a Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. meeting in Wauwatosa. Walker has been criticizing Democratic challenger Mary Burke for profiting from outsourcing done by her family's company, Trek Bicycle Corp.  But campaign finance reports show Walker has […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker claims in his latest television ad in the governor's race that taxpayers could be out $25 million thanks to his Democratic challenger Mary Burke. But getting to that figure requires some creative math. The ad focuses on a $12.3 million award the state Commerce Department under Burke's leadership gave in 2006 to lure Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories north to Kenosha. The ad counts a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former Jefferson County drug task force supervisor has been found guilty of misconduct in office after being accused of stealing money to be used in undercover operations. Former Jefferson County detective Timothy Madson was found guilty of misconduct in office on Friday following a jury trial. A criminal complaint says the 56-year-old Madsonclaimed more than $10,000 in questionable expenses from a fund he controlled to […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An FBI expert testifying in the trial of a Colorado woman accused of kidnapping her newborn nephew in Wisconsin and abandoning him in freezing temperatures says visits to fake pregnancy belly websites were found on computers seized from the woman's home. Testimony began Monday in the federal kidnapping trial of Kristen Smith, of Aurora, Colorado. The Wisconsin State Journal reports FBI forensic computer examiner Kelly Kolecheck […]

The Department of Public Works would like to inform the public the partial closure of the Promen Drive Arch Bridge east of the Lakeside Park Pavilion. The partial closure will begin Tuesday, July 29th at 5:00 am and will remain closed approximately one week. Repairs to the bridge will be done between the hours of 5:00 am and 1:30 pm, to minimize traffic using the bridge.  The north lane of […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Colorado woman accused of kidnapping her newborn nephew in Wisconsin and abandoning him in freezing temperatures is about to go to trial.  Kristen Smith faces one count of kidnapping in federal court. Her trial is scheduled to begin Monday in Madison. She could face life if convicted.  Prosecutors believe Smith kidnapped days-old Kayden Powell from the Town of Beloit home where his parents were staying […]

Fond du Lac Police are investigating a report that a woman was stabbed in the arm during a fight over the weekend.  Police were called to the 100 block of Third Street early Saturday morning to a report of a fight and located a woman who had been stabbed in the arm.  According to a press release she was treated and released from the hospital.  Police say the woman had […]