MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Some Wisconsin businesses are concerned about delays in shipping as railroads divert cars to serve Canada's grain farmers and North Dakota's oil industry. Ben Brancel, secretary of the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection tells the Wisconsin State Journal that the bottom line of many of the state's companies are being affected by a shortage in rail cars and train crews. The demand for […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin attorney general candidate Susan Happ is calling for background checks on all gun sales. Happ's campaign released a statement Monday saying background checks are an obvious solution to gun violence. Currently, federally licensed firearm dealers must conduct background checks on buyers. Private sellers aren't not required to conduct checks on buyers, however. Happ is a Democrat who serves as Jefferson County's district attorney. She will […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Office of Lawyer Regulation has dismissed a complaint from an alleged sexual assault victim who claims Democratic attorney general hopeful Susan Happ let her attacker off too easily because he bought Happ's house. Happ, who serves as Jefferson County district attorney, has taken criticism for reaching and deferred prosecution agreement with Daniel Reynolds. Reynolds finished buying Happ's house for $180,000 five months before her […]
A Campbellsport martial arts instructor accused of sexually assaulting one of his students has been bound over for trial. Forty three year old William Schellinger has waived his preliminary hearing on two counts of second degree sexual assault of a child and one count of repeated sexual assault of the same child. According to a criminal complaint Schellinger had sex with a 15 year old girl on multiple occasions […]
A Cudahy man has been bound over for trial in connection with a high speed chase that ended in a crash in Fond du Lac. Twenty eight year old Michael Connerton waived his preliminary hearing Friday on charges of recklessly endangering safety and eluding an officer. The August 5th chase started when a Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office deputy attempted to stop a vehicle on Highway 45 near Eden. […]
A Beaver Dam man charged following a disagreement over a transaction initiated on Craigslist has been bound over for trial. Probable cause was found at a preliminary hearing Friday for Carlos Acevedo on charges of disorderly conduct, criminal damage to property and battery. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says the incident on Meadow Lane was not a home invasion. Klein says Acevedo drove to Fond du Lac to sell record […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Three Wisconsin utilities want state regulators to let them increase electric rates by several dollars for hundreds of thousands of customers. Madison Gas and Electric wants to increase its fixed monthly rate from $10.44 to $19; We Energies wants to go from $9.13 to $16; and Wisconsin Public Service Corporation wants to jump from $10.40 to $25. The utilities have said they'll drop hourly-use charges by […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's attorney general hopefuls are sparring over their philosophies in their first debate. Republican Brad Schimel and Democrat Susan Happ met at Marquette University's law school Sunday afternoon. Happ kicked things off by reiterating she would not defend a number of state laws she believes are unconstitutional, including Wisconsin's gay marriage ban and voter photo identification requirement. She chided Schimel for saying he believes he must […]
Nobody was injured in a fire that destroyed an abandoned house in Fond du Lac County. The fire was reported Saturday afternoon on Katzenburg Drive in the town of Ashford. The owner said he was burning debris near the garage causing the garage and the house to catch fire.