MADISON, Wis. (AP) — With less than five weeks until Election Day, a new poll shows Gov. Scott Walker is slightly ahead of Democrat Mary Burke in the race for Wisconsin governor. The Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday shows Walker with 50 percent support among likely voters compared with 45 percent for Burke. That is just above the poll's 4.1 percentage point margin of error. This is the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new poll shows Republican Brad Schimel and Democrat Susan Happ are about even in the race for Wisconsin attorney general. The Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday shows Schimel with 41 percent among likely voters, compared with 39 percent for Schimel. Two weeks ago, Schimel had 42 percent support among likely voters, compared with 41 percent for Happ. Two weeks ago, 20 percent of […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature's budget committee plans to meet Tuesday to consider a request to spend about $461,000 to educate voters about the voter identification law before the Nov. 4 election. The Joint Finance Committee announced the meeting date Wednesday. It comes after the state elections board asked the committee for approval to spend the money on a statewide television, radio and online education campaign. The Republican co-chairs […]
When voters go to the polls next month, in addition to statewide races for governor and attorney general there is also a constitutional amendment on the ballot. Wisconsinites will be asked to weigh in on whether the state transportation fund should be protected by the state’s constitution. Executive director of the Transportation Development Association Craig Thompson says from 2003 through 2011, Wisconsin shifted more than a billion dollars from the […]
A Dodge County judge has denied a request for a change of venue in the trial of a sex offender accused of officiating youth sports and phoning in a rash of bomb threats. Judge Steven Bauer denied the request by the attorney for 32 year old Aaron Schreiber. The Markesan man is accused of phoning in bomb threats to businesses in Waupun, Beaver Dam, Fox Lake and Ripon last November. […]
BERLIN, Wis. (AP) — Green Lake County's top prosecutor says he expects to file homicide charges against the husband of a woman found fatally shot along with another man in Berlin. District Attorney Andrew Christenson said at a news conference Wednesday that those charges against 33-year-old Nicholas Tuinstra, as well as a court appearance, are expected Thursday. Melissa Tuinstra and Justin Daniels were found shot Saturday night in Berlin. Police […]
A 16 year old Waupun boy was taken into custody after an armed stand off with police. Shortly before 4pm Tuesday Waupun police received a call that the teenager had armed himself with a shotgun and ammunition and locked himself in a bedroom, threatening to harm himself. Police chief Dale Heeringa says family members were evacuated and neighbors were contacted and told to stay in their homes. After about a […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The World Dairy Expo is offering interpreters to help hundreds of international visitors feel at home in Madison. Ron Eustice, an interpreter who speaks six languages, says his fellow volunteers try to make the expo's foreign attendees feel more comfortable by using a language they understand with a dose of Wisconsin hospitality. He says the goal is to provide a place for people to go for […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state appeals court has ruled that Wisconsin's castle doctrine law doesn't apply outside a dwelling. The 2nd District Court of Appeals ruling Thursday stems from the case of Charles Chew, who fired at two men as they fled across a parking lot after they beat him in his apartment in 2012. Chew was convicted of reckless endangerment and sentenced to more than two years in […]