WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A judge says two Wisconsin girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please the fantasy character Slender Man are both competent to stand trial. Prosecutors charged both girls with attempted first-degree intentional homicide in the attack in May in Waukesha. According to court documents, the girls plotted for months before attacking their friend in a park. All three girls were 12 at the time. Judge Michael […]
Emergency 911 service were restored late Thursday afternoon to multiple southern Wisconsin counties after an outage that began around 9 a.m. Service was restored at around 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Authorities say 911 emergency phone service was down in five Wisconsin counties. Frontier Communications says a fiber cable was cut, affecting 911 phone service and high speed internet access in western Dodge, Juneau, Columbia, Adams and Marquette counties.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin ranks 32nd in private-sector job growth for the 12-month period ending in June. The latest figures were reported Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. They show that Wisconsin grew private-sector jobs between July 2013 and the end of June this year by 1.45 percent. That lags the national average of growth at 2.3 percent. Wisconsin ranks 32nd nationally and behind Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Oshkosh Corp. says it has another order from the U.S. Army to make tactical vehicles and trailers. The company said Thursday the contract for 256 medium tactical vehicles is worth $67 million. The vehicles are to be delivered next year and 2016. Oshkosh Corp. says it has delivered more than 22,000 trucks and 11,000 trailers to the Army since 2010. The vehicles are used by the […]
Fond du Lac County Sheriff Mick Fink has been dismissed as a defendant in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the sister of a Fond du Lac woman charged in the murder of her husband. Tina Ewell filed the lawsuit in federal court in August after she was held in jail for two weeks without charges while authorities searched for evidence against her. Ewell and her sister, Eve Nance, […]
A former Waupun police lieutenant accused of going on a multicounty burglary spree has been sentenced in a car theft case. A Barron County Judge placed 45 year old Brad Young on three years probation for stealing a car in Barron County in August 2013. The judge imposed and stayed a six-year prison sentence and ordered Young to pay restitution and court costs, obtain counseling and participate in a restorative […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is hailing the move to restore diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba. Baldwin calls President Barack Obama's announcement that the U.S. is re-establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba "a historic and positive step forward." The Wisconsin Democrat says more than a half-century of U.S. policy to isolate Cuba "has not achieved our national security objectives," but has "created hardship" for the Cuban […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Governor Scott Walker says he thinks normalization of relations with Cuba is a "bad idea." Walker was asked Wednesday about the United States restoring diplomatic relations with Cuba after more than a half-century of discord. The Republican Walker is considering running for president in 2016.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says he remains committed to cutting property taxes despite a looming $2.2 billion state budget shortfall. Walker traveled the state on Wednesday to tout a drop in property taxes that many homeowners will see on bills mailed this month. That is thanks to $406 million approved by Walker and the Legislature earlier this year to lower how much technical colleges can levy. Walker […]